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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 "Diversey" (1928) and follow publication order through all 36 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Diversey
1928
Long Remember
1934
Turkey in the Straw
1935
Arouse and Beware
1936
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1937
The Noise of Their Wings
1938
Here Lies Holly Springs
1938
Happy Land
1942
Glory for Me
1945
Wicked Water
1948
Midnight Lace
1949
Signal Thirty-Two
1950
One wild Oat
1950
But Look, the Morn
1951
Gettysburg
1952
Don't Touch Me
1952
God and My Country
1954
Follow Me, Boys!
1954
Andersonville
1955
Lobo
1957
The Goss Boys
1958
The unseen witness
1959
Frontier
1959
It's About Crime
1960
Spirit Lake
1961
If the South Had Won the Civil War
1965
Story Teller
1967
Beauty Beast
1969
Angleworms on Toast
1969
Hamilton County
1970
I Love You, Irene
1972
The Children Sing
1973
Valley Forge
1975
Gentle Annie
1980
The Guntoter and Other Stories of the Missouri Hills
1963
The Day I Met a Lion
1968
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