The Sharing Knife vs The Twelve Kingdoms
Two high fantasy series side by side, straight from the catalog data: The Twelve Kingdoms is the longer series (32 books vs 4 books); The Sharing Knife is the more recent one, starting in 2006. There's no wrong answer — pick the shape that fits your reading appetite, and Shelfmark will keep your place in either (no account needed).
| Statistic | The Sharing Knife | The Twelve Kingdoms |
|---|---|---|
| Author | Lois McMaster Bujold | Fuyumi Ono |
| Books | 4 | 32 |
| Published | 2006–2009 | 1991–2019 |
| Books per year | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| Start with | Beguilement (2006) | The Demonic Child (1991) |
| Reading order | Full The Sharing Knife order → | Full The Twelve Kingdoms order → |
Numbers come from the Shelfmark catalog (Wikidata + Open Library). "Books per year" is catalogued books divided by the publication span — a rough cadence, not a quality score.