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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 "The Woman He Wanted" (1954) and follow publication order through all 56 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Woman He Wanted
1954
The Other Stranger
1958
Golden Tramp
1959
The Secrets of Cromwell Crossing
1965
The Wakefield Witches
1966
Sinister Stone
1966
Shadow of an Unknown Woman
1967
Mansion of Smiling Masks
1967
Pity My Love
1967
Shadow on Mercer Mountain
1967
The Carnaby Curse
1967
Castle of Closing Doors
1967
The Long and Living Shadow
1968
The Traficante Treasure
1968
Bracken's World
1969
The Love of Lucifer
1970
The Vampire Curse
1971
Flight of a Fallen Angel
1971
Devil's Daughter
1971
Dennison Hill
1971
The Devil\'s Princess
1971
Seminar in Evil
1972
Kingdom's Castle
1972
The Return
1972
The Mayeroni Myth
1972
The Inheritance
1972
Skeleton Key
1972
The Victim
1972
Moorhaven
1973
The Sorcerers
1973
Unforgotten
1973
The Trap
1973
Haversham Legacy
1974
Golden Valley
1975
Walk Around the Square
1975
A Visit After Dark
1975
Gallows Way
1976
The Dream Killers
1976
Emerald Station
1977
The Adventuress
1978
Mills of the Gods
1979
House of Mirror Images
1979
Secret of an Unknown Woman
1979
A Sweet Familiarity
1981
Mira
1981
The Lotteries
1981
Hands of Death
1982
Family of Strangers
1983
A Story of the Fall River Line 1847 to 1937
1984
The Death Watch
1986
The Moderns
1988
Maybe This Time
1989
A Double Life
1991
Hannah's Gate
1992
The Curse of Hannah's Gate
1995
Silent Witness
1996
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