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Samantha Shannon Books in Order

Samantha Shannon has written 12 books, published between 2013 and 2025. The first book is The Bone Season (2013) and the newest is The Dark Mirror (2025). One more title is announced: The Moth Reborn (2027). Publication order is the reading order below. 9 of the 13 books listed here are in the Bone Season series, which has its own page: Bone Season books in order.

Books
12 + 1 announced
Published
2013–2025
Confirmed
12 of 13 titles
Pages on record
2,770 in 6 of 13 books
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Photo of Samantha Shannon, author

Samantha Shannon, born Samantha Shannon-Jones on 8 November 1991, is a British novelist of queer dystopian and fantasy fiction. The Bone Season (2013) was the debut novel and the first of a seven-book series. The Priory of the Orange Tree, the first Shannon novel set outside that series, sold over a million copies and ranked among Bloomsbury's bestsellers of 2022. The catalogue holds 13 books through The Dark Mirror (2025), with The Moth Reborn due in 2027. Roots of Chaos is the other listed series.

The Bone Season follows Paige Mahoney, a dreamwalker who enters others' dreams, in a future London where people with psychic abilities are treated as a threat. Paige is captured and forced to serve a guardian.

How many Samantha Shannon books are there?

Samantha Shannon has 12 published books, released between 2013 and 2025. They include 2 series and 1 title listed outside any series. One more, The Moth Reborn (2027), is announced.

Samantha Shannon Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Samantha Shannon books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon, book 1 of the Bone Season series (2013)
  2. Cover of The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon, book 2 of the Bone Season series (2015)
  3. Cover of The Song Rising by Samantha Shannon (2016)
  4. Cover of The Song Rising by Samantha Shannon, book 5 of the Bone Season series (2017)
  5. Cover of The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, book 1 of the Roots of Chaos series (2019)
  6. Cover of The Mask Falling by Samantha Shannon, book 7 of the Bone Season series (2021)
  7. Cover of A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon, book 2 of the Roots of Chaos series (2023)
  8. Cover of Among the Burning Flowers by Samantha Shannon, book 3 of the Roots of Chaos series (2025)
  1. 1
    The Bone SeasonBone Season #12013 · 466 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2013466
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  2. 2
    The Mime OrderBone Season #22015 · confirmed 4/4
    2015–
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  3. 3
    On the Merits of UnnaturalnessBone Season #32015 · confirmed 4/4
    2015–
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  4. 4
    The Song Rising2016 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016384
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  5. 5
    The Pale DreamerBone Season #42016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
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  6. 6
    The Song RisingBone Season #52017 · 384 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2017384
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  7. 7
    The Priory of the Orange TreeRoots of Chaos #12019 · 848 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2019848
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  8. 8
    The Dawn ChorusBone Season #62020 · confirmed 4/4
    2020–
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  9. 9
    The Mask FallingBone Season #72021 · 528 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2021528
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  10. 10
    A Day of Fallen NightRoots of Chaos #22023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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  11. 11
    Among the Burning FlowersRoots of Chaos #32025 · 160 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2025160
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  12. 12
    The Dark MirrorBone Season #82025 · confirmed 4/4
    2025–
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  13. 13
    The Moth RebornBone Season #92027 · confirmed 3/4
    2027–
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Samantha Shannon series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Samantha Shannon books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Roots of Chaos in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Priory of the Orange Tree
  2. 2. A Day of Fallen Night
  3. 3. Among the Burning Flowers

Standalone books

1 book

1 Samantha Shannon title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Samantha Shannon books in order?

You only need to read Samantha Shannon books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Samantha Shannon

Start with The Bone Season (2013), the first Bone Season book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Samantha Shannon book?

The Dark Mirror (2025) is the newest Samantha Shannon book released so far.

Is there a new Samantha Shannon book coming?

Yes. The Moth Reborn (2027) is the next Samantha Shannon book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.

Award nominations for Samantha Shannon

Wikidata records 1 nomination for Samantha Shannon. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Samantha Shannon at a glance

Still publishing
Samantha Shannon is still publishing. The Moth Reborn is announced for 2027.
Release pace
Samantha Shannon books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,770 pages across the 6 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 425 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Samantha Shannon books, 7 of 13, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
9 of the 13 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 12 in at least three.

What the Samantha Shannon books are about

6 of the 13 Samantha Shannon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.