Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Foolish Giant | 1978 | Bruce Coville | Buy |
| 2 | Sarah’s Unicorn | 1979 | Bruce Coville | Buy |
| 3 | Sarah and the Dragon | 1984 | Bruce Coville | Buy |
| 4 | Monster of the Year | 1989 | Bruce Coville | Buy |
| 5 | Prehistoric People | 1990 | Bruce Coville | Buy |
| 6 | The Dragonslayers | 1994 | Bruce Coville | Buy |
| 7 | Fortune’s Journey | 1995 | Bruce Coville | Buy |
| 8 | My Grandfather’s House | 1996 | Bruce Coville | Buy |
| 9 | Aliens Stole My Dad | 1996 | Bruce Coville | Buy |
| 10 | The World’s Worst Fairy Godmother | 1996 | Bruce Coville | Buy |
| 11 | Lapsnatcher | 1997 | Bruce Coville | Buy |
| 12 | Armageddon Summer | 1998 | Bruce Coville | Buy |
| 13 | Creature of Fire | 1998 | Bruce Coville | Buy |
| 14 | The Ghost Saw Red | 2000 | Bruce Coville | Buy |
| 15 | The Monsters of Morley Manor | 2001 | Bruce Coville | Buy |
| 16 | Thor’s Wedding Day | 2005 | Bruce Coville | Buy |
| 17 | Always October | 2012 | Bruce Coville | Buy |
| 18 | The Thief of Worlds | 2021 | Bruce Coville | Buy |
Bruce Coville’s standalone novels stretch from The Foolish Giant in 1978 all the way to The Thief of Worlds in 2021, covering more than four decades of fantasy fiction. The earliest titles — The Foolish Giant, Sarah’s Unicorn, and Sarah and the Dragon — appeared in the late 1970s and early 1980s, while titles like Armageddon Summer and The Monsters of Morley Manor came later as the range broadened.
With eighteen books spread across the list, the standalones cover a wide variety of subjects: aliens, dragons, giants, Norse mythology with Thor’s Wedding Day (2005), and ghost stories like The Ghost Saw Red (2000). Each book is independent, so readers can pick up any title that sounds interesting without reading the others first.