{Updated} The World of V.E. Schwab: Where to Begin

At this point V.E. Schwab has written 17-18 books not including her comic books. If you’ve only just discovered her you might be lost as to where to begin. I’ve compiled a list of ALL her books by both the target audience and publication order. V.E. Schwab herself provides a super helpful guide to anyone who wants to fall down the world of monsters and mayhem, but don’t know where to start:

Are you ready?

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By Target Audience

Middle Grade

Everyday Angel series: 

• New Beginnings #1
• Second Chances #2
• Last Wishes #3

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Cassidy Blake series: 

• City of Ghosts #1
• Tunnel of Bones #2
• Bridge of Souls #3 

Young Adult

• The Near Witch 
• The Dark Vault series: The Archived | The Unbound 
• The Monsters of Verity duology: This Savage Song | Our Dark Duet 
• Gallant

Adult

Villains series: 

• ExtraOrdinary #1.5
• Vicious #1
• Vengeful #2

• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

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A Darker Shade of Magic series order: 

• Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince (vol. 1) 
• Shades of Magic: Night of Knives (vol. 2) 
• Shades of Magic: The Rebel Army (vol. 3)
• A Darker Shade of Magic #1
• A Gathering of Shadows #2
• A Conjuring of Light #3

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By Publication Order

1. The Near Witch (2011)
2. The Archived (2013)
3. Vicious (2013)
4. New Beginnings (2014)
5. Second Chances (2014)
6. Last Wishes (2014)
7. The Unbound (2014)
8. A Darker Shade of Magic (2015)
9. A Gathering of Shadows (2016)
10. This Savage Song (2016)
11. A Conjuring of Light (2017)
12. Our Dark Duet (2017)
13. City of Ghosts (2018)
14. Vengeful (2018)
15. The Steel Prince, vol. 1 (2018)
16. Night of Knives, vol. 2 (2019)
17. Tunnel of Bones (2019)
18. The Rebel Army, vol. 3 (2020)
19. The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue (2020)
20. Bridge of Souls (2021)
21. Villains 1.5: Extraordinary (2021)
22. Gallant (2022)
23. The Fragile Threads of Power (2023)
24. Untitled: #BOBITMS (TBD)
25. Threads of Power #2 (TBD)
26. Victorious (TBD)
27. Threads of Power #3 (TBD)

Below are a few stories or titles that may not be included as part of V.E. Schwab’s official bibliography:

• “Warm Up” short story (2013)
• “First Kill”, a short story within the Vampires Never Get Old anthology (2020)
• Broken Ground (2015)  
• Or any other short stories the author has contributed to anthologies.

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V.E. Schwab Facts and Easter Eggs

Look away if you would rather uncover the Easter Eggs yourself!

• The Everyday Angel books were a “work-for-hire” series that Scholastic approached Victoria about which the author says basically saved her career.
• Some of Victoria Schwab’s fan base call themselves “Schwablings”
• Victoria Schwab quotes herself as Victor Vale on the front page (the epigraph) of The Savage Song. 
• Eli is for Elizabeth and Victor is for Victoria
• Alucard is Dracula spelled backwards.
• Cassidy and Sydney are the same people in different universes.
• Kell has one blue eye and one brown eye. There is another character in a different world that has the same eye colors. See if you can find him or her!
• V.E. Schwab does not shy away from queer representation: Victor is asexual. Rhy is bisexual. Alucard is gay. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue has a cast of queer characters.
• “Kell’s peculiar many-sides coat is a nod to the Room of Requirement in Harry Potter. Look close and you’ll notice new sides always show up BEFORE he needs them.” – V.E. Schwab, Twitter
• V.E. Schwab is bi but often refers to herself as being gay as well.
• V.E. Schwab absolutely detests Earl Grey tea.

More V.E. Schwab Resources

V.E. Schwab On Cultivating Stubborn Hope & Earning Your Way Into The Tribe

“In Search of Doors”: Read V.E. Schwab’s 2018 J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature

Author V.E. Schwab Shares Her Coming Out Story on Oprah Magazine