It’s SIX DAYS (😱) until SILVER hits shelves and I just wanted to take a moment to thank @lbardugo, @authorjenlynnbarnes, @authorjelle, @elimpix, and @stephanie_garber for reading the book early, and for the incredibly kind words they’ve shared about it. I admire all of you SO much as humans and storytellers and I’m beyond honored to have your support! 🥺💙 Thank you, thank you, thank you! #bookstagram #alexandrabracken #silverinthebone #yafantasy https://www.instagram.com/p/CqYkv42P8gY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Tour is right around the corner! Just a quick update: unfortunately @roshanichokshi won’t be able to join me at @braveandkindbooks —we’ll miss you, Rosh! 💙 The link in my bio has all the details about how to register for each event. As a reminder, I’m happy to sign whatever books you bring with you! (I’m definitely looking forward to signing some LOREs after not being able to tour because of the pandemic!) #alexandrabracken #bookevents #authorsofinstagram #bookstagram #yafantasy #romantasy #thedarkestminds https://www.instagram.com/p/CqIwZHFp60Z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I’m so happy you guys love @marymetzgr’s character art as much as I do! I wanted to share them again in case you missed one of the reveals or wanted to zoom in on a detail. ❤️ I’ll have a limited number of prints with me at each tour stop to share with you guys! For tour dates/times/locations use the link in my bio or copy + paste http://linktr.ee/readsilver The book is Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken, in which a teen treasure hunter travels to the mystic otherland of Avalon with her growing found family to beat her rival to a ring said to be capable of breaking any curse. But the isle has a terrible curse of its own, and to survive, she and her rival will have to work together to unlock the isle’s dark secrets.⁣ #romantasy #tbrpile #alexandrabracken #characterart #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp8CewMJtkK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

UK and Ireland-based friends! @teambkmrk is offering up an exclusive pre-order gift! They only have a limited number of pins, so once they’re gone, they’re gone! Open to all residents in the UK & Republic of Ireland aged 13 and over with a valid pre-order receipt from any retailer. Use the link in my bio to submit your information (and thank you for pre-ordering)! #silverinthebone #alexandrabracken #yafantasy #bookstagram #instabook #preorder #romantasy https://www.instagram.com/p/CpvCoM6L_HK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Good morning and happy #SILVERSunday!! I’m so excited to finally be able to share a full look at @virginiaallyn’s utterly enchanting map of Avalon (as it once was!) that’ll be included in the hardcover of SILVER IN THE BONE! 💙 ⁣ Want a color print of the map?? All pre-orders through my local indie @changinghands will receive one as a bonus gift! The only way to get a signed AND personalized copy of the book is to order through @changinghands or one of the stores I’ll be visiting on tour. A direct link is in my stories—just be sure to include how you’d like your book personalized in the order notes! Thank you all so much for your support—we’re only 29 days away from release now! 🥰 ⁣ ⁣ #yareaders #librariansofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #bookstagram #alexandrabracken #romantasy #yafantasy #whattoread #bookrecommendations #newbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CpahY--p9ma/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Want to play a game while you wait for the big game? 😊 In SILVER IN THE BONE, Tamsin, her brother Cabell, and the other Hollowers in their guild break into the vaults of sorceresses to find legendary and magical relics. To break into my vault and find a long, perhaps Valentine’s Day-appropriate, excerpt, all you have to do is go to tinyurl.com/readsilver and enter the missing word from the quote on the second slide as your version of a skeleton key. 🗝️ (I truly believe you can guess this one! 😘) This excerpt is one of my favorite Tamsin + Emrys scenes, and I can’t wait for you to read it!! #silverinthebone #alexandrabracken #sitb #arthurianlegend #celticmythology #yalit #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Coka6i0JusN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The Darkest Minds Series Reading Order

Good morning! I hope everyone is enjoying a beautiful start to their autumn! I’m keeping busy with preparations for my brother’s wedding next month and editing LORE, my upcoming YA that should hopefully be out Fall 2020/Winter 2021.

Out of curiosity (and, okay, procrastination on aforementioned edits), I was looking at my site analytics and noticed a big uptick in people searching for the series reading order for The Darkest Minds. That totally fits with the amount of questions I get about it on both Twitter and Instagram. I put up an Instagram highlight about it, but I realized it might be nice to have my recommended reading order available over here on my actual website.

Let me start off by saying that there is a ton of flexibility in this, and there’s no one right way to read the series! I’ve worked hard to make sure that all of the material outside of the main novels isn’t necessary to follow the main storyline—my goal with them was to highlight different areas of the TDM world and give you some “off camera” scenes, so to speak.

RECOMMENDED READING ORDER TO MAXIMIZE YOUR FEELS

When I say the “new paperback edition,” I mean the updated covers that were released in January 2018:

If you’ve seen something called The Rising Dark, that’s a digital bind-up of the short stories found in these editions that my UK publisher has released to UK readers only. My international publishers have all chosen to release these stories in different ways. Some have chosen to release the extras as digital-only or decided to bind up certain stories and not others. If you can’t find a story, or you’d like to see one of them translated and published, my recommendation is to directly contact the publisher for your language/country via social media or email.

That’s a wrap for today!

Sorry to cut it a bit short but I have to run a few unexpected errands. We’ll do this again soon, I promise!