12 Books Like Fourth Wing to Read Next

Finished Fourth Wing and can't stop thinking about Basgiath? You're not alone. Rebecca Yarros's dragon-rider academy story mixes a deadly training school, a heroine everyone underestimates, and an enemies-to-lovers romance that simmers for hundreds of pages. Below are the books we hand to readers who want that same feeling again, grouped by what you loved most.

Every title here is on our shelves as a new or pre-loved copy, each checked and graded for condition.

First: finish the Empyrean series

If you haven't yet, the story continues in Iron Flame (book 2) and Onyx Storm (book 3). Read them in order; each one picks up right where the last leaves off.

If you loved the brutal training school

Dire Bound by Sable Sorensen

The closest match on this list. Meryn enters brutal military trials to rescue her kidnapped sister and ends up bonded to a direwolf that wants nothing to do with her. Rival trainees, a demanding instructor, and a dangerous amount of court attention follow. The sequel, Fury Bound, is also in stock.

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

Less romance, more war college. Darrow, a miner from the lowest caste, infiltrates the ruling class's institute, where the trials are just as ruthless as the Threshing. Perfect if the survival stakes were your favorite part.

Blood of Hercules by Jasmine Mas

A young woman is pulled into the world of powerful immortals and forced into a harsh training environment, with rivalries and dark romance drawn from Greek mythology.

Silver Elite by Dani Francis

Wren has spent her life hiding psychic abilities that could get her killed. Forced into the enemy's military ranks, she has to protect her secret while falling for someone she shouldn't trust. Military setