Fourth Wing Books in Order: The Empyrean
Read Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, then Onyx Storm. Stay with the main novels before bonus material, and avoid later-book descriptions if you want to keep the reveals intact.
Start here and keep the reveals intact
Read Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, then Onyx Storm. Stay with the main novels before bonus material, and avoid later-book descriptions if you want to keep the reveals intact.
The notes below explain the optional changes before you commit to a different sequence.
Read these in this order
Read Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, then Onyx Storm. Stay with the main novels before bonus material, and avoid later-book descriptions if you want to keep the reveals intact.
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Book one
Fourth Wing
Begin with Violet entering the dragon-rider training program.
The military college introduces the relationships and dangers the sequels depend on.
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Book two
Iron Flame
Continue Violet’s story after the first novel’s ending.
A sequel with a larger conflict, rather than a separate entry point.
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Book three
Onyx Storm
Continue after Iron Flame with the third Empyrean novel.
The author identifies this as book three, not a standalone story.
The choices that can change the order
Bonus chapters can wait
A special edition or alternate-viewpoint extra does not replace one of the three novels. Follow any spoiler note attached to the specific extra and finish its main novel first.
The current route is not a completion promise
This page covers the three novels listed on the author’s Onyx Storm page as checked September 8, 2026. It does not invent a title or publication date for the next installment.
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Sources checked September 8, 2026
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Rebecca Yarros’s Onyx Storm page
Identifies Onyx Storm as Empyrean book three and links Iron Flame as book two and Fourth Wing as book one. It also gives title-specific adult-content guidance.
A few practical questions
What order should I read the Fourth Wing books in?
Read Fourth Wing first, Iron Flame second, and Onyx Storm third. This is the main Empyrean novel sequence.
Can I start with Onyx Storm?
Start with Fourth Wing. Onyx Storm continues the earlier story and its description can reveal events from the first two books.
Do I need a special edition to follow the sequence?
No. The three main novels supply the sequence. Bonus chapters are additional material; check their own spoiler instructions before reading them.
Finished the series? Choose what comes next
- Finished the available books? Choose your next read
Choose another dragon story, deadly competition, or romance with political stakes.
- Try the ACOTAR sequence
A different fantasy-romance series, beginning with a fae bargain.
Prefer to explore? See books near Fourth Wing in Atlas.