Gleanings: Short stories from the global smash-hit YA dystopian thriller series

New edition for 2026 with brand-new iconic covers across the series.

A thrilling and terrifying collection of stories from the world of Scythe – the New York Times bestseller and a Time Magazine Best YA Book of All Time.

"A true successor to The Hunger Games" Maggie Stiefvater, bestselling author of Shiver and The Raven Boys, on Scythe.

What if death was the only thing left to control?

Storylines continue. Origin stories are revealed. And new Scythes emerge...

There are still countless tales of the Scythedom to tell. Centuries passed between the Thunderhead cradling humanity and Scythe Goddard trying to turn it upside down. For years humans lived in a world without hunger, disease, or death with Scythes as the living instruments of population control.

Neal Shusterman – along with collaborators David Yoon, Jarrod Shusterman, Sofía Lapuente, Michael H. Payne, Michelle Knowlden, and Joelle Shusterman – returns to the world throughout the timeline of the Arc of a Scythe series. Discover secrets and histories of characters you’ve followed for three volumes and meet new heroes, new foes, and some figures in between.

The Arc of a Scythe series is globally bestselling, award-winning and perfect for fans of Susanne Collins, Pierce Brown and Marie Lu.

Collect all the books in the series:

Scythe
Thunderhead
The Toll
Gleanings

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• Publication date: 13 August 2026
• Page count: 432
• Dimensions: Height 197 mm; Width 130 mm; Thickness 28 mm
• Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
• Format: Paperback
• ISBN-13: 9781529538342