The Recurring Cast
Reading order · 3 books · 2020 to 2022 · Set in the Scholomance

Scholomance Books in Order

A series by Naomi Novik

YA fantasyCosy fantasy

The Scholomance trilogy follows El, a sardonic student at a deadly school of magic with no teachers, where monsters hunt the students.

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Series facts

Books
3
Published
2020 to 2022
First book
A Deadly Education
Latest
The Golden Enclaves (2022)
Setting
Set in the Scholomance

The reading order

Every Scholomance book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.

3 books · Set in the Scholomance
  1. 1A Deadly Education2020With Galadriel "El" HigginsEl Higgins is a student at the Scholomance, a school of magic with no teachers, where monsters hunt the students.Buy on Amazon
  2. 2The Last Graduate2021With Galadriel "El" HigginsIn her final year at the Scholomance, El faces the deadly graduation and the school itself.Buy on Amazon
  3. 3The Golden Enclaves2022With Galadriel "El" HigginsEl, outside the school at last, faces the truth about the enclaves where the magical elite live.Buy on Amazon

Do you need to read them in order?

Read A Deadly Education, The Last Graduate and The Golden Enclaves in order.

Who appears in which book

The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.

Who appears in each Scholomance book
BookGaladriel "El" HigginsOrion LakeAadhya AcharyaLiu Zixuan
1 A Deadly EducationLLeadMMajorMMajorMMajor
2 The Last GraduateLLeadMMajorMMajorMMajor
3 The Golden EnclavesLLeadMMajorMMajorMMajor

Characters in the Scholomance books

4 characters from Naomi Novik’s chart, with the number of Scholomance books each appears in.

CharacterBooksFirst in this series
Galadriel "El" HigginsStudent destined for dark power3A Deadly Education 2020
Orion LakeHero of the New York enclave3A Deadly Education 2020
Aadhya AcharyaEl's friend, an artificer3A Deadly Education 2020
Liu ZixuanEl's friend3A Deadly Education 2020