A Discovery of Witches
- Published
- 8 February 2011
- Pages
- 608
- ISBN-13
- 9780755374045
- Type
- novel
About this book
Deborah Harkness opened the All Souls series on 8 February 2011 with A Discovery of Witches, a substantial 608-page debut despite the series name suggesting a trilogy that would eventually grow beyond three books.
Key facts about A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness wrote A Discovery of Witches, a novel on our list. It has been out since 8 February 2011. The book has 608 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780755374045 to find the main one.
A Discovery of Witches is book 1 of 5 in the All Souls series. The series has 5 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. The Book of Life is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 1 July 2014.
That series sits on our fantasy shelf. Meanwhile, The Black Bird Oracle is the latest published Deborah Harkness book on file, from 2024.
About Deborah Harkness
Deborah Harkness is an American historian and novelist best known for the All Souls trilogy, beginning with A Discovery of Witches in 2011, which follows historian and reluctant witch Diana Bishop as she uncovers a hidden magical manuscript and falls into a relationship with a centuries-old vampire geneticist, blending paranormal romance with the kind of dense historical and scientific detail few genre novelists could bring to the page. See every Deborah Harkness book in order.
Its place in All Souls
A Discovery of Witches is book 1 in the All Souls series. It is followed by Shadow of Night. See the full All Souls reading order.
Deborah Harkness's All Souls novels follow Diana Bishop, a historian and reluctant witch descended from a powerful magical bloodline, and Matthew Clairmont, a centuries-old vampire and geneticist, whose romance across the supernatural divide sets off a war among witches, vampires, and daemons who have coexisted in secret alongside humans for centuries. It begins in Oxford with A Discovery of Witches , when Diana unknowingly summons a lost, magically significant manuscript from the Bodleian Library, and expands…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780755374038
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780755374045
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780670022410