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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 "Escardy Gap" (1996) and follow publication order through all 98 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Escardy Gap
1996
Fugue on a G-String
1998
The Hand That Feeds (With: James Lovegrove)
1999
Gandalph Cohen and the Land at the End of the Working Day
1999
Our Club Our Rules
2007
Even Beggars Would Ride
1997
Front-Page McGuffin & The Greatest Story Never Told
1998
All We Know Of Heaven
2001
Cliff Rhodes & The Most Important Journey
2008
Bernard Boyce Bennington & The American Dream
2008
Ghosts with Teeth
2011
The Adventure of the Touch of God
2012
Thoughtful Breaths
2016
The Longest Single Note
1994
Lonesome Roads
1999
Cities
2003
Songs of Leaving
2004
The Spaces Between the Lines
2007
Jewels in the Dust
2013
Cold Comforts
2014
Hornsea Hauntings (With: Ramsey Campbell)
2014
Things I Didn’t Know My Father Knew
2021
Destination Unknown
1991
Borderlands 4
1991
Coast of Avon
1992
Touch Wood
1993
Deathport
1993
Frankenstein
1993
Narrow Houses
1993
Blue Motel
1994
Tombs
1994
Werewolves
1995
Heaven Sent
1995
Vampire Detectives
1995
Excalibur
1995
The Ultimate Alien
1995
Celebrity Vampires
1995
Fantastic Alice
1995
Dante's Disciples
1996
Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Ninth Annual Collection
1996
Phantoms of the Night
1996
White House Horrors
1996
Fantasy Stories
1996
Pawn of Chaos
1996
Free Space
1997
First Contact
1997
Tales in Time
1997
The Mammoth Book of Dracula
1997
The Fortune Teller
1997
Elf Magic
1997
Tales in Space
1998
Once Upon a Crime
1998
Alien Pets
1998
Black Cats and Broken Mirrors
1998
Scaremongers 2 - Redbrick Eden
1998
Future Crimes
1999
Cat Crimes Through Time
1999
A Dangerous Magic
1999
Moon Shots
1999
Alien Abductions
1999
Taps and Sighs
2000
Perchance to Dream
2000
Mardi Gras Madness
2000
Foursight
2000
October Dreams
2000
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2
2000
Single White Vampire Seeks Same
2001
Futures
2001
Infinities
2002
Mars Probes
2002
Constellations
2005
The British Fantasy Society: A Celebration
2006
Urban Fantastic
2006
Forbidden Planets
2006
We Think, Therefore We Are
2008
Brimstone Turnpike
2008
The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy
2008
The Best of Cemetery Dance II
2008
Dancing with the Dark
2009
Best New Horror 20
2009
The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF
2009
Zombie Apocalypse!
2010
Visitants
2010
A Book of Horrors
2011
Epitaphs: The Journal of the New England Horror Writers, Vol. 1
2011
Unfit for Eden: A Postscripts Anthology 26/27
2011
The Alchemy Press Book of Ancient Wonders
2012
Four For Fear
2012
A Carnivàle of Horror
2012
Memoryville Blues: A Postscripts Anthology 30/31
2013
Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013
2013
Mister October, Volume I: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala
2013
The Time Traveler's Almanac
2013
Miseria's Chorale
2013
Dark Places, Evil Faces
2017
Dark Mirages
2018
The Unquiet Dreamer: A Tribute to Harlan Ellison
2019
New Worlds
2021
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