It seems that Prince of Thorns may have sparked a naming trend!
Below is a “Chronology
of Thorns”.
Here are the books
I could find listed on Goodreads with "Of Thorns" in the title and with over 500 ratings, plus a couple of fun ones
with just under that limit. There are Christianity focused “Crown of Thorns” books
scattered through the decades, but I’ve listed all those with 500+ ratings.
Let me know if I’ve
missed anything. But to me it looks strongly like Prince of Thorns put the “Of
Thorns” … idea? Meme? Earworm? Not sure what you’d call it. But it looks to
have put “Of Thorns” on the title table. Since Prince of Thorns came out, we've not had a year pass without a successful "Of Thorns" book being published. In the two centuries before it came out, we had two.
Chronology of
Thorns! (500+ ratings)
The Hedge of Thorns – 1819 **
Cradle of Thorns – 1997
Beyond the Valley
of Thorns – 2005
Prince of Thorns –
2011
Queen of Thorns – 2012 **
King of Thorns –
2012
Emperor of Thorns –
2013
Princess of Thorns – 2014
Duke of Thorns – 2014
A Court of Thorns
and Roses – 2015
A Gown of Thorns – 2015
Tower of Thorns – 2015
Lover of Thorns and
Holy Gods – 2016
City of Thorns – 2016
Jack of Thorns – 2016
Garden of Thorns – 2017
A Harvest of Thorns – 2017
A Vow of Thorns – 2017
Queen of Thorns – 2018
Shadow of Thorns – 2018
Consort of Thorns – 2018
Heart of Thorns – 2018
A Treason of Thorns – 2019
Sorcery of Thorns – 2019
Of Thorns and Beauty – 2020
A Crown of Thorns
and Lies – 2020
Crown of Thorns – 2021
City of Thorns – 2021
Heart of Thorns – 2021
Violet Made of
Thorns – 2022
Chain of Thorns – 2023
Prince of Thorns – 2023 **
Prince of Thorns & Nightmares – 2023 **
** fewer than 500
ratings
There's also Girl, Serpent, Thorn, but I thought that was a reference to Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow & Thorn.
ReplyDeletePrincess, Queen, & Duke all reek of a publisher deciding they would ride the coattails of your books, hoping to catch people unaware 😂
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