El's first school year
Begin with A Deadly Education and continue straight through the trilogy in order.
Book Series · 3 Books
The Scholomance Books
In order from A Deadly Education to The Golden Enclaves.
A completed dark-fantasy trilogy about a powerful teenage magician trying to survive a deadly school and reject a prophesied destructive destiny.
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Reading order
How to Read the Scholomance Books
Read A Deadly Education, The Last Graduate, and The Golden Enclaves in numbered order. Each begins after the consequences of the previous book, and the first two end with major unresolved developments.
Although the main characters are teenagers and the story begins at a magic school, Penguin Random House classifies the trilogy as adult fantasy. It is a complete three-book story, with no required novella or companion volume.
Sources: Penguin Random House's official Scholomance series.
For parents
What Parents Should Know
This is dark adult fantasy about a school where many students are killed and eaten by monsters. It includes frequent peril, blood, deaths, grief, strong language, class prejudice, exploitation, and morally difficult choices, plus romance and sexual situations. Dense first-person narration and extensive explanations of the magic system also make it a more demanding read than the school setting may suggest.
Where to start
Where Should a New Reader Start?
Where the story begins
First Book in the Series
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Book #1 · Chapter Book · 2020
A Deadly Education
By Naomi Novik
A dark sorceress defies expectations at a perilous magic school.
321 pages
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Summary: In a school teeming with danger, El is an unwilling dark sorceress determined to survive without becoming the villain everyone expects. As monsters lurk and magic rules, she must navigate the treacherous halls of Scholomance, where her only ally, Orion, is also her greatest annoyance. Can El rewrite her destiny and escape the school's deadly grip without succumbing to its dark demands? The stakes are high, and the path is fraught with peril, but El is resolved to defy the odds and emerge unscathed, challenging the very essence of what it means to wield power.
In reading order
The Scholomance Series
3 books · Published 2020–2022
#1
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A Deadly Education
Chapter Book · 2020
A dark sorceress defies expectations at a perilous magic school.
#2
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$1710
The Last Graduate
Chapter Book · 2021
Survive graduation or embrace dark destiny at a school that devours its students.
#3
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The Golden Enclaves
Chapter Book · 2022
Escaping magic school was just the beginning; now a new threat looms, and returning is the only option.
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Common Questions
How many books are in the Scholomance series?
There are 3 books in the Scholomance series. It began with A Deadly Education in 2020, and the newest book, The Golden Enclaves, was published in 2022.
What order should you read the Scholomance books in?
Start with A Deadly Education and follow the series order — the books above are numbered #1 through #3.
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