Sorcery of Thorns Books in Order

The Sorcery of Thorns books take place in Austermeer, a country where magic is regulated through vast Great Libraries and the sorcerers who bargain with demons to wield power. On their shelves, grimoires are literally alive, whispering, rattling chains, and occasionally transforming into monsters.

At the heart of the series is Elisabeth Scrivener, an orphan raised in the Great Library of Summershall. She dreams of becoming a warden, sword in hand, guarding the grimoires she loves—even as she’s been taught that all sorcerers are dangerous and corrupt.

In Sorcery of Thorns, an act of sabotage unleashes one of the library’s most dangerous books and leaves Elisabeth accused of the crime. Sent to the capital under the guard of young sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn and his shape-shifting demonic servant Silas, she’s drawn into a conspiracy that reaches across the Great Libraries and the Magisterium that governs magic.

The story leans hard into its setting: enchanted tomes that act like temperamental pets, Gothic reading rooms, coaches pulled through fog by demon-bred horses, and a manor house that never quite behaves. A lot of the tension comes from watching Elisabeth and Nathaniel learn to trust each other while both of them question what they were raised to believe.

The follow-up novella Mysteries of Thorn Manor keeps the same cast but shrinks the map. Here, the ancient wards protecting Nathaniel’s ancestral home start misfiring, whipping up storms and thorny defenses that trap the household inside just as they’re meant to be preparing for the Midwinter Ball.

Instead of saving the kingdom, Elisabeth, Nathaniel, Silas, and their maid Mercy have to unravel the manor’s history, navigate old Thorn family traditions, and survive enchanted closets, cursed armor, and magic that seems a little too interested in their love life. The stakes are more domestic, but the emotional throughline—found family, hard-won trust, and a romance threaded with banter—remains the same.

Taken together, the Sorcery of Thorns stories offer a self-contained arc that moves from high-stakes adventure to cozier, character-driven aftermath. If you like your fantasy with sentient libraries, dry humor, and a strong dose of slow-burn romance, this is a world that’s easy to sink into and hard to leave.