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Start with The Bone Season and continue through all 6 books in the listed reading order.
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Book 1 by Samantha Shannon • Published 2013
In 2059 Scion London, dreamwalker Paige Mahoney works for a criminal gang that shelters outlawed clairvoyants. When she is captured and sent to a secret prison in Oxford, she discovers an inhuman ruling class and a re...
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Ends with The Mask Falling
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Book 1:The Bone Season
Samantha Shannon • 2013
In 2059 Scion London, dreamwalker Paige Mahoney works for a criminal gang that shelters outlawed clairvoyants. When she is captured and sent to a secret prison in Oxford, she discovers an inhuman ruling class and a re...
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Book 2:The Mime Order
Samantha Shannon • 2015
Back in the underworld of Scion London, Paige Mahoney is hunted by the regime she escaped and mistrusted by her crime syndicate. To survive, she must expose the Rephaim and win a brutal contest for power in the clairv...
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Book 3:On the Merits of Unnaturalness
Samantha Shannon • 2015
Presented as a forbidden pamphlet from within The Bone Season universe, this companion work by mime lord Jaxon Hall catalogues the Seven Orders of clairvoyance, traces their shadowy history and shows how that knowledg...
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Book 4:The Pale Dreamer
Samantha Shannon • 2016
In this prequel novella, teenage Paige Mahoney attempts her first major job for Jaxon Hall's gang in Scion London. Hunting a dangerous poltergeist forces her to test her dreamwalking gift, confront her fears and earn...
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Book 5:The Song Rising
Samantha Shannon • 2017
Newly crowned as Underqueen of London's voyant syndicate, Paige Mahoney faces betrayal at home and a new technology that can track clairvoyants anywhere. Her fight against Scion pushes her into hostile citadels and fo...
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Book 7:The Mask Falling
Samantha Shannon • 2021 • 1 recommendation
In the Scion citadel of Paris, Paige Mahoney is presumed dead and hiding with the Domino Programme, a spy network. As she heals from torture and deepens her bond with Arcturus Mesarthim, her next mission could ignite...
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What is the best order to read the The Bone Season series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with The Bone Season.
How many books are in the The Bone Season series?
There are 6 books currently listed in the The Bone Season series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the The Bone Season series?
New readers should start with The Bone Season, the first book in the reading order.
Is the The Bone Season series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2013 to 2021.