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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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