Throne of Glass Reading Order
The Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas is complete. Here are the 7 books we cover, in order.
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Reading order
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1. Throne of Glass
Book 1
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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2. Crown of Midnight
Book 2
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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3. Heir of Fire
Book 3
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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4. Queen of Shadows
Book 4
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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5. Empire of Storms
Book 5
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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6. Tower of Dawn
Book 6
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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7. Kingdom of Ash
Book 7
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
