Below is the complete list of Sarah J. Maas books in order. For this series, the chronological reading order is the same as the order of publication.
Publication Order of Throne Of Glass Books
- Throne of Glass (2012)
Throne of Glass was published in 2012 and is listed as book #1 in the Throne Of Glass series. - Crown of Midnight (2013)
Published in 2013, Crown of Midnight is listed as book #2 in the Throne Of Glass series. - Heir of Fire (2014)
Heir of Fire is a 2014 release and appears as book #3 in the Throne Of Glass series. - Queen of Shadows (2015)
In the Throne Of Glass series, Queen of Shadows is book #4 and was published in 2015. - Empire of Storms (2016)
Empire of Storms was first published in 2016; within the Throne Of Glass series, it is listed as book #5. - Tower of Dawn (2017)
Tower of Dawn was published in 2017 and is listed as book #6 in the Throne Of Glass series. - Kingdom of Ash (2018)
Published in 2018, Kingdom of Ash is listed as book #7 in the Throne Of Glass series.
Publication Order of Throne Of Glass Short Stories Books
- The Assassin and the Pirate Lord (2012)
The Assassin and the Pirate Lord was published in 2012 and is listed as book #1 in the Throne Of Glass Short Stories series. - The Assassin and the Healer (2012)
Published in 2012, The Assassin and the Healer is listed as book #2 in the Throne Of Glass Short Stories series. - The Assassin and the Desert (2012)
The Assassin and the Desert is a 2012 release and appears as book #3 in the Throne Of Glass Short Stories series. - The Assassin and the Underworld (2012)
In the Throne Of Glass Short Stories series, The Assassin and the Underworld is book #4 and was published in 2012. - The Assassin and the Empire (2012)
The Assassin and the Empire was first published in 2012; within the Throne Of Glass Short Stories series, it is listed as book #5.
Publication Order of Throne Of Glass Collections Books
- The Assassin’s Blade (2015)
The Assassin's Blade was published in 2015 and is listed as book #1 in the Throne Of Glass Collections series.
Publication Order of A Court of Thorns and Roses Books
- A Court of Thorns and Roses (2015)
A Court of Thorns and Roses was published in 2015 and is listed as book #1 in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series. - A Court of Mist and Fury (2016)
Published in 2016, A Court of Mist and Fury is listed as book #2 in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series. - A Court of Wings and Ruin (2017)
A Court of Wings and Ruin is a 2017 release and appears as book #3 in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series. - A Court of Frost and Starlight (2018)
In the A Court of Thorns and Roses series, A Court of Frost and Starlight is book #4 and was published in 2018. - A Court of Silver Flames (2021)
A Court of Silver Flames was first published in 2021; within the A Court of Thorns and Roses series, it is listed as book #5. - A Court of Thorns and Roses 6 (2026)
A Court of Thorns and Roses 6 was published in 2026 and is listed as book #6 in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series. - A Court of Thorns and Roses 7 (2027)
Published in 2027, A Court of Thorns and Roses 7 is listed as book #7 in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series.
Publication Order of Crescent City Books
- House of Earth and Blood (2020)
House of Earth and Blood was published in 2020 and is listed as book #1 in the Crescent City series. - House of Sky and Breath (2022)
Published in 2022, House of Sky and Breath is listed as book #2 in the Crescent City series. - House of Flame and Shadow (2024)
House of Flame and Shadow is a 2024 release and appears as book #3 in the Crescent City series.
