The House of Binding Thorns

core novel 2017 Dominion of the Fallen

Record

First published	2017
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	3.91 (1,068 ratings, collected 2026-08-13)
Page count	320
First-edition ISBN	9780451477392
Internal chronology	2

Where it sits

• Universe: Dominion of the Fallen
• Series: The Dominion of the Fallen Trilogy core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
• Author: Aliette de Bodard

Awards (verified)

• European Science Fiction Society Achievement Award (Best Work of Fiction), 2018: won; Confirmed via the 2018 ESFS awards results post: "WINNER: The House of Binding Thorns, Aliette de Bodard (France)" in the Achievement Awards' Best Work of Fiction category -- NOT a "Best Novel" category (that label appeared on one secondary source and was not used, since the ESFS's own 2018 results list no separate Best Novel category at all).
• Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 2018: finalist; 4th place per the no-cutoff Locus-poll convention. Confirmed via sfadb.com (the accepted primary source for Locus lineage claims).

Notes

• From the series record (The Dominion of the Fallen Trilogy): Fallen angels ruling magically-devastated, post-apocalyptic Paris through rival Houses, with a Vietnamese-inflected dragon kingdom under the Seine. Completed trilogy (2015-2019).

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.

• Reading order, within the series The Dominion of the Fallen Trilogy: position 2 of 3: previous The House of Shattered Wings (2015) · next The House of Sundering Flames (2019)

Sources

• Aliette de Bodard: official bibliography
• 2018 ESFS Awards Winners (europa/scifiportal mirror)
• sfadb: Aliette de Bodard

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