The Serpent & the Wings of Night
Book · 2022 · Niche
An indie vampire romance reached 54,023 US hardcover sales after its Bramble reissue.
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How it worksNumbers
- Title hashtag posts, publisher’s 2024 catalog; lower bound
- 14.4K
- TikTok · Self-reported · Macmillan
- Peak date
- Dec 2022
- Aug 30 ’22 to Dec 2022
- Platforms
- 6
- Started on Retail
- Origin
- Mixed
- Entertainment
How it spread
Trace the originBroadbent self-published Serpent in 2022. Reader discussion on BookTok preceded Bramble’s acquisition and bestseller reissue. BookScan recorded 54,023 US hardcover copies in 2023; the German edition reached number one with a paid campaign.
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August 2022
September 2022
Crafty_Kangaroo_8368 platform jump · Sep 12 ’22
A reader praised Serpent in r/fantasyromance and asked whether to revisit Broadbent’s earlier trilogy.[3]
December 2022
Carissa Broadbent peak · Dec 2022
Broadbent recalled a sales spike around November or December as readers shared the book.[4]
Changelogupdated Oct 16 ’26
- Added 1 source · Added 2 numbers
- Fact-check passed (35 claims)
- Added: 16 events, 19 sources · Score 38
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