The Book of Life
The highly anticipated finale to the #1 New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with A Discovery of Witches
After traveling through time in Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harkness’s enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew’s ancestral home at Sept-Tours, they reunite with the cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches — with one significant exception. But the real threat to their future has yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on even more urgency. In the trilogy’s final volume, Harkness deepens her themes of power and passion, family and caring, past deeds and their present consequences. In ancestral homes and university laboratories, using ancient knowledge and modern science, from the hills of the Auvergne to the palaces of Venice and beyond, the couple at last learn what the witches discovered so many centuries ago.
With more than one million copies sold in the United States and appearing in thirty-eight foreign editions, A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night have landed on all of the major bestseller lists and garnered rave reviews from countless publications. Eagerly awaited by Harkness’s legion of fans, The Book of Life brings this superbly written series to a deeply satisfying close.
Deborah Harkness
Before Deborah Harkness ever wrote about witches, vampires, or daemons, she was chasing ghosts of a different kind—lost manuscripts, forgotten alchemists, and the hidden truths of Renaissance science. A historian by trade, she spent years immersed in the dusty corridors of academia, unraveling the ways magic and science once danced hand in hand. That lifelong fascination became the lifeblood of her fiction.
When A Discovery of Witches appeared, it wasn’t just another entry into the paranormal genre—it was something richer. Woven with real history, wine-soaked libraries, and the quiet ache of forbidden love, the story offered readers a deeper, more thoughtful kind of fantasy. At the center of it all stood Diana Bishop, a scholar who stumbles across a bewitched manuscript and is forced to confront a world she’s spent her life trying to ignore.
All Souls
The All Souls series by Deborah Harkness is a captivating blend of historical fiction, fantasy, and romance that has enchanted readers worldwide. This bestselling saga transports readers into a world where magic, history, and forbidden love collide, creating an epic adventure that unfolds across time and space. With its richly detailed world-building, complex characters, and a compelling mix of mystery and romance, All Souls stands as a modern classic in the supernatural genre.
All Souls consists of five primary books, and includes one additional book that complement the series but is not considered mandatory reads and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of two more books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.