Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jane, Unlimited | 2017 | Kristin Cashore | Buy |
| 2 | There Is a Door in this Darkness | 2024 | Kristin Cashore | Buy |
Kristin Cashore’s standalone novels sit outside the Graceling Realm and show a different side of her writing. Jane, Unlimited (2017) is built around a single premise: when eighteen-year-old Jane arrives at a strange island mansion called Tu Reviens, she faces a choice, and the novel follows all five possible outcomes. Each branch sends the story into a different genre, from gothic horror to science fiction to espionage.
There Is a Door in this Darkness (2024) is her most recent book and continues Cashore’s interest in genre experimentation outside the boundaries of her main fantasy series. Both standalones share her focus on young women making choices in strange circumstances, but they trade the Graceling Realm’s sword-and-sorcery setting for something more unpredictable.