Bone Season Books in Order
Bone Season by Samantha Shannon contains 8 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.
- Books
- 8 + 1 announced
- Published
- 2013–2025
- Confirmed
- 9 of 9 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,378 in 3 of 9 books
The Bone Season is a fantasy series by Samantha Shannon, running to 9 catalogued books dated 2013 to 2027. Clairvoyance, telepathy and insurgency against a governing power are its subjects, with London among its settings. The opening book, The Bone Season (2013), sets a clairvoyant named Paige against a security force holding the major cities of the mid-21st century; Paige is taken by an otherworldly race and pressed toward its supernatural army. The Mime Order (2015), The Song Rising (2017) and The Mask Falling (2021) follow, The Dark Mirror arrived in 2025, and The Moth Reborn is scheduled for 2027.
How many Bone Season books are there?
Bone Season has 8 published books, released between 2013 and 2025. One more, The Moth Reborn (2027), is announced.
Bone Season Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Bone Season 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.
- 1The Bone Season2013 · 466 pages · confirmed 4/420134664/4
- 2The Mime Order2015 · confirmed 4/42015–4/4
- 3On the Merits of Unnaturalness2015 · confirmed 4/42015–4/4
- 4The Pale Dreamer2016 · confirmed 3/42016–3/4
- 5The Song Rising2017 · 384 pages · confirmed 4/420173844/4
- 6The Dawn Chorus2020 · confirmed 4/42020–4/4
- 7The Mask Falling2021 · 528 pages · confirmed 4/420215284/4
- 8The Dark Mirror2025 · confirmed 4/42025–4/4
- 9The Moth Reborn2027 · confirmed 3/42027–3/4
Is there a chronological order for Bone Season?
No separate chronological order is on record for Bone Season, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Bone Season books in order?
You should read the Bone Season books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Bone Season book also stands alone.
Where to start with Bone Season
Start with The Bone Season (2013), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Bone Season book?
The Dark Mirror (2025) is the newest Bone Season book released so far.
Is there a new Bone Season book coming?
Yes. The Moth Reborn (2027) is the next Bone Season 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.
Bone Season at a glance
- Still running
- Bone Season is still running. The Moth Reborn is announced for 2027.
- Release pace
- Bone Season books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,378 pages across the 3 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 466 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Bone Season books, 5 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 7 of the 9 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Bone Season books are about
3 of the 9 Bone Season books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy, paranormal is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy, paranormal 2 of 3 books
- Clairvoyance 1 of 3 books
- Clairvoyants 1 of 3 books
- English literature 1 of 3 books
- Insurgency 1 of 3 books
- London (England) 1 of 3 books
- Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) 1 of 3 books
- Psychics 1 of 3 books
- Resistance to government 1 of 3 books
- Telepathy 1 of 3 books
- Young women 1 of 3 books
More books by Samantha Shannon
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Samantha Shannon books in order 12 books