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What to read after Fourth Wing: 11 books

You have finished Fourth Wing, Iron Flame and Onyx Storm, and nothing else feels the same. These eleven books come closest, each for a different reason: the dragons, the academy, the bonded beasts or the enemies-to-lovers slow burn. Spice level and tropes on every one. If you have not read the companion Threshing Day yet, start there.

Updated November 2026

  1. Cover of Dire Bound

    Dire Bound

    Sable Sorensen · The Wolves of Ruin, No. 1

    The closest match: a war academy, warriors mind-bonded to giant direwolves they ride into battle, and a romance with the same heat.

  2. Cover of When the Moon Hatched

    When the Moon Hatched

    Sarah A. Parker · Moonfall, No. 1

    Dragons, an assassin heroine and a world where fallen dragons become moons. The most-recommended next read in every Fourth Wing thread.

  3. Cover of Quicksilver

    Quicksilver

    Callie Hart · Fae & Alchemy, No. 1

    Swap dragons for fae and keep the enemies-to-lovers heat. Sharp, fast and just as addictive.

  4. Cover of From Blood and Ash

    From Blood and Ash

    Jennifer L. Armentrout · Blood and Ash, No. 1

    The series readers binge straight after The Empyrean: a forbidden guard, a bigger world with every book and the same open-door spice.

  5. Cover of The Serpent and the Wings of Night

    The Serpent and the Wings of Night

    Carissa Broadbent · Crowns of Nyaxia, No. 1

    A deadly tournament instead of a war college, a vampire prince instead of a wing leader, and the same slow-burn pull.

  6. Cover of A Fate Inked in Blood

    A Fate Inked in Blood

    Danielle L. Jensen · Saga of the Unfated, No. 1

    A Viking-inspired shield maiden with a fate she never asked for. For readers who loved watching Violet find her strength.

  7. Cover of Shield of Sparrows

    Shield of Sparrows

    Devney Perry · Shield of Sparrows, No. 1

    A princess married off to a monster hunter who resents her, and a slow burn across a dangerous journey. Devney Perry writes the banter Yarros readers miss.

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    A Fate Forged in Fire

    Hazel McBride · Bonded to Beasts, No. 1

    A blacksmith’s daughter, a kingdom that has forgotten its magic and a bond with beasts. Enemies to lovers, open door.

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    Heartless Hunter

    Kristen Ciccarelli · The Crimson Moth, No. 1

    A witch hiding in plain sight and the witch hunter falling for her. Lower on spice, high on tension.

  10. Cover of The Knight and the Moth

    The Knight and the Moth

    Rachel Gillig · The Stonewater Kingdom, No. 1

    Gothic rather than martial, but the same found-family-on-a-quest feeling and a love interest who earns it.

  11. Cover of A Court of Thorns and Roses

    A Court of Thorns and Roses

    Sarah J. Maas · A Court of Thorns and Roses, No. 1

    If you came to romantasy through Fourth Wing and skipped this one, it is the other pillar of the genre, and the series every Empyrean reader ends up in.

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