Standalone Books in Order

76

Books

1953

First Book

2020

Latest Book

68

Years

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: January 2026

Publication Order

1

Someone is Bleeding

1953

2

Fury on Sunday

1953

3

Woman / Third from the Sun / Born of Man

1954

4

I Am Legend / The Omega Man

1954

5

The Incredible Shrinking Man / The Shrinking Man

1956

6

A Stir of Echoes

1958

7

Ride the Nightmare

1959

8

The Beardless Warriors of World War II

1960

9

Comedy of Terrors

1964

10

Hell House

1971

11

The Night Stalker

1973

12

The Night Strangler

1974

13

Somewhere In Time / Bid Time Return

1975

14

What Dreams May Come

1978

15

Earthbound

1982

16

Journal of the Gun Years

1991

17

The Gun Fight

1993

18

7 Steps to Midnight

1993

19

Shadow on the Sun

1994

20

Now You See It...

1995

21

The Memoirs of Wild Bill Hickok

1996

22

Passion Play

2000

23

Hunger and Thirst

2000

24

Camp Pleasant

2001

25

Hunted Past Reason

2002

26

Abu and the 7 Marvels (With: William Stout)

2002

27

Come Fygures, Come Shadowes

2003

28

The Link

2006

29

Other Kingdoms

2011

30

Generations

2012

31

Leave Yesterday Alone

2013

32

Through Channels

1951

33

Long Distance Call

1951

34

Dress of White Silk

1951

35

Witch War

1951

36

Blood Son / Drink My Blood / Drink My Red Blood

1951

37

Slaughter House

1953

38

Wet Straw

1953

39

Disappearing Act

1953

40

Legion of Plotters

1953

41

Mad House

1953

42

Dance of the Dead

1954

43

Old Haunts

1957

44

The Children of Noah

1957

45

The Holiday Man

1957

46

The Distributor

1958

47

First Anniversary

1960

48

The Likeness of Julie

1962

49

Pride (With: Richard Christian Matheson)

2002

50

Born Of Man And Woman

1954

51

Third From The Sun: Tales Of Science Fiction And Fantasy

1954

52

The Shores Of Space

1957

53

Nightmare At 20,000 Feet

1961

54

Shock!: Thirteen Tales To Thrill And Terrify

1961

55

Shock Ii: Thirteen Tales To Haunt The Imagination

1964

56

Shock Iii

1966

57

Shock Waves

1970

58

Duel

1971

59

Collected Stories, Vol. 1

1989

60

By The Gun

1994

61

The Twilight Zone Scripts

1998

62

Kolchak Scripts

2003

63

Darker Places

2004

64

Collected Stories, Vol. 2

2005

65

Collected Stories, Vol. 3

2005

66

Unrealized Dreams

2005

67

Bloodlines

2006

68

Button, Button: Uncanny Stories

2007

69

Visions Of Death: Richard Matheson's Edgar Allan Poe Scripts, Vol. 1

2007

70

The Box

2008

71

Visions Deferred

2009

72

Richard Matheson Uncollected: Backteria And Other Improbable Tales

2011

73

Steel And Other Stories

2011

74

Road Rage (With: Stephen King,Joe Hill,Chris Ryall)

2012

75

The Best Of Richard Matheson

2017

76

Off Beat: Uncollected Stories

2020

Frequently Asked Questions

The recommended reading order for the Standalone series is publication order: 1. Someone is Bleeding (1953), 2. Fury on Sunday (1953), 3. Woman / Third from the Sun / Born of Man (1954), 4. I Am Legend / The Omega Man (1954), 5. The Incredible Shrinking Man / The Shrinking Man (1956), and 71 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.

The Standalone series by Richard Matheson contains 76 books. The series began in 1953 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.

The Standalone series is written by Richard Matheson. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.

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