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A 2026 Audie Awards finalist for Best Fantasy!

“Julia Whelan skillfully narrates Sabine's story of bloodlust and decay…Katie Leung's soft Scottish accent suits the grieving Alice…Lottie is portrayed by Marisa Calin, whose crisp English accent reminds listeners of Lottie's high-society past.”—AudioFile

“Julia Whelan, Katie Leung and Marisa Calin narrate with nuance and assurance.” —BookPage

This program is read by a full cast, including Grammy-winning narrator Julia Whelan, who has narrated over 600 audiobooks and is a multiple Audie and SOVAS Award winner; Marisa Calin, an Audie, Odyssey, and AudioFile Earphones Award winner; and Katie Leung, best known for her role as Cho Chang in Harry Potter.

From V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: a new genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger.
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.

USA Today, 15 Most Anticipated of 2025
BookBub, Most Anticipated of 2025 (and Reader’s Pick)
Reader's Digest, 20 Most Anticipated Books This Year
Paste Magazine, Most Anticipated Fantasy Books of 2025
BookRiot, Most Anticipated Books of 2025
Men's Health, 25 Best & Most Anticipated Books of 2025
The Nerd Daily, SFF to Devour in 2025
Goodreads, Readers' Most Anticipated Books of 2025

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books.

Accolades & Awards

Best of 2025
Goodreads Choice Award
2025
Editors Select
Most Popular
Best of 2025 Boston Editors Select Goodreads Choice Award Historical Heartfelt Paranormal & Urban Scary Contemporary Fantasy Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Vampires

Critic reviews

"Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil crosses centuries, continents, and cultures to tell the story of three women…. whose afterlives are not what they expected. Vampire fiction the way it should be done, and a compellingly dark companion to the more life-affirming Addie LaRue." — Paste Magazine

"Schwab delicately intertwines the three storylines, which are compelling individually even before the reader knows how they will connect…..A beautiful meditation on queer identity against a supernatural backdrop." — Kirkus Reviews (starred)

"Schwab's fantasies are always a big draw, and this enticing tale of lesbian vampires that crosses centuries [is] irresistible." — Booklist

"Schwab’s haunting prose and character-driven plot will keep readers up until the very last page." — Library Journal (starred)

Praise for The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue:

"Completely absorbed me enough to make me forget the real world.” — Jodi Picoult

“A dizzying kaleidoscopic adventure.” — Naomi Novik

“Perfectly suspended between darkness and light, myth and reality.” — Alix E. Harrow

“One of the most propulsive, compulsive and captivating novels in recent memory.” — The Washington Post

“Epic yet intimate, sweeping but not sprawling… As we live through these darkened days, I feel brighter for having added Addie to mine.” — Slate

“Warm and intense… I rooted for Addie throughout.”— The New York Times Book Review

“Beautifully explores what it means to be alone.” — USA Today

“Irresistibly contagious.” — Locus Magazine

“An achingly poignant romantic fantasy about the desperate desire to make one’s mark on the world.” — Oprah.com

“The kind of book you encounter only once in a lifetime.” — Peng Shepherd

Editorial Review

What grows when you bury the bones
Some listens just leave you quiet, with nothing but the sound of your heartbeat filling the space. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil did exactly that. It’s beautiful and painful and so full of longing: for freedom, for love, for a life that feels like your own. Told across three timelines, the story is layered and intimate, with characters whose lives twist around each other in ways that are heartbreaking, brilliant, and just a little toxic (okay, okay, a lot toxic). Self-care looked like not hitting pause—because when I did, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. Julia Whelan, Katie Leung, and Marisa Calin bring it all to life with performances that flow together as seamlessly as the stories of María, Charlotte, and Alice. I finished it and just kept thinking: WOW, this is truly something special. —Patty R., Audible Editor

Interwoven Timelines • Complex Characters • Rich Historical Settings • Captivating Plot Twists • Beautiful Prose

Highly rated for:

All stars
Most relevant
Gritty, gorgeous, and emotionally devastating. Schwab’s prose is hypnotic. Every sentence hums with sensuality and danger. The characters feel achingly real, even when they disappoint. While the lack of redemption may frustrate some readers, the emotional complexity is unmatched. A lush, lust-filled vampire tale that lingers like smoke in your lungs.

Hot vampires. Cold betrayals. No redemption.

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One of my favorite things about reading V.E Schwabs stories is the way her words unravel a tale that has already ended and you are just there to experience it. To listen and to understand. Most of her endings are never good nor bad. There is no happily ever after, just the truth. A decision made. A period at the end of a sentence, and it is so satisfying!! I always feel so content after finishing her books. like releasing a breath I didn't know I was holding. This story is no different.

V.E Schwab has done it again!!!

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I did not know that I needed this book in my life until I started it and then it managed to fill in an unknown blank in my existence. The narrators brought this story to shocking life in ways I did not expect. Alice is such an amazing protagonist and her story is so heartbreaking. Sabine is so enchanting until she is terrifying and then she is so terrifying. Lottie is so sweet and naive. And altogther they are all a perfect mess of vampire.

Wow! Just wow!

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Audio was excellent and the story! VE Schwab hits it out of the park again!

All of it!!!!

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I went into this story blind. I have to admit, I probably wouldn't have picked it up if I knew it was about vampires. I only heard raves about this book on booktok and Insta. I don't regret it, however, I did find myself confused at times, but sticking to it, it all came together in the end. I did need a couple breaks for a day or so to read something else. but only took me about a week. I'm glad I finished it. I enjoyed the story. Lovers to enemies... mortals to vampires. Heartbreak from intense love.

Vampire Romance

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