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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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