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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 "Every Secret Thing" (2003) and follow publication order through all 38 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Every Secret Thing
2003

To the Power of Three
2005

What the Dead Know / Little Sister
2007

Life Sentences
2009

I'd Know You Anywhere / Don't Look Back
2010

The Most Dangerous Thing / The Innocents
2011

And When She Was Good
2012

After I'm Gone
2014

Five Fires
2014

Wilde Lake
2016

Sunburn
2018

Lady in the Lake
2019

Dream Girl
2021

Prom Mom
2023

Murder Takes a Vacation
2025

Hardly Knew Her
2008

One True Love
2008

Black-Eyed Susan
2008

Scratch a Woman
2008

A Good Fuck Spoiled
2008

The Crack Cocaine Diet
2008

Easy as A-B-C
2008

What He Needed
2008

Dear Penthouse Forum
2008

Honor Bar
2008

The Shoeshine Man's Regrets
2008

Femme Fatale
2008

Pony Girl
2008

ARM and the Woman
2008

Ropa Vieja
2008

The Babysitter's Code
2008
Waco 1982
2013

Hardly Knew Her: Stories
2008

Hints of Heloise
2012

Different for Girls
2018

Nasty Girls
2018

The Weaker Sex
2018

Seasonal Work
2022
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