📖 The Maasverse Reading Guide

📖 The Reading Guide

The countdown to Prythian is officially on! With A Court of Splintered Harmony arriving on 27 October, we’re revisiting ACOTAR and Crescent City with a reading plan designed to refresh the lore, spot the connections and get us fully caught up before Book 6.

Whether it’s your first read or your fifth, consider this your roadmap back into the Maasverse.

A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR)

The series that defined romantasy and made us fall for a certain winged fae High Lord. Start here, darlings:

A Court of Thorns & Roses — A huntress. A curse. A very broody High Lord. You know the drill.

• Chapters 1 - 7 
• Chapters 8 - 16 
• Chapters 17 - 21 
• Chapters 22 - 31 
• Chapters 32 - 38 
• Chapters 39 - 46 

A Court of Mist and Fury — The one that changes everything. Buckle up.

• Chapters 1 - 7
• Chapters 8 - 14 
• Chapters 15 - 19 
• Chapters 20 - 28 
• Chapters 29 - 35 
• Chapters 36 - 42 
• Chapters 43 - 50 
• Chapters 51 - 57 
• Chapters 58 - 69

A Court of Winds & Ruin — War is coming to Prythian, and nobody is safe.

• Chapters 1 - 10 
• Chapters 11 - 17 
• Chapters 18 - 24 
• Chapters 25 - 31 
• Chapters 32 - 42
• Chapters 43 - 50 
• Chapters 51 - 59 
• Chapters 60 - 66 
• Chapters 67 - 74 
• Chapters 75 - 82 

A Court of Frost & Starlight — A cozy, festive novella to catch your breath (and recover from ACOWAR).

• Chapters 1 - 11 
• Chapters 12 - 19 
• Chapters 20 - 28 

A Court of Silver Flames — Nessian is finally happening. Bring on the feels and get your tissues ready.

• Chapters 1 - 6 
• Chapters 7 - 14 
• Chapters 15 - 21 
• Chapters 22 - 28 
• Chapters 29 - 36 
• Chapters 37 - 41 
• Chapters 42 - 50 
  
• Chapters 51 - 58 
• Chapters 59 - 63 
• Chapters 64 - 70 
• Chapters 71 - 80 

New to ACOTAR? Read in publication order above and join in the conversation with other readers and fans at ACOTEA or in our dedicated Maasverse chat in the Saucy Books Clubhouse.

Crescent City

Fast-paced urban fantasy, and dripping with Easter eggs for ACOTAR fans, IYKYK.

House of Earth and Blood — Half-Fae bartender. Fallen angel. A murder mystery that turns Crescent City upside down.

• Chapters 1 - 7 
• Chapters 8 - 15 
• Chapters 16 - 24 
• Chapters 25 - 34 
• Chapters 35 - 41 
• Chapters 42 - 51 
• Chapters 52 - 59 
• Chapters 61 - 67 
• Chapters 68 - 75 
• Chapters 76 - 83 
• Chapters 84 - 97 

House of Sky and Breath — The stakes are higher, the romance gets deeper (and hotter), the plot gets messier but in the best kind of way.

• Chapters 1 - 6 
• Chapters 7 - 11 
• Chapters 12 - 19 
• Chapters 19 - 26 
• Chapters 27 - 34 
• Chapters 35 - 42
• Chapters 43 - 50
• Chapters 51 - 57 
• Chapters 58 - 63 
• Chapters 64 - 70 
• Chapters 71 - 78 

House of Flame and Shadow — One word: Maasverse.

• Chapter 1 - 6
• Chapter 7 - 15 
• Chapter 16 - 22
• Chapter 23 - 34
• Chapter 35 - 43 
• Chapters 44 - 53 
• Chapters 54 - 63 
• Chapters 64 - 73 
• Chapters 74 - 84
• Chapters 85 - 94 
• Chapters 95 - 102 

💫 New to the Maasverse and wondering if you need to read Crescent City before A Court of Splintered Harmony? Yes, you should. Read both series to catch every crossover moment (we won't spoil how) and Easter eggs.

Throne of Glass (ToG) - High fantasy with faeries, witches, shapeshifters and wyverns.

We're saving this reread for Nov - Dec and will share chapter breakdowns when we get closer. 

1. Throne of Glass — An assassin, a deadly competition, and a kingdom that guards more secrets than she does.
2. Crown of Midnight — Celaena's playing double agent, and every choice she makes drags her closer to a truth she can't outrun.
3. Heir of Fire — She crosses the sea to master a power she barely understands — and the story goes from "assassin thriller" to full-blown epic fantasy.
4. Queen of Shadows — The reunion (and reckoning) fans had been waiting for — old allies, old enemies, and a queen finally stepping into who she really is.
5. Empire of Storms — The fight for a kingdom becomes a fight for a continent, and the body count starts climbing fast.
6. Tower of Dawn — A companion novel following Chaol's journey in a new land — easy to skip, but you really shouldn't.
7. Kingdom of Ash — The finale. Every thread pays off, every alliance is tested, and nobody comes out unscathed. Clear your schedule.