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Sarah Lin

7 Series • 28 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of The Brightest Shadow Books
Start with: The Brightest Shadow (2020)
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Publication Order of Depthless Hunger Books
Start with: Depthless Hunger (2025)
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Publication Order of New Game Minus Books
Start with: Changing Faces (2018)

All Book Series by Sarah Lin

1
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The Brightest Shadow

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2020

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2020
2
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Blades Falling Softly

Book 2 of 4 · published 2021

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2021
3
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A Hollow Mountain

Book 3 of 4 · published 2021

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2021
4
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The Unnecessary Victory

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2022

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2022
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Depthless Hunger

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2025

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2025
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Depthless Hunger 2

Book 2 of 3 · published 2026

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2026
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Depthless Hunger 3

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2026

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2026
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Changing Faces

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2018

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2018
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Raising Allies

Book 2 of 3 · published 2019

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2019
3
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Breaking Rules

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2019

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2019
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Street Cultivation

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2019

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2019
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Street Cultivation 2

Book 2 of 3 · published 2020

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2020
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Street Cultivation 3

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2020

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2020
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Soulhome

Series opener · book 1 of 11 · published 2020

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2020
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Rainhorn

Book 2 of 11 · published 2021

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2021
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Archcrafter

Book 3 of 11 · published 2021

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2021
4
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Chasmfall

Book 4 of 11 · published 2022

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2022
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Bondsfungi

Book 5 of 11 · published 2022

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2022
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Bloodcrete

Book 6 of 11 · published 2023

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2023
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Wakespire

Book 7 of 11 · published 2023

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2023
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Deathseed

Book 8 of 11 · published 2024

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2024
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Skyvenom

Book 9 of 11 · published 2025

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2025
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Crimsoncrest

Book 10 of 11 · published 2025

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2025
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Deadgold

Latest in the series · book 11 of 11 · published 2026

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2026
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Defy the Dark: 12 Fantasy Stories of Resilience

Single-title series · published 2026

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2026
3
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Breaking Rules - A LitRPG Adventure

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2020

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2020
2
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Rainhorn (The Weirkey Chronicles Book 2)

Book 2 of 3 · published 2021

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2021
3
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Hands-On Data Science for Librarians

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2023

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2023

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Sarah Lin?

Sarah Lin has 28 books catalogued in this guide spanning 2018–2026, across 5 named series.

Which Sarah Lin series should I start with?

The best place to start is the New Game Minus series, the earliest of Sarah Lin's multi-book series: it opens with Changing Faces (2018) and runs to 3 books across 2018–2019, ending with Breaking Rules (2019). Sarah Lin's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

How many books has Sarah Lin written?

Sarah Lin has 28 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2018 and 2026. 24 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being The Weirkey Chronicles series with 11 books — and 4 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Sarah Lin's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Sarah Lin's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are New Game Minus (2018–2019, 3 books), Street Cultivation (2019–2020, 3 books) and The Weirkey Chronicles (2020–2026, 11 books), plus 2 more.

How are Sarah Lin's books organised into series?

This guide splits Sarah Lin's 28 books into 5 named series and 4 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Weirkey Chronicles (11 books, 2020–2026); The Brightest Shadow (4 books, 2020–2022); Depthless Hunger (3 books, 2025–2026); New Game Minus (3 books, 2018–2019); Street Cultivation (3 books, 2019–2020).