Victoria Schwab Books
Victoria Schwab is an American author known for her fantasy and science fiction novels. She writes both young adult and adult fiction, often under the name V.
Known for: Our Dark Duet, The Archived, The Near Witch, This Savage Song
Books by Victoria Schwab

Our Dark Duet
Kate Harker is a girl who hunts monsters, and August Flynn is a monster who wishes to be human. In a city torn apart by war between humans and monsters, both must face the darkness within and around t...

The Archived
In a world where the dead are cataloged and stored like books in a vast library called the Archive, sixteen-year-old Mackenzie Bishop serves as a Keeper, tasked with preventing restless souls from esc...

The Near Witch
The Near Witch is a dark, lyrical fantasy novel set in the small town of Near, where the wind seems to whisper and old stories warn of witches. When a mysterious stranger appears, children begin to va...

This Savage Song
In a divided city where violence breeds monsters, Kate Harker and August Flynn must navigate a world where humans and monsters coexist uneasily. Kate seeks to prove herself as ruthless as her father, ...
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Kate Harker and the Shape of Darkness
In Prosperity, Kate Harker has carved a new identity out of exile. No longer the girl seeking her father’s favor, she has become a hunter of nightmares. Each night she stalks monsters spawned from humanity’s own violent acts, but every kill brings her face-to-face with the rot that once festered in ...
From Our Dark Duet
August Flynn and the Weight of Leadership
Back in Verity, August Flynn stands where his father once did — not in shadow, but in command. The FTF, the Flynn Task Force, patrols the streets, trying to keep fragile order among a city choking on its own divisions. North City and South City still wage a silent war, their hatred spawning monsters...
From Our Dark Duet
Mackenzie and the Legacy of the Archive
My story begins with Mackenzie Bishop remembering her grandfather, Da, the man who taught her everything about the Archive. He believed in its order, its necessity, its reverence for memory. He trained her to be a Keeper — one of the select few tasked with ensuring the remaining world doesn’t collap...
From The Archived
Grief and Isolation in the Coronado
After her younger brother Ben’s death, Mackenzie’s family moves into the Coronado, an old hotel turned apartment complex filled with history and secrets. The air feels heavy there, thick with echoes. The change of scenery doesn’t ease her pain — it isolates her further. Her parents cope in their own...
From The Archived
Lexi Harris and the Village of Near
Near is not simply a village; it is a world turned inward, wrapped tightly around its own myths and rules. The people here cling to tradition like armor, wary of the wild that lies beyond their fences. Every family has its legends; every child knows that the moor is a place of silence and secrets, n...
From The Near Witch
The Legend and the Stranger
The Near Witch is the ghost in every child’s bedtime story—a figure woven from superstition and memory. Long ago, she was said to live apart from the village, misunderstood, feared, and ultimately destroyed by those who could not accept her difference. Her tale is a warning: never go beyond the moor...
From The Near Witch
About Victoria Schwab
Victoria Schwab is an American author known for her fantasy and science fiction novels. She writes both young adult and adult fiction, often under the name V.E. Schwab. Her works include acclaimed titles such as 'Vicious', 'A Darker Shade of Magic', and 'The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue'.
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