Samantha Shannon was born in 1991, Samantha Shannon has written at least 65 books. Their most popular book is The Priory of the Orange Tree with 1624 saves with an average rating of 4.09⭐.
They are best known for writing in the genres Fantasy, Young Adult, and Science fiction.
Adventurous, tense, and mysterious are their most common moods.
Samantha Shannon is the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, born in London in 1991. She studied English Language and Literature at St Anne's College, Oxford, from 2010 to 2013, specialising in the poetry of Emily Dickinson and Principles of Film Criticism.
In 2013, at the age of 21, she published The Bone Season, the internationally bestselling first installment in a seven-book series of fantasy novels. Her first book outside the series, The Priory of the Orange Tree, was a finalist in the Lambda Literary Awards 2020. Its prequel, A Day of Fallen Night, was an instant #1 Sunday Times bestseller.
#1 of 2 in The Roots of Chaos
2018 • 1,624 Readers • 849 pages • 4.1
#0 of 2 in The Roots of Chaos
2023 • 531 Readers • 881 pages • 4.3
#1 of 2 in The Roots of Chaos
2019 • 34 Readers • 861 pages • 4.4
#5 of 7 in The Bone Season
Available February 25, 2025 • 23 Readers • 576 pages
#6 of 7 in The Bone Season
Available January 1, 2026 • 14 Readers
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#7 of 7 in The Bone Season
Available January 1, 2027 • 10 Readers
2019 • 6 Readers • 987 pages • 4.4
#1 of 7 in The Bone Season
2013 • 4 Readers • 560 pages • 5
#1 of 7 in The Bone Season
2013 • 3 Readers • 520 pages • 2.5
#3 of 7 in The Bone Season
2017 • 2 Readers • 432 pages • 4
#1 of 2 in The Roots of Chaos
2019 • 2 Readers • 544 pages • 5
#1 of 2 in The Roots of Chaos
2019 • 2 Readers • 512 pages • 4
#1 of 7 in The Bone Season
2013 • 2 Readers • 469 pages • 5
#2 of 7 in The Bone Season
2015 • 2 Readers • 544 pages • 4
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2021 • 1 Reader • 560 pages • 5
2020 • 1 Reader • 1,392 pages
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#1 of 7 in The Bone Season
2013 • 1 Reader • 516 pages
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2013 • 1 Reader • 530 pages • 5
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#2 of 7 in The Bone Season
2015 • 1 Reader • 476 pages
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#0 of 2 in The Roots of Chaos
2023 • 1 Reader • 1,280 pages
#1 of 2 in The Roots of Chaos
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#2.5 of 7 in The Bone Season
2015 • 1 Reader • 50 pages • 3
#1 of 2 in The Roots of Chaos
2019 • 1 Reader • 536 pages
#0.5 of 2 in The Roots of Chaos
Available September 11, 2025 • 1 Reader
#1 of 7 in The Bone Season
2013 • 1 Reader • 533 pages
#3 of 7 in The Bone Season
2017 • 1 Reader • 4
#2 of 7 in The Bone Season
2015 • 1 Reader • 478 pages • 5
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#1 of 2 in The Roots of Chaos
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