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So you finished every Sarah J Maas book, now what?
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items highly anticipated reads this year for after you read ACOTAR - or in preparation for Acotar 6!!
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SJM Universe Reading Order
What you can read immediately after your reading slump once you finish SJM
Ok but you still need to fill the hole in your chest from the Throne of Glass Series. Now what?
That's cool and all, but I want fae fantasy
Dystopian
Historical Fantasy
SJM Universe Reading Order
This is my personal opinion in the order you should read it, but this was the most enjoyable order I found!
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A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses Series #1)|Paperback
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A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses Series #2)|Paperback
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A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses Series #3)|Paperback
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A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses Series)|Paperback
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A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses Series #4)|Paperback
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass Series #1)|Paperback
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass Series #2)|Paperback
The Assassin's Blade: The Throne of Glass Novellas|Paperback
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Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass Series #3)|Paperback
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass Series #4)|Paperback
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TANDEM READ THIS WITH TOWER OF DAWN
Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass Series #5)|Paperback
Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass Series #6)|Paperback
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Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass Series #7)|Paperback
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House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City Series #1)|Paperback
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House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City Series #2)|BN Exclusive
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House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City Series #3)|Hardcover
What you can read immediately after your reading slump once you finish SJM
The Fourth Wing will be a 5 book series according to Rebecca Yarros. It was absolutely amazing and Onyx Storm will be available in January 2025. Not a fae universe but they have dragons and griffins and wyvern.
🌶️ 🌶️Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
🌶️🌶️Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College—Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
PREORDER - Coming January
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, this young adult fantasy follows the forbidden romance between a powerful prince and an ordinary girl as they try to survive their kingdom’s grueling laws pitting them against each other.
Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy)
Paedyn and Kai battle with duty and desire in this highly anticipated second installment in the sizzling and epic romantic fantasy trilogy that’s packed with spicy tension and edge-of-your-seat betrayal.
Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy)
Paedyn and Kai are reunited but face a terrible decision in this thrilling conclusion to the New York Times bestselling romantasy trilogy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and The Red Queen.
Fearless (The Powerless Trilogy)
Ok but you still need to fill the hole in your chest from the Throne of Glass Series. Now what?
Once upon a time, in a land long since burned to ash, there lived a young princess who loved her kingdom . . . very much.
🌶️🌶️🌶️Vampire Romantasy - gives throne of glass suspense vibes. The adopted human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king, Oraya carved her place in a world designed to kill her. Her only chance to become something more than prey is entering the Ke...
The Serpent and the Wings of Night - Carissa Broadbent
🌶️🌶️🌶️Vampire Romantasy - gives throne of glass suspense vibes. In the wake of the Kejari, everything Oraya once thought to be true has been destroyed. A prisoner in her own kingdom, grieving the only family she ever had, and reeling from a guttin...
The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King: Book 2 of the Nightborn Duet
Vampire Romantasy (Miche's Story) - gives throne of glass suspense vibes. Mische lost everything when she was forcibly Turned into a vampire – her home, her humanity, and most devastating of all, the love of the sun god to whom she had devoted her li...
The Songbird and the Heart of Stone
badassery like Throne of Glass | A life in slavery taught Tisaanah how to survive with nothing but a sharp eye, a quick mind, and a touch of magic. But the night she tried to buy her freedom, she nearly paid with her life. Instead, she murdered the m...
Daughter of No Worlds (War of Lost Hearts #1)
badassery like Throne of Glass | Tisaanah bargained away her own freedom to save those she left behind in slavery. Now, bound by her blood pact, she must fight the Orders' war -- and Max is determined to protect her at all costs.
Children of Fallen Gods (War of Lost Hearts #2)
badassery like Throne of Glass | In the wake of a crushing defeat, Tisaanah and Maxatarius have been ripped apart. Tisaanah is desperate to rescue Max from his imprisonment, even as her people's fight for freedom grows more treacherous. But within th...
Mother of Death and Dawn (War of Lost Hearts #3)
If you really enjoyed the dragons in Fourth Wing, this would be for you, after you finish
The Priory of the Orange Tree
That's cool and all, but I want fae fantasy
When a rival bounty hunter shatters her world, Raeve finds herself captured by the Guild of Nobles – a group of powerful fae. Crushed by the loss of his great love, dragon rider Kaan Vaegor took the head of a king and donned his melted crown.
When the Moon Hatched: A Novel|Paperback
DO NOT NOT FINISH THIS BOOK - GET TO BOOK 3 - IT PICKS UP I SWEAR - A darkly fantastical, high-heat romance inspired by the myth of King Midas, Gild is ripe with so many addictive tropes, from enemies-to-lovers to found family. This is sure to resona...
