Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

Published 10/06/2025 | Hardback,
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From V. E. Schwab, the No. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: a new genre-defying, unforgettable novel to sink your teeth into . . .

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is a Radio 2 Book Club pick, introduced by Jodi Picoult – who said the book was ‘an unmissable addition to your To Be Read pile.’This is a story about hunger. 1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada.

A young girl grows up wild and wily – her beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of escape. But María knows she can only ever be a prize, or a pawn, in the games played by men. When an alluring stranger offers an alternate path, María makes a desperate choice. She vows to have no regrets.

This is a story about love. 1827. London.

A young woman lives an idyllic but cloistered life on her family’s estate, until a moment of forbidden intimacy sees her shipped off to London. Charlotte’s tender heart and seemingly impossible wishes are swept away by an invitation from a beautiful widow – but the price of freedom is higher than she could have imagined.

This is a story about rage. 2019. Boston.

College was supposed to be her chance to be someone new. That’s why Alice moved halfway across the world, leaving her old life behind. But after an out-of-character one-night stand leaves her questioning her past, her present, and her future, Alice throws herself into the hunt for answers . . . and revenge.

This is a story about life . . . how it ends, and how it starts again.

Praise for Bury Your Bones in the Midnight Soil: ‘Nobody can write like V. E. Schwab . . . ‘This is so much more than a vampire book. It’s a book about how women are judged differently than men and how when society sees you as a monster you become one’Jodi Picoult, author Mad Honey, By Any Other Name and many other international bestsellers. ‘Lyrical and immersive . . . sweeping history, deep emotions and [a] touch of magic’Cosmopolitan Magazine‘Three young women who lived centuries apart rise again to rebel, seek revenge and fall in love’Red MagazineV. E. Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 05/10/2020