The Broken Earth Reading Order

The The Broken Earth series by N.K. Jemisin is complete. Here is the book we cover so far.

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Reading order

  1. 1. The Fifth Season

    N.K. Jemisin · The Broken Earth #1 · complete series

    Spice 2/5 Darkness 4/5

    Book 1

    It opens with a woman finding her son beaten to death by his father, on the same day the world ends. Orogenes can move the earth and are feared, enslaved and bred for it. Parts are in second person, which pays off. Won the Hugo three years running for a reason.

    • Found Family
    • Morally Gray
    • Gods and Mythology
    Content warnings

    Harm to children, Genocide, Physical or emotional abuse, Death of a loved one