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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 "Zombie Baseball Beatdown" (2013) and follow publication order through all 36 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Zombie Baseball Beatdown
2013
The Doubt Factory
2014
The Water Knife
2015
Navola
2024
Pocketful of Dharma
1999
The Fluted Girl
2003
The People of Sand and Slag
2004
The Calorie Man
2005
The Tamarisk Hunter
2006
Yellow Card Man
2006
The Gambler
2008
The Year's Best Science Fiction: 21 Annual Edition
2004
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection
2004
Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2004
2004
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection
2006
Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories
2007
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection
2007
Rewired
2007
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 22
2008
Fast Forward 2
2008
I'm With the Bears
2011
Diverse Energies
2012
After the End
2013
The End is Nigh
2014
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Nine
2014
Futuredaze 2: Reprise
2014
Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales
2014
Lightspeed Magazine, October 2014
2014
Loosed Upon the World
2015
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection
2016
Cyber World
2016
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection
2017
Futurescapes: Blue Sky Cities
2019
Grimdark Magazine, Issue #32
2022
No More Fairy Tales
2022
Nebula Awards Showcase 2011
2025
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