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Standalone Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Standalone books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Standalone series? Start with "Someone is Bleeding" (1953) and follow publication order through all 76 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Someone is Bleeding
1953
Fury on Sunday
1953
Woman / Third from the Sun / Born of Man
1954
I Am Legend / The Omega Man
1954
The Incredible Shrinking Man / The Shrinking Man
1956
A Stir of Echoes
1958
Ride the Nightmare
1959
The Beardless Warriors of World War II
1960
Comedy of Terrors
1964
Hell House
1971
The Night Stalker
1973
The Night Strangler
1974
Somewhere In Time / Bid Time Return
1975
What Dreams May Come
1978
Earthbound
1982
Journal of the Gun Years
1991
The Gun Fight
1993
7 Steps to Midnight
1993
Shadow on the Sun
1994
Now You See It...
1995
The Memoirs of Wild Bill Hickok
1996
Passion Play
2000
Hunger and Thirst
2000
Camp Pleasant
2001
Hunted Past Reason
2002
Abu and the 7 Marvels (With: William Stout)
2002
Come Fygures, Come Shadowes
2003
The Link
2006
Other Kingdoms
2011
Generations
2012
Leave Yesterday Alone
2013
Through Channels
1951
Long Distance Call
1951
Dress of White Silk
1951
Witch War
1951
Blood Son / Drink My Blood / Drink My Red Blood
1951
Slaughter House
1953
Wet Straw
1953
Disappearing Act
1953
Legion of Plotters
1953
Mad House
1953
Dance of the Dead
1954
Old Haunts
1957
The Children of Noah
1957
The Holiday Man
1957
The Distributor
1958
First Anniversary
1960
The Likeness of Julie
1962
Pride (With: Richard Christian Matheson)
2002
Born Of Man And Woman
1954
Third From The Sun: Tales Of Science Fiction And Fantasy
1954
The Shores Of Space
1957
Nightmare At 20,000 Feet
1961
Shock!: Thirteen Tales To Thrill And Terrify
1961
Shock Ii: Thirteen Tales To Haunt The Imagination
1964
Shock Iii
1966
Shock Waves
1970
Duel
1971
Collected Stories, Vol. 1
1989
By The Gun
1994
The Twilight Zone Scripts
1998
Kolchak Scripts
2003
Darker Places
2004
Collected Stories, Vol. 2
2005
Collected Stories, Vol. 3
2005
Unrealized Dreams
2005
Bloodlines
2006
Button, Button: Uncanny Stories
2007
Visions Of Death: Richard Matheson's Edgar Allan Poe Scripts, Vol. 1
2007
The Box
2008
Visions Deferred
2009
Richard Matheson Uncollected: Backteria And Other Improbable Tales
2011
Steel And Other Stories
2011
Road Rage (With: Stephen King,Joe Hill,Chris Ryall)
2012
The Best Of Richard Matheson
2017
Off Beat: Uncollected Stories
2020
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