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Samantha Shannon

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Samantha Shannon is the New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Bone Season series. From 2010 to 2013 she studied English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford. Her fourth novel, The Priory of the Orange Tree (2019), was her first outside of the series. It has sold over a million copies in English alone, and was a finalist in the Lambda Literary Awards 2020. Its standalone prequel, A Day of Fallen Night (2023), won the gold medal in the Fantasy category at the Ippy Awards 2024.

Samantha's work has been translated into twenty-seven languages. Her most recent book is The Dark Mirror (2025), the fifth instalment in the Bone Season series. ...more

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	The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 259,086 ratings — published 2019 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 96,102 ratings — published 2013 — 136 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0) 4.33 avg rating — 49,167 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mime Order (The Bone Season, #2) 4.22 avg rating — 39,387 ratings — published 2015 — 80 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Song Rising (The Bone Season, #3) 4.20 avg rating — 25,303 ratings — published 2017 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mask Falling (The Bone Season, #4) 4.46 avg rating — 15,558 ratings — published 2021 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zakon Drzewa Pomarańczy. Część 1 (Korzenie chaosu, #1A) by Samantha Shannon (카지노싸이트 Author), Maciej Pawlak (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 11,971 ratings — published 2019 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pale Dreamer (The Bone Season, #0.5) 3.85 avg rating — 10,158 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zakon Drzewa Pomarańczy. Część 2 (Korzenie chaosu, #1B) by Samantha Shannon (카지노싸이트 Author), Maciej Pawlak (Translator) 4.20 avg rating — 8,663 ratings — published 2019 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dawn Chorus (The Bone Season, #3.5) 4.17 avg rating — 6,250 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“No woman should be made to fear that she was not enough.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

tags: feminism, inspirational

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“Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Bone Season

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“We may be small, and we may be young, but we will shake the world for our beliefs.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

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2nd Quarter 2019 - Fantasy #2

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, 412p

6 votes, 22.2%

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, 848p

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Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry, 292p

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The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison, 446p

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The Wind in His Heart by Charles de Lint, 545p

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Tomorrow by Damian Dibben, 335p

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The Lost Queen by Signe Pike, 527p

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The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo, 384p

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The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky, 544p

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The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson, 440p

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Fly by Night by Frances Hardinge, 435p

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Angel with the Sword by C.J. Cherryh, 302p

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