Rebecca Yarros Books in Order
The complete reading guide for the Empyrean series — Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, Onyx Storm, and the upcoming Book 4. Read them in order; every installment builds directly on the last.
Quick Stats
Author
Rebecca Yarros
Series
The Empyrean
Published Books
3 of 4+
Genre
Romantasy
Status
Ongoing
Start With
Fourth Wing
The Empyrean Series — Reading Order
All three published books must be read in order. Each ends on significant revelations that directly shape what follows.
- 1
Fourth Wing
Empyrean #1 — 2023 — Start here
Violet Sorrengail is ordered into the war college's dragon rider quadrant, where students bond with lethal dragons — or die trying. She immediately crosses paths with Xaden Riorson, the leader of the rebellion's children who has every reason to want her dead. The book that ignited a global romantasy phenomenon.
Note: The essential entry point. Establishes the world, the war college, the Gryphon riders, and the central enemies-to-lovers relationship.
- 2
Iron Flame
Empyrean #2 — 2023
Violet returns for her second year at Basgiath War College, but the secrets she uncovered in Fourth Wing change everything — including what she thought she knew about the war. Higher stakes, a more complex world, and a relationship tested at every turn.
- 3
Onyx Storm
Empyrean #3 — January 2025
The war escalates beyond Basgiath's walls as Violet and her riders face enemies more dangerous than anything the war college prepared them for. The world of the Empyrean expands dramatically in this third installment, with answers — and new questions — that reshape the entire series.
Note: Read Iron Flame before starting Onyx Storm. Major events in Book 2 are essential to understanding what follows.
Book 4 — Title TBA
Empyrean #4 — Release date TBD
A fourth book has been confirmed by Rebecca Yarros but no title or release date has been announced as of 2026.
Her Other Works
Before the Empyrean series made Rebecca Yarros a global bestseller, she wrote new adult and contemporary romance. The Complete Ruin series is a new adult military romance trilogy with emotional intensity that fans of her later work will recognize. The Fallen Embers duology is a paranormal romance set in a world involving dragons and Riders — thematically adjacent to the Empyrean world but set in a different universe entirely, with no shared characters or continuity. Readers waiting for Empyrean Book 4 may find both series worth exploring.