Question 1

Is The Scorpio Races a series?

Accepted Answer

No — The Scorpio Races is a standalone novel by Maggie Stiefvater. There is no sequel and no series. Stiefvater also wrote the Raven Cycle (four books) and the Shiver trilogy, but they are completely unrelated to The Scorpio Races.

Question 2

Should I read The Scorpio Races before the Raven Cycle?

Accepted Answer

No — The Scorpio Races and the Raven Cycle are completely separate, unrelated novels by the same author. You can read either in any order. The Scorpio Races is a standalone; the Raven Cycle is a four-book series.

Question 3

What is The Scorpio Races about?

Accepted Answer

Every October on the fictional island of Thisby, water horses emerge from the sea — enormous, predatory creatures who want to return to the ocean. Every November, riders race them along the beach. Sean Kendrick is the only rider who has won four times; Puck Connolly is the first woman to enter the races, to save her family's home. The novel alternates between their perspectives across the weeks before the race.

Question 4

Is The Scorpio Races similar to the Raven Cycle?

Accepted Answer

Both The Scorpio Races and the Raven Cycle are by Maggie Stiefvater and share her atmospheric, lyrical prose and her sense of a magical world hidden inside or alongside the ordinary one. The Scorpio Races is set on an island with Celtic-influenced mythology and is more contained and romantic; the Raven Cycle is a four-book epic about Welsh mythology in Virginia.

The Scorpio Races Reading Order

Complete Scorpio Races Book List