Sarah J. Maas: Throne of Glass Series in Order
Fantasy Romance (Romantasy)
About the Throne of Glass Series
The Throne of Glass Series is where Sarah J. Maas first introduced the world to her brand of sweeping, high-stakes fantasy romance. What begins as a competition story inside a corrupt kingdom quickly expands into one of the most ambitious epic fantasy sagas of the past decade. At its center is Celaena Sardothien, a teenage assassin forced to compete for the chance at freedom, who carries a secret identity that will eventually reshape the fate of an entire world.
Maas began writing this series at sixteen years old and spent a decade refining it before publication. That devotion to the story shows. The series evolves dramatically from book to book, growing darker, larger in scope, and more emotionally complex as Celaena steps into who she truly is. By the final book, Kingdom of Ash, readers who started with a palace competition story find themselves in the middle of a full-scale war for survival.
Series
Below is the complete Throne of Glass Series in reading order. The publisher and the author both recommend reading in publication order, with a note on where the prequel collection fits best.
Throne of Glass (2012)
Celaena Sardothien, the most notorious assassin in the kingdom of Adarlan, is pulled from the salt mines of Endovier and offered a chance at freedom. All she has to do is win a deadly competition against the kingdom’s most ruthless criminals and killers to become the king’s champion.
Crown of Midnight (2013)
Celaena has won her place at court, but the freedom she was promised feels increasingly out of reach. As secrets surface and loyalties fracture, she begins to understand that the kingdom’s darkness runs far deeper than she ever suspected.
Heir of Fire (2014)
Celaena travels to a distant kingdom to train with the Fae and begins to reckon with the truth of who she really is. This is the book where the series transforms from a court thriller into something much larger and more mythological.
Queen of Shadows (2015)
Celaena returns to Adarlan with a new name and a new purpose. The threads of the entire story begin pulling together as alliances form, old wounds are forced open, and the cost of power becomes impossible to ignore.
Empire of Storms (2016)
The war is coming. Aelin races across the world gathering allies, chasing ancient magic, and preparing for a battle that no one may survive. This book overlaps in timeline with Tower of Dawn, and some readers choose to read them together chapter by chapter.
Tower of Dawn (2017)
Set concurrently with Empire of Storms, this book follows Chaol Westfall and Nesryn Faliq in a distant empire as they seek allies and confront their own demons. It can be read alongside Empire of Storms or immediately after.
Kingdom of Ash (2018)
The final book. All roads, all sacrifices, and all secrets lead here as Aelin fights the battle she was born for. This is one of the longest books in the series and earns every page.
How to Read the Throne of Glass Series
Start with Throne of Glass and read straight through in publication order. The series rewards patience as each book raises the stakes significantly. The world and cast expand considerably from book three onward, and readers who power through the early competition story are consistently rewarded by what the series becomes.
The most debated reading decision in this series is whether to read Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn together or one after the other. Both approaches work. Reading them simultaneously by following a tandem chapter guide preserves the shared timeline, but reading Tower of Dawn immediately after Empire of Storms is equally satisfying and simpler to manage.
What About The Assassin’s Blade?
The Assassin’s Blade is a companion novella collection featuring five prequel stories set before the events of Throne of Glass. It is not part of the official numbered series but works well as supplementary reading. Most fans recommend reading it after Crown of Midnight, as knowing Celaena’s full backstory by that point makes the novellas hit considerably harder.
Is the Series Complete?
Yes. The Throne of Glass Series concluded with Kingdom of Ash in 2018. Sarah J. Maas has not announced any continuation, though the world of Adarlan and Terrasen connects in small ways to her Crescent City series for readers who enjoy hunting for Easter eggs across her work.
Connections to Other Sarah J. Maas Series
If you are new to Sarah J. Maas and want to explore more of her worlds, the A Court of Thorns and Roses Series is her most popular and can be read entirely independently of Throne of Glass. The Crescent City Series is her most recent and crosses over with elements from both other series in its later books.
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