Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

The Instant Number One Sunday Times Bestseller

By: V. E. Schwab

Narrated by: Marisa Calin, Katie Leung, Julia Whelan

The Heart-Stopping International Sensation!

Brought to life by a captivating multi-cast narration, with spellbinding performances from the award-winning Julia Whelan, Katie Leung (Harry Potter) and Marisa Calin.

Instant No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller
No. 1 New York Times Bestseller
The Radio 2 Book Club Pick

From V. E. Schwab, a genre-defying, unforgettable novel to sink your teeth into . . .

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.

Utterly unmissable, this is a twisting, gothic tale of immortality and hunger. From the bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.


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

‘Lush, gorgeous prose and a gripping take on the vampire that pays homage to the greats while doing something deliciously new.’
– Lex Croucher

‘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 Magazine


Fans are obsessed with Bury Your Bones in the Midnight Soil:

‘A brutal masterclass in tragedy. Page-turning. Heartbreaking. Unforgettable’

‘This book gave me CHILLS’

‘It’s easily one of my favourite books of the year!’

‘I actually am at a loss for words to describe how this book made me feel’

‘This book was beautiful. And gut-wrenching. And I was obsessed’




V. E. Schwab's Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 16/06/2025

Critic reviews

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 . . . an unmissable addition to your To Be Read pile (Jodi Picoult, author of My Sister's Keeper)

Compulsively readable . . . surprises in a few new ways, each of them a delight

Lush, gorgeous prose and a gripping take on the vampire that pays homage to the greats while doing something deliciously new (Lex Croucher, author of Gwen and Art Are Not in Love)

Perfectly suspended between darkness and light . . . unforgettable (Alix E. Harrow, author of Starling House, on The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue)

Sends you whirling through a dizzying kaleidoscopic adventure . . . you will find yourself in quick turns both aching with heartbreak, and gleefully crowing at the truly delicious, wicked cleverness in store (Naomi Novik, author of Uprooted, on The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue)

The kind of book you encounter only once in a lifetime . . . a defiant, joyous rebellion against time, fate and even death itself – and a powerful reminder that the only magic great enough to conquer all of it is love (Peng Shepherd, author of The Book of M, on The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue)

Schwab’s page turner is an achingly poignant romantic fantasy about the desperate desire to make one’s mark on the world (Oprah.com, 'Best LGBTQ Books of 2020', on The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue)

Spanning centuries, this entrancing queer love story follows three women whose fates intertwine. Lyrical and immersive, it’s ideal for losing yourself in summer thanks to its sweeping history, deep emotions and touch of magic