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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 "Probe" (1991) and follow publication order through all 22 books.
The complete Standalone reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Probe
1991
Moonstruck
2005
Fools' Experiments
2008
Small Miracles
2009
Countdown to Armageddon
2010
Energized
2012
Dark Secret
2016
The Company Man
2019
Déjà Doomed
2021
Life and Death on Mars
2023
A Time Foreclosed
2013
Creative Destruction
2000
Frontiers of Space, Time and Thought
2012
Muses & Musings
2019
The Sherlock Chronicles & The Paradise Quartet
2021
The Best of Edward M. Lerner
2022
Countdown to Armageddon / A Stranger in Paradise
2022
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2001
2001
Analog, October 2003
2003
The Time Travel Megapack
2013
Impossible Futures
2013
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2014
2014
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