Gild
I may be out of my cage, but I'm not free, not even close. In the game of kings and armies, I'm the gilded pawn. The question is, can I out maneuver them?
Glint
King Midas made me the woman I am today. Notorious. Unattainable. His. The thing about being confined is that you believe it's to keep the bad out... Until you realize it's about keeping you in.
Gleam
"I was nothing but a road to Midas. A means to get to where he wanted to go, and I paved that path in gold."
Glow
Book 5 of this adult fantasy series continues in this epic story inspired by the myth of King Midas, fae, and fated romance.
Gold (Plated Prisoner Series #5)|Paperback
The seductive and thrilling dark fantasy series comes to an end in this powerful finale. With sizzling romance, devastations, and triumphs, this is the epic conclusion to the gilded world of Orea that everyone has been waiting for.
Goldfinch
The gods sent monsters to the five kingdoms to remind mortals they must kneel.
Shield of Sparrows
Even though she's not one of them, Brynn has spent her life among the Alaha, training to be a guard and waiting for the chance to attend the annual market hosted by the Kenta–the very same people who exiled her adopted community to a life at sea. Goi...
Metal Slinger: Fire & Metal Book One
Dystopian
The year is 2059. For two centuries, the Republic of Scion has led an oppressive campaign against unnaturalness in Europe.
The Bone Season: Author's Preferred Text
Historical Fantasy
A war orphan, Rin earned her place in Nikan’s most elite military school. There, she discovers her lethal, unearthly power of shamanism—and learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive. When an inevitable conflict arises between longtime en...
The Complete Poppy War Trilogy Boxed Set
1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious...
Babel: Necessity of Violence - Arcane History
Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one of the brightest minds in the field of Magick. She has sacrificed everything to make that a reality: her pride, her health, her love life, and most definitely her sanity. All to work with Professor ...
Katabasis (Deluxe Limited Edition): A Novel
France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever―and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Unsure if I can call this historical buttttt….. I will. A tale of gods, kings, immortal fame, and the human heart, The Song of Achilles is a dazzling literary feat that brilliantly reimagines Homer’s enduring masterwork, The Iliad. An action-packed a...
The Song of Achilles
in the first book of a Norse-inspired fantasy romance duology from the author of The Bridge Kingdom series.
A Fate Inked in Blood: Saga of the Unfated
In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family’s eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to ...
She Who Became the Sun (Radiant Emperor 1)
Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, she’s survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully w...
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi: Fantasy Series
In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is ac...
The Familiar: A Novel
The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather’s house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. A life she can call h...
Gods of Jade and Shadow
Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha’arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she’s certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last summer.
Master of Djinn, A (Dead Djinn Universe, 1)
Benigno “Benny” Caldera knows an orphaned Boricua blacksmith in 1910s New York City can’t call himself an artist. But the ironwork tank he creates for famed Coney Island playground, Luna Park, astounds everyone, especially the eccentric side-show pro...
When the Tides Held the Moon
Gothic Fantasy
Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like the other foundling girls who traded a decade of service for a home in the great cathedral, Sybil is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from six unearthly figures...
The Knight and the Moth (Stonewater Kingdom 1)
This lush, dark fantasy debut delivers atmospheric world-building, witchy tarot-like magic, and a steamy romantic subthread. It's a loose reimagination of the English folk ballad "The Highwayman" and reads like a timeless fable. Perfect for fans of S...
One Dark Window (B&N Exclusive Edition)|Paperback
Gripped by a tyrant king and in the thrall of dark magic, the kingdom is in peril. Elspeth and Ravyn have gathered most of the twelve Providence Cards, but the last—and most important—one remains to be found: the Twin Alders. If they’re going to find...
Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, 2)
🌶️🌶️🌶️ A thousand years ago, Dianna gave up her life in the deserts of Eoria to save her dying sister. She called upon anyone who would listen, not expecting a monster far worse than any nightmare to answer. Now she does what Kaden asks, even if t...
The Book of Azrael (Gods & Monsters #1)
There are whispers about what lurks in Witch Knell—the forest where sinners go to die. The villagers call it The Eating Woods because what’s taken is never given back. Only those who’ve lost their senses would dare to go near it.
Anathema (The Eating Woods)
Born with a soul that unites realms, Elara, the Hallowed, has lived a life that has never been her own. Trapped within a web of divine rituals and spiritual duties, she's more a vessel than a person. With a power that has the dual edge to purify or d...
Blood So Deadly Divine
Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king. But when Dracula draws a cunning aristocrat and a starving artist into his web of passion and deceit, Const...
A Dowry of Blood
After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I’d find the cure for what ravaged her. And leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me.
Nocticadia: A Dark Academia Gothic Romance