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: January 2026
Publication Order
Carla
Buy on Amazon1958
Into the Night (With: Cornell Woolrich)
Buy on Amazon1959
69 Barrow Street
Buy on Amazon1959
Campus Tramp
Buy on Amazon1959
Candy
Buy on Amazon1960
A Girl Called Honey
Buy on Amazon1960
Kept
Buy on Amazon1960
A Strange Kind of Love
Buy on Amazon1960
The Adulterers
Buy on Amazon1960
Grifter's Game / Mona / Sweet Slow Death
Buy on Amazon1961
A Diet of Treacle
Buy on Amazon1961
Cinderella Sims
Buy on Amazon1961
Killing Castro
Buy on Amazon1961
Coward's Kiss / Death Pulls a Doublecross
Buy on Amazon1961
$20 Lust / Cinderella Sims
Buy on Amazon1961
The Twisted Ones
Buy on Amazon1961
Borderline
Buy on Amazon1962
The Case of the Pornographic Photos / Markham / You Could Call it Murder
Buy on Amazon1962
Strange Embrace
Buy on Amazon1962
Sin Hellcat
Buy on Amazon1962
Lucky at Cards
Buy on Amazon1964
The Girl with the Long Green Heart
Buy on Amazon1965
Deadly Honeymoon
Buy on Amazon1967
After the First Death
Buy on Amazon1969
The Specialists
Buy on Amazon1969
Ronald Rabbit is a Dirty Old Man
Buy on Amazon1971
A Week as Andrea Benstock
Buy on Amazon1975
Ariel
Buy on Amazon1979
Code of Arms (With: Harold King)
Buy on Amazon1981
Random Walk
Buy on Amazon1988
The Lost Cases of Ed London
Buy on Amazon2001
Small Town
Buy on Amazon2002
Community of Women
Buy on Amazon2010
The Girl with the Deep Blue Eyes
Buy on Amazon2015
Passport to Peril (With: Anne Campbell Clark)
Buy on Amazon2016
Sinner Man
Buy on Amazon2016
April North / High School Sex Club
Buy on Amazon2019
Dead Girl Blues
Buy on Amazon2020
Collecting Ackermans
Buy on Amazon1979
A Chance to Get Even
Buy on Amazon2011
Dolly's Trash & Treasures
Buy on Amazon2011
Welcome to the Real World
Buy on Amazon2011
Who Knows Where It Goes
Buy on Amazon2011
Scenarios
Buy on Amazon2011
Headaches and Bad Dreams
Buy on Amazon2011
Sweet Little Hands
Buy on Amazon2011
You Don't Even Feel It
Buy on Amazon2011
In For a Penny
Buy on Amazon2011
Three in the Side Pocket
Buy on Amazon2011
Like a Bone in the Throat
Buy on Amazon2011
Nothing Short of Highway Robbery
Buy on Amazon2013
The Ehrengraf Fandango
Buy on Amazon2014
I Know How to Pick 'Em
Buy on Amazon2014
Autumn at the Automat
Buy on Amazon2016
Resume Speed
Buy on Amazon2016
Like a Lamb to Slaughter
Buy on Amazon1984
Sometimes They Bite
Buy on Amazon1984
Some Days You Get the Bear
Buy on Amazon1993
By the Dawn's Early Light: And Other Stories
Buy on Amazon1994
The Collected Mystery Stories
Buy on Amazon1999
Enough Rope
Buy on Amazon2002
The Crazy Years
Buy on Amazon2004
Catch and Release
Buy on Amazon2011
Defender of the Innocent: The Casebook of Martin Ehrengraf
Buy on Amazon2014
Resume Speed and Other Stories
Buy on Amazon2018
From Sea to Stormy Sea
Buy on Amazon2019
How Far
Buy on Amazon2011
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Standalone series is publication order: 1. Carla (1958), 2. Into the Night (With: Cornell Woolrich) (1959), 3. 69 Barrow Street (1959), 4. Campus Tramp (1959), 5. Candy (1960), and 62 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Standalone series by Lawrence Block contains 67 books. The series began in 1958 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Standalone series is written by Lawrence Block. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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