If there are reviews on Goodreads, usually people will say if a book is part of a series, and if it is, whether or not it can be read as a stand-alone or if it ends on a cliffhanger. Of course this doesn't help if you are reading a brand new book and can't find any reviews.
I think book descriptions ought to state that a book is #1 (or #5 or whatever) in a series, but unfortunately they don't always have this information.
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