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Originally Posted by JSWolf
The only novel of a series that is truly standalone is the first one as long as it has a proper ending.
Our brains want to know what happened before and not just get snippets that spoil a previous book.We don't want to read a previous book and find we know too much ahead of time.
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Personally I never read any series out of order, not even mysteries. I just can't. But I'm aware there are many who don't particularly care about exact continuity.