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: January 2026
Publication Order
Cover Charge
Buy on Amazon1926
Children of the Ritz
Buy on Amazon1927
Times Square
Buy on Amazon1929
A Young Man's Heart
Buy on Amazon1930
The Time of Her Life
Buy on Amazon1931
Manhattan Love Song
Buy on Amazon1932
The Bride Wore Black / Beware the Lady (As: William Irish)
Buy on Amazon1940
The Black Curtain
Buy on Amazon1941
Black Alibi
Buy on Amazon1942
Phantom Lady (As: William Irish)
Buy on Amazon1942
The Black Angel
Buy on Amazon1943
And So to Death (As: William Irish)
Buy on Amazon1943
Deadline at Dawn (As: William Irish)
Buy on Amazon1944
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Buy on Amazon1945
The Black Path of Fear
Buy on Amazon1946
Borrowed Crime (As: William Irish)
Buy on Amazon1946
The Dancing Detective (As: William Irish)
Buy on Amazon1946
Waltz Into Darkness
Buy on Amazon1947
Rendezvous in Black
Buy on Amazon1948
I Married a Dead Man (As: William Irish)
Buy on Amazon1948
The Blue Ribbon (As: William Irish)
Buy on Amazon1949
Fright
Buy on Amazon1950
Savage Bride
Buy on Amazon1950
You'll Never See Me Again
Buy on Amazon1951
Strangler's Serenade (As: William Irish)
Buy on Amazon1951
Marijuana
Buy on Amazon1951
Bluebeard's Seventh Wife (As: William Irish)
Buy on Amazon1952
Hotel Room
Buy on Amazon1958
Into the Night (With: Lawrence Block)
Buy on Amazon1959
The Doom Stone
Buy on Amazon1960
Irish Trophy (As: William Irish)
Buy on Amazon1978
Dilemma of the Dead Lady
Buy on Amazon1950
Rear Window
Buy on Amazon1991
Mystery in Room 913
Buy on Amazon2013
Too Nice a Day to Die
Buy on Amazon2014
Guns, Gentlemen
Buy on Amazon2015
Hot Water
Buy on Amazon2015
The Dark Oblivion
Buy on Amazon2021
Rear Window and Other Stories
Buy on Amazon1942
Violence
Buy on Amazon1958
Beyond the Night
Buy on Amazon1959
Nightmare
Buy on Amazon1964
The Ten Faces of Cornell Woolrich
Buy on Amazon1965
The Dark Side of Love
Buy on Amazon1965
Nightwebs
Buy on Amazon1971
Angels of Darkness
Buy on Amazon1978
The Fantastic Stories of Cornell Woolrich
Buy on Amazon1981
Darkness at Dawn
Buy on Amazon1985
Vampire's Honeymoon
Buy on Amazon1985
Blind Date with Death
Buy on Amazon1985
Night and Fear (With: Francis M. Nevins Jr.)
Buy on Amazon1990
Tonight, Somewhere in New York (With: Francis M. Nevins Jr.)
Buy on Amazon2005
Love and Night
Buy on Amazon2007
Literary Noir
Buy on Amazon2018
An Obsession with Death and Dying
Buy on Amazon2018
If I Should Die Before I Wake
Buy on Amazon1946
Dead Man Blues
Buy on Amazon1947
Six Nights of Mystery
Buy on Amazon1950
Deadly Night Call
Buy on Amazon1951
Eyes That Watch You
Buy on Amazon1952
Daring Detectives
Buy on Amazon1969
Tantalizing Locked Room Mysteries
Buy on Amazon1982
Tales of Mystery
Buy on Amazon1986
Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels
Buy on Amazon1986
Kill or Cure
Buy on Amazon1989
Tales of the Occult
Buy on Amazon1989
Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories
Buy on Amazon1996
Murder to Music
Buy on Amazon1997
The Vintage Book of Amnesia
Buy on Amazon2000
Murder On The Railways
Buy on Amazon2003
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Standalone series is publication order: 1. Cover Charge (1926), 2. Children of the Ritz (1927), 3. Times Square (1929), 4. A Young Man's Heart (1930), 5. The Time of Her Life (1931), and 65 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Standalone series by Cornell Woolrich contains 70 books. The series began in 1926 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Standalone series is written by Cornell Woolrich. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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