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Smoke & BoneDaughter of Smoke and Bone Reading Order
Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy is a complete three-book YA fantasy series. The story follows Karou, an art student in Prague with blue hair who draws monsters from memory — because the monsters are her family. All three books must be read in order; the trilogy builds to a conclusion that spans both worlds Taylor creates across the series.
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Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Complete Smoke & Bone Book List
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Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Laini Taylor·2011·Book 1 — Karou, an art student in Prague raised by chimera in a wish shop, discovers the truth of her origins when an angel comes for her - 2Buy
Days of Blood and Starlight
Laini Taylor·2012·Book 2 — The war between angels and chimera resumes in a devastated Eretz; Karou and Akiva are on opposite sides - 3Buy
Dreams of Gods and Monsters
Laini Taylor·2014·Book 3 — A ceasefire, a new threat, and the trilogy's conclusion across two worlds
Smoke & Bone — Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Daughter of Smoke and Bone reading order?
Read Daughter of Smoke and Bone (2011), then Days of Blood and Starlight (2012), then Dreams of Gods and Monsters (2014). All three books must be read in order — the trilogy is one continuous story.
How many Daughter of Smoke and Bone books are there?
Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone series is a complete trilogy: Daughter of Smoke and Bone (2011), Days of Blood and Starlight (2012), and Dreams of Gods and Monsters (2014). Taylor also wrote the Strange the Dreamer duology, a completely separate series in a different world.
Is Daughter of Smoke and Bone connected to Strange the Dreamer?
No — Daughter of Smoke and Bone and the Strange the Dreamer duology are completely separate series by Laini Taylor, set in different worlds with different characters. They share Taylor's distinctive lush prose style but have no plot or character connections.
What is Daughter of Smoke and Bone about?
Karou is a seventeen-year-old art student at a Prague art school who was raised by a family of chimera — monsters who collect teeth for a wish dealer named Brimstone. When handprints of ash appear on all the portals to the wish shop simultaneously, Karou's two worlds collide, and she discovers the truth of who she is. The trilogy is a war story about angels and demons set partly in modern Prague and partly in a fantasy world called Eretz.
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