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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 "The Doll Who Ate His Mother" (1976) and follow publication order through all 85 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

The Doll Who Ate His Mother
1976

The Wolfman
1977

The Bride of Frankenstein (As: Carl Dreadstone)
1977

Dracula's Daughter (As: Carl Dreadstone)
1977

The Face That Must Die
1979

To Wake the Dead/ The Parasite
1980

The Nameless
1981

Incarnate
1983

Claw
1983

Night of the Claw (As: Jay Ramsay)
1983

Obsession
1985

Ancient Images
1989

Midnight Sun
1990

Needing Ghosts
1990

The Count of Eleven
1991

The Long Lost
1993

The One Safe Place
1995

The House on Nazareth Hill
1996

The Last Voice They Hear
1998

Silent Children
2000

Pact of the Fathers
2001

The Darkest Part of the Woods
2002

The Overnight
2004

Secret Story / Secret Stories
2005

The Grin of the Dark
2007

Thieving Fear
2008

Creatures of the Pool
2009

Solomon Kane
2010

The Seven Days of Cain
2011

Ghosts Know
2011

The Kind Folk
2012

Somebody's Voice
2021

Fellstones
2022

An Echo of Children
2025

The Incubations
2026
The Chimney
1976

Loveman's Comeback
1977

The Changer of Names
1977

In the Bag
1977

After the Queen
1977

Mackintosh Willy
1979

Watch the Birdie
1984

The Other Side
1986

The Word
1997
The Entertainment
1999

Never to Be Heard
1999

No Story in It
2000

Fear the Dead
2003

Just Behind You
2005

Digging Deep
2007

With the Angels
2012

The Last Revelation Of Gla'aki
2013

The Pretence
2013

Double Room - eBook Single
2013

The Companion
2019

The Inhabitant Of The Lake And Less Welcome Tenants
1964

Demons by Daylight
1973

SUPERHORROR
1976

The Height of the Scream
1976

Dark Companions
1982

Cold Print
1985

Black Wine (With: Charles L. Grant)
1986

Scared Stiff
1987

Dark Feasts
1987

Waking Nightmares
1991

Alone With the Horrors
1993

Two Obscure Tales
1993

Strange Things and Stranger Places
1993

Far Away & Never
1996

Ghosts and Grisly Things
1998

Told by the Dead
2003

The Book of Liverpool (With: Brian Patten,Eleanor Rees)
2007

Inconsequential Tales
2008

The Inhabitant of The Lake & Other Unwelcome Tenants
2011

Cut Corners Volume 1 (With: Ray Garton,Bentley Little)
2012

Holes for Faces
2013

10,000 Ghost Stories
2014

Hornsea Hauntings (With: Peter Crowther)
2014

Visions from Brichester
2015

By the Light of My Skull
2018

The Companion & Other Phantasmagorical Stories
2019

The Retrospective & Other Phantasmagorical Stories Volume 2
2020

The Village Killings & Other Novellas
2021

Ramsey Campbell, Certainly
2022

Through the Walls
1981
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