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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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