Publication Order of DC Icons Books
- Wonder Woman: Warbringer (2017)
(By Leigh Bardugo)
Wonder Woman: Warbringer was published in 2017 and is listed as book #1 in the DC Icons series. - Batman: Nightwalker (2018)
(By Marie Lu)
Published in 2018, Batman: Nightwalker is listed as book #2 in the DC Icons series. - Catwoman: Soulstealer (2018)
Catwoman: Soulstealer is a 2018 release and appears as book #3 in the DC Icons series. - Superman: Dawnbreaker (2019)
(By Matt de la Peña)
In the DC Icons series, Superman: Dawnbreaker is book #4 and was published in 2019. - Wonder Woman: Warbringer (The Graphic Novel) (2020)
(By Leigh Bardugo)
Wonder Woman: Warbringer (The Graphic Novel) was first published in 2020; within the DC Icons series, it is listed as book #5. - Black Canary: Breaking Silence (2020)
(By Alexandra Monir)
Black Canary: Breaking Silence was published in 2020 and is listed as book #6 in the DC Icons series. - Harley Quinn: Reckoning (2022)
(By Rachael Allen)
Published in 2022, Harley Quinn: Reckoning is listed as book #7 in the DC Icons series. - Harley Quinn: Ravenous (2023)
(By Rachael Allen)
Harley Quinn: Ravenous is a 2023 release and appears as book #8 in the DC Icons series. - Harley Quinn: Redemption (2024)
(By Rachael Allen)
In the DC Icons series, Harley Quinn: Redemption is book #9 and was published in 2024.
About Sarah J. Maas
Sarah J. Maas is one of the defining commercial fantasy authors of her generation, and one of the writers most closely associated with the modern rise of romantasy. Her career is built around three major series—Throne of Glass, A Court of Thorns and Roses, and Crescent City—which together have made her an international bestseller on a scale few contemporary fantasy novelists reach. Official author and publisher biographies describe her as a #1 bestselling author whose books have sold tens of millions of copies worldwide and been translated into dozens of languages.
A useful way to understand Maas’s bibliography is to see it as a progression from young adult fantasy into broader adult crossover fantasy with an increasingly central romantic emphasis. Throne of Glass, her debut novel, introduced the assassin Celaena Sardothien and established many of the instincts that would shape her later work: high emotional stakes, court politics, mythic worldbuilding, and heroines forced to grow under pressure. The series began as fantasy with a young adult publishing identity, but as it expanded, so did its scale, moral weight, and narrative ambition. Even now, it remains the clearest starting point for understanding how Maas first developed her voice.
Her second major sequence, A Court of Thorns and Roses, is the point at which her readership widened dramatically. These books helped push Maas from successful fantasy author to cultural phenomenon. The series blends fairy-tale echoes, political intrigue, war, sensuality, and character-driven emotional drama in a way that proved enormously influential. If Throne of Glass showed her talent for long-form fantasy escalation, A Court of Thorns and Roses showed how fully she could fuse romance and fantasy without treating either element as secondary. That series is also central to understanding her genre identity, because it helped define the reading space now commonly described as romantasy.
Crescent City reveals another side of Maas’s bibliography. It moves into a more overtly adult register and a more modern fantasy environment, while still keeping the same appetite for layered lore, emotional intensity, and large-scale reveals. Read together, the three series show not repetition but expansion. Maas tends to build long arcs, emotional payoffs, and interconnected mythologies that reward patience, which is one reason reading order matters so much with her books. The publication sequence preserves the intended pace of discovery, especially where prequels, later-world knowledge, and evolving tonal expectations are concerned. Publisher reading guides reflect just how often readers have questions about where to begin and how the series relate to one another.
Biographically, Maas is an American author born in New York City in 1986. That basic fact matters less than the shape of her career, which is unusually clear on the page: she is a series-builder. Her fiction is driven by momentum, heightened feeling, and revelation, but it is also carefully scaffolded over multiple books. Readers tend not to come to her for standalones or minimalist realism. They come for immersive worlds, escalating bonds, and the sense that each installment enlarges what the previous one set in motion.
The best way to read Sarah J. Maas, then, is not as a loose collection of popular fantasy titles, but as the work of an author whose bibliography is organized around distinct fantasy worlds, each with its own tone and architecture. Throne of Glass shows her early epic instincts, A Court of Thorns and Roses captures her breakthrough fusion of fantasy and romance, and Crescent City shows her writing on a larger adult canvas. Together, they form one of the most commercially successful and structurally recognizable fantasy bibliographies of the past decade.