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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 "To Make a Wee Moon" (1969) and follow publication order through all 45 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
To Make a Wee Moon
1969
Making It Happen
1970
Wrestle the Mountain
1971
No Easy Circle
1972
To Walk the Sky Path
1973
Walking Through the Dark
1976
Revelations
1979
How Lazy Can You Get?
1979
Eddie, incorporated
1980
All Because I'm Older
1981
The Boy with the Helium Head
1982
A String of Chances
1982
The Solomon System
1983
Night Cry
1984
Old Sadie and the Christmas Bear
1984
The Dark of the Tunnel
1985
The Keeper
1986
Unexpected Pleasures
1986
The Baby, the Bed, and the Rose
1987
The Year of the Gopher
1987
One of the Third Grade Thonkers
1988
Maudie in the Middle
1988
Keeping a Christmas Secret
1989
Beetles, Lightly Toasted
1989
Send No Blessings
1990
King of the Playground
1991
Josie's Troubles
1992
Jennifer Jean, the Cross-Eyed Queen
1994
The Fear Place
1994
1995
Being Danny's Dog
1995
I Can't Take You Anywhere!
1997
Ducks Disappearing
1997
Sang Spell
1998
Danny's Desert Rats
1998
Walker's Crossing
1999
Sweet Strawberries
1999
Jade Green
2000
The Great Chicken Debacle
2001
Please DO Feed the Bears
2002
Blizzard's Wake
2002
After
2003
Cricket Man
2008
Faith, Hope, and Ivy June
2009
Zack and the Turkey Attack
2017
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