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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 "Peter Camenzind" (1904) and follow publication order through all 21 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Peter Camenzind
1904

Beneath the Wheel / The Prodigy
1906

Gertrude
1910

Rosshalde
1914

In the Old Sun
1914

Knulp / Three Tales from the Life of Knulp
1915

Demian
1919

Klingsor's Last Summer
1919

Siddhartha
1922

The Steppenwolf
1927

Narcissus and Goldmund /Death and the Lover
1930

The Journey to the East
1932

The Glass Bead Game / Magister Ludi
1943

Strange News from Another Star
1918

Poems
1971

Stories of Five Decades
1972

Hours in the Garden and Other Poems
1979

Siddhartha, Demian, and Other Writings
1992

The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse
1995

Early Poems
2017

Trees
2022
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