Books like Fourth Wing
What should you read after Rebecca Yarros’s novel? It depends on what you loved most about it.
- Rebecca Yarros
- 2023
- 512 pages
- Romantasy
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Best overall matchA Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas
The book Fourth Wing is descended from: fae courts instead of dragons, the same enemies-to-lovers escalation, and a series that gets considerably steamier as it goes.
- Enemies to lovers
- The spice
- Constant cliffhangers
- The first hundred pages drag
Great matchThe Cruel Prince
Holly Black
Holly Black writes the sharpest enemies-to-lovers in the genre: a mortal girl in the faerie court who works out that being underestimated is a weapon.
- Enemies to lovers
- Banter
- An underestimated heroine
- YA heat — nothing explicit
Best for dragons with opinionsHis Majesty's Dragon
Naomi Novik
The best dragon-and-rider bond in fantasy: a Napoleonic naval captain and the dragon he accidentally hatches, arguing about battle tactics and what to read next.
- Dragons with opinions
- Banter
- Constant cliffhangers
- No romance whatsoever
Best for the spiceFrom Blood and Ash
Jennifer L. Armentrout
If the Xaden chapters were why you kept turning pages, Armentrout skips most of the plot and delivers that same dynamic at roughly triple the temperature.
- The spice
- Enemies to lovers
- Constant cliffhangers
- World-building is extremely thin
Worth a look — with a warningThe Poppy War
R. F. Kuang
A war academy where the training genuinely maims people and a peasant girl who claws her way in — all of the brutality Fourth Wing gestures at, unsoftened.
- A school that kills you
- An underestimated heroine
- Enemies to lovers
- No romance at all
Great matchThe Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss
For the school rather than the war: Kvothe talks his way into a university of magic with no money and far too much talent, and the writing is a level up.
- An underestimated heroine
- A school that kills you
- Banter
- Almost no romance
What should you read after Fourth Wing?
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros works on several levels at once, and which book you should read next depends on which of those levels got you. For most readers the closest match is A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas — the book Fourth Wing is descended from: fae courts instead of dragons, the same enemies-to-lovers escalation, and a series that gets considerably steamier as it goes.
If what stayed with you was enemies to lovers, read The Cruel Prince by Holly Black instead: holly Black writes the sharpest enemies-to-lovers in the genre: a mortal girl in the faerie court who works out that being underestimated is a weapon. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik is the other strong option — the best dragon-and-rider bond in fantasy: a Napoleonic naval captain and the dragon he accidentally hatches, arguing about battle tactics and what to read next.
Common questions
- What should you read after Fourth Wing?
- A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, The Cruel Prince by Holly Black, His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik are the closest matches. Which fits best depends on what you loved about Fourth Wing: dragons with opinions, enemies to lovers, a school that kills you, the spice.
- What is the best book like Fourth Wing?
- A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas is the strongest overall match. The book Fourth Wing is descended from: fae courts instead of dragons, the same enemies-to-lovers escalation, and a series that gets considerably steamier as it goes.
- What are books similar to Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros?
- A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, The Cruel Prince by Holly Black, His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik, From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout, The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang, The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Each one matches a different part of Fourth Wing rather than just its genre.
- Is A Court of Thorns and Roses worth reading after Fourth Wing?
- Yes — readers who loved Fourth Wing tend to land well with it: enemies-to-lovers, fully committed; heat that escalates each book; addictive series momentum. One thing to know going in: the first hundred pages drag.
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