Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
First published 2025 · debut
Reception
Rave reviews. 6 of 7 critics gave a rave.
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“In Schwab’s hands, even the well-trod territory of immortal bloodsuckers turns fresh and new”
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“Despite my initial hesitation, I was hooked after the first page.”
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“Schwab has impressively woven a compelling character drama and feminist critique into a horror thriller. But with so many moving parts and timelines, it’s inevitable that something has to suffer.”
- 2025 Lit Hub, the Ultimate Best Books of 2025 List
On 10 lists.
- 2025 NPR, books We Love 2025
Fiction.
About the book
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This is a story about hunger. 1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada. A young girl grows up wild and wily—her beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of escape. But María knows she can only ever be a prize, or a pawn, in the games played by men. When an alluring stranger offers an alternate path, María makes a desperate choice. She vows to have no regrets.
This is a story about love. 1827. London. A young woman lives an idyllic but cloistered life on her family’s estate, until a moment of forbidden intimacy sees her shipped off to London. Charlotte’s tender heart and seemingly impossible wishes are swept away by an invitation from a beautiful widow—but the price of freedom is higher than she could have imagined.
This is a story about rage. 2019. Boston. College was supposed to be her chance to be someone new. That’s why Alice moved halfway across the world, leaving her old life behind. But after an out-of-character one-night stand leaves her questioning her past, her present, and her future, Alice throws herself into the hunt for answers... and revenge.
This is a story about life— how it ends, and how it starts.
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Catalogue record
TOR / Doherty Associates, Tom, 2025 · 544 pages
- Publisher
- TOR / Doherty Associates, Tom, 2025
- Pages
- 544
- LC · Dewey
- PS3619.C4848 B87 · 813
- ISBN
- 978-1-250-32052-0
Full recordClose
- Publisher
- TOR / Doherty Associates, Tom, 2025
- Pages
- 544
- LC
- PS3619.C4848 B87
- Dewey
- 813
- ISBN
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- 978-1-250-32052-0
- Editions
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- Tor, 2025, hardcover, 533 pages
- Bookish Box & Shop, The, 2025
- TOR / Doherty Associates, Tom, 2025, hardcover, 544 pages
- Pan Macmillan, 2025, 544 pages
- Author
- Schwab, V. E., 1987–
- Statement
- Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil / V. E. Schwab.
- Records
- Open Library Wikidata OCLC 1507922209
- United States
- 2020s
- LGBTQ+ lives
- Historical fiction
- Fantasy
- Horror and ghost stories
- Love and romance
- Vampires
- Horror
- Queer
- Adult
- Lesbian
- Paranormal