Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Song of Kali | 1985 | Dan Simmons | Buy |
| 2 | Carrion Comfort | 1989 | Dan Simmons | Buy |
| 3 | Phases of Gravity | 1989 | Dan Simmons | Buy |
| 4 | The Hollow Man | 1992 | Dan Simmons | Buy |
| 5 | Fires of Eden | 1994 | Dan Simmons | Buy |
| 6 | The Crook Factory | 1999 | Dan Simmons | Buy |
| 7 | Darwin’s Blade | 2000 | Dan Simmons | Buy |
| 8 | The Terror | 2007 | Dan Simmons | Buy |
| 9 | Muse of Fire | 2008 | Dan Simmons | Buy |
| 10 | Drood | 2009 | Dan Simmons | Buy |
| 11 | Black Hills | 2010 | Dan Simmons | Buy |
| 12 | Flashback | 2011 | Dan Simmons | Buy |
| 13 | The Abominable | 2013 | Dan Simmons | Buy |
| 14 | Omega Canyon | 2020 | Dan Simmons | Buy |
Dan Simmons’ fourteen standalone novels cover remarkable range. Song of Kali (1985) is a horror novel set in Calcutta. Carrion Comfort (1989) follows psychic vampires across decades. The Terror (2007) fictionalizes the lost Franklin Expedition to the Arctic, mixing historical detail with supernatural horror. Drood (2009) imagines the last years of Charles Dickens through the eyes of Wilkie Collins.
His other standalones include the thriller Darwin’s Blade, the historical novel Black Hills, and the dystopian Flashback. The most recent, Omega Canyon (2020), is set during World War II.