Reading Order
ScholomanceThe Scholomance Reading Order
Naomi Novik's The Scholomance trilogy is a complete three-book YA fantasy series about a school for magical students that is specifically designed to kill them — because the alternative is being killed by the monsters attracted by magical children outside the school. The protagonist, El (Galadriel), has a prophesied ability to kill everything, which everyone around her assumes means she will become a dark mage. The series must be read in order.
Where to start
A Deadly Education
Complete Scholomance Book List
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A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik·2020·Book 1 — El navigates the Scholomance, a school that kills students for survival rather than sport, while an annoyingly helpful classmate named Orion Lake keeps saving her - 2Buy
The Last Graduate
Naomi Novik·2021·Book 2 — senior year at the Scholomance; the graduation gauntlet looms - 3Buy
The Golden Enclaves
Naomi Novik·2022·Book 3 — the trilogy conclusion; El and Orion face what comes after survival
Scholomance — Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Scholomance reading order?
Read A Deadly Education (2020), then The Last Graduate (2021), then The Golden Enclaves (2022). All three must be read in order. The trilogy is complete.
How many Scholomance books are there?
The Scholomance trilogy by Naomi Novik consists of three books: A Deadly Education (2020), The Last Graduate (2021), and The Golden Enclaves (2022). The trilogy is complete.
Is The Scholomance similar to Harry Potter?
The Scholomance is partly a direct critique of the magical-school fantasy — the school has no teachers, no staff, no sports, and no extracurriculars. Its purpose is not education but survival. El's mordant narration, which is consistently aware of the genre conventions she is inside, treats the magical-school premise with the same satirical affection that Holly Black's Folk of the Air treats the fantasy-court premise.
Is A Deadly Education appropriate for all ages?
A Deadly Education is YA with a darker edge than most — students die regularly, and El's internal monologue is caustic, intelligent, and often very funny about terrible things. The romantic subplot is slow-burn and not explicit. Recommended for readers 14 and up.
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