Sarah J. Maas Books
17 books on our shelf. Average spice 2.8/5, average darkness 3/5.
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The books
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A Court of Thorns and Roses
Beauty and the Beast with fae and a lot more blood. The first half is slow and the second half under the mountain is why everyone kept going. Book two is where it gets good, honestly.
- Fae
- Enemies to Lovers
- Fairy Tale Retellings
- Curses
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Torture, Murder, Dubious or non-consent
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A Court of Mist and Fury
The one people actually mean when they say they love ACOTAR. Feyre is wrecked after book one, and watching her claw her way back with the Night Court crew is the whole appeal.
- Fae
- Fated Mates
- Found Family
- Court Intrigue
Content warnings
Physical or emotional abuse, Graphic violence, War
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A Court of Wings and Ruin
War book. Feyre plays spy in her old court and the payoff is big if a little long.
- Fae
- Found Family
- Fated Mates
- Court Intrigue
Content warnings
War, Graphic violence, Death of a loved one
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A Court of Frost and Starlight
A short, cozy Winter Solstice visit with the Night Court crew while Velaris rebuilds. Barely any plot, mostly gift shopping and banter, but it sets up Nesta's book and plenty of people treat it as required reading.
- Fae
- Found Family
- Fated Mates
Content warnings
War
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A Court of Silver Flames
Nesta and Cassian finally get their book, and it's the spiciest one Maas has written. Under all the training montages and library scenes it's really about grief and self-hatred, and Nesta's friendships with Gwyn and Emerie steal it.
- Enemies to Lovers
- Fated Mates
- Fae
- Found Family
Content warnings
Physical or emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide or suicidal thoughts, Death of a loved one, Graphic violence
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A Court of Splintered Harmony
The first book of the new Valkyrie Cycle. The Night Court has to patch itself back together while Koschei stirs in the human lands. Shorter than you'd expect from Maas at around 350 pages, and book seven is only months behind it.
- Fae
- Found Family
- Court Intrigue
Content warnings
Graphic violence, War
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A Court of Forgotten Melody
Out January 12, the second Valkyrie Cycle book, landing less than three months after Splintered Harmony. Listings put it near 900 pages, so this is where the real story is. No synopsis yet, so it's safest to finish book six before reading anything about it.
- Fae
- Found Family
- Court Intrigue
Content warnings
Graphic violence, War
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House of Earth and Blood
Urban fantasy Maas: phones, clubs, angels and a half-fae party girl hunting whoever killed her best friend. The first 200 pages are a slog and the last 200 are a sprint.
- Fae
- Demons
- Morally Gray
- Slow Burn
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Gore, Murder, Drug or alcohol abuse, Death of a loved one
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House of Sky and Breath
Bryce and Hunt try to lie low and end up tangled in a rebellion against the Asteri. The middle meanders, then the last act cracks the whole Maasverse open in a way ACOTAR fans did not see coming.
- Fae
- Found Family
- Fated Mates
- Court Intrigue
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Torture, Death of a loved one, Physical or emotional abuse
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House of Flame and Shadow
Bryce is stranded somewhere very unexpected while Hunt and the others are stuck in Lunathion's worst prison. Huge on crossover payoff, less so on romance, and the ending split the fandom.
- Fae
- Found Family
- Fated Mates
- Court Intrigue
Content warnings
War, Torture, Graphic violence, Death of a loved one
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Throne of Glass
An assassin dragged out of a salt mine to compete for the king's favor. Book one reads young. Stick with it, because by book four it's a full-blown fae war epic.
- Assassins
- Deadly Trials
- Love Triangle
- Court Intrigue
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder, Death of a loved one
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Crown of Midnight
Celaena is now the King's Champion and secretly faking the kills he orders. This is where the series stops feeling like a YA competition book and starts showing its teeth, and the back half hits hard.
- Assassins
- Court Intrigue
- Love Triangle
- Morally Gray
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Murder, Death of a loved one
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Heir of Fire
Slow at first. Celaena is in Wendlyn, miserable, training with a grumpy fae warrior named Rowan, while Manon and the Ironteeth witches show up and quietly become the best part of the series.
- Fae
- Found Family
- Slow Burn
- Morally Gray
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Torture, War, Death of a loved one
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Queen of Shadows
Back in Rifthold with a score to settle. The ensemble finally comes together here and the heist-and-revenge energy makes it one of the fastest reads in the series.
- Assassins
- Found Family
- Witches
- Court Intrigue
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Torture, Physical or emotional abuse, Murder
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Empire of Storms
Big, sprawling war book with a lot of couples pairing off at once. Some of it is indulgent, but the last hundred pages are brutal and you will need the next book immediately.
- Fated Mates
- Found Family
- Witches
- Fae
Content warnings
War, Graphic violence, Torture, Death of a loved one
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Tower of Dawn
Chaol goes to the southern continent looking for a healer and gets Yrene, who wants nothing to do with him. Lots of readers skip it and then regret it, because Kingdom of Ash leans on what happens here.
- Slow Burn
- Enemies to Lovers
- Court Intrigue
Content warnings
Graphic violence, Torture, War
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Kingdom of Ash
The finale is nearly a thousand pages and mostly one long war. The torture chapters early on are hard to read. Read Tower of Dawn first or a lot of this won't land.
- Found Family
- Fated Mates
- Witches
- Fae
Content warnings
War, Torture, Graphic violence, Death of a loved one
