Celaena Sardothien is sent to the Red Desert to train with the Silent Assassins, not because she wants a fresh start, but because she has been punished and ordered to prove herself. The setting gives The Assassin and the Desert…
On her way to the Red Desert as punishment for defying her master, Celaena Sardothien is forced into a quieter kind of story than the one readers might expect from an assassin. In The Assassin and the Healer, she stops…
Kingdom of Ash opens at the point where loss, war, and sacrifice can no longer be postponed. The final Throne of Glass novel brings Aelin Galathynius and her allies to the edge of a reckoning that has been building across…
Tower of Dawn shifts the focus away from Aelin’s immediate path and follows Chaol Westfall as he travels to the southern continent in search of healing and an alliance that could matter in the war ahead. Injured, stripped of certainty,…
Empire of Storms opens with Aelin Galathynius no longer fighting only for survival or revenge. By this point, the question is how to gather enough strength, allies, and resolve to face a war that is finally taking shape. Kingdoms are…
Queen of Shadows begins with Celaena Sardothien no longer hiding from who she is. Returning to Rifthold after the events of Heir of Fire, she comes back changed, carrying grief, anger, and a much clearer sense of purpose. But reclaiming…
Heir of Fire opens at a breaking point for Celaena Sardothien. What she has survived so far has left her shaken rather than triumphant, and this novel sends her away from the glass castle and into a new land where…
Celaena Sardothien may have won the competition in the first book, but Crown of Midnight begins by showing how little that victory has actually freed her. Now serving as the king’s champion, she is expected to carry out his orders,…
Celaena Sardothien is dragged out of a brutal prison camp with an offer that is hardly freedom but better than dying where she is. If she can outlast a field of thieves, killers, and warriors in a royal competition, she…
Below is the complete list of Sarah J. Maas’ Crescent City books in reading order, presented in publication order for the series. This is the recommended reading sequence for the series. Crescent City Series Books About Crescent City Sarah J.…