Below is the complete list of Molly Harper’s Sorcery and Society books in order. For this series, the chronological reading order is the same as the order of publication.
Publication Order of Sorcery and Society Books
- Changeling (2018)
Changeling was published in 2018 and is listed as book #1 in the Sorcery and Society series. - Fledgling (2019)
Published in 2019, Fledgling is listed as book #2 in the Sorcery and Society series. - Calling (2022)
Calling is a 2022 release and appears as book #3 in the Sorcery and Society series.
About Sorcery and Society
Molly Harper’s Sorcery and Society series is a young adult historical fantasy trilogy set in an alternate version of England where magic exists, but access to it is shaped by class, gender, money, and social expectation. The series begins with Changeling, continues with Fledgling, and concludes with Calling. It is very different in tone from Harper’s adult paranormal romantic comedies such as Half-Moon Hollow or Mystic Bayou, but it still carries her familiar warmth, humor, quick dialogue, and affection for characters who feel out of place until they find the right people.
The first book, Changeling, introduces Cassandra Reed, a fourteen-year-old girl who has grown up in a poor, non-magical family. Her life changes when she reveals magical ability and is sent to Miss Castwell’s Institute for the Magical Instruction of Young Ladies. That school setting gives the series its immediate charm, but the story is not only about lessons, spells, and secret corridors. Cassandra enters a world that was not built for girls like her. The other students come from wealthier and more socially accepted magical families, while Cassandra must constantly navigate the fear that she will be exposed as someone who does not belong.
That tension gives the series a strong social edge. Magic is not treated as a simple escape from inequality. Instead, it reveals another form of hierarchy. Cassandra’s talent gives her opportunity, but it does not erase class prejudice, suspicion, or the pressure to behave according to rules designed by people with more power. Harper uses the school environment to explore friendship, ambition, insecurity, and the loneliness of being exceptional in a place that still looks down on where you came from.
Fledgling continues Cassandra’s development as she becomes more confident in her abilities and more aware of the larger magical society around her. The title suits the middle book well because Cassandra is still learning how to use her power, but she is no longer simply trying to survive her first days at Miss Castwell’s. She begins to understand that magic carries responsibility, danger, and political consequences. Her friendships and loyalties matter more deeply as the world outside the school becomes harder to ignore.
Calling brings the trilogy toward a broader sense of purpose. Cassandra is no longer only a poor girl trying to hide in an elite magical academy. She has become someone with a role to play in protecting others and challenging the assumptions of the society around her. The series’ movement from discovery to growth to responsibility gives it a satisfying coming-of-age shape. Cassandra’s magic matters, but her courage, compassion, and stubborn refusal to accept unfairness matter just as much.
Sorcery and Society works because it blends magical-school fantasy with historical social pressure. Harper keeps the tone accessible and often funny, yet the emotional stakes are real. Cassandra’s journey is about belonging, but not in the shallow sense of becoming acceptable to the people who once dismissed her. It is about claiming space, building friendships, learning power, and realizing that a society’s rules are not always the same thing as justice.