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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 "Heavy Laden" (1928) and follow publication order through all 31 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Heavy Laden
1928

Babes and Sucklings
1929

Gladiator
1930

Blondy's Boy Friend
1930

Footprint of Cinderella
1931

The Murderer Invisible
1931

The Savage Gentleman
1932

Finnley Wren
1934

The Golden Hoard (With: Edwin Balmer)
1934

The Smiling Corpse
1935

Too Much of Everything
1936

The Shield of Silence (With: Edwin Balmer)
1936

An April Afternoon
1938

The Other Horseman
1942

Corpses at Indian Stones
1943

Night Unto Night
1944

Opus 21
1949

The Disappearance
1951

The Smuggled Atom Bomb
1951

As They Reveled
1951

Three To Be Read
1951

Tomorrow!
1954

Experiment in Crime
1956

The Innocent Ambassadors
1957

Danger Mansion
1960

Triumph
1963

They Both Were Naked
1963

Autumn Romance
1965

The Spy Who Spoke Porpoise
1969

Los Angeles: A.D. 2017
1971

The End of the Dream
1973
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