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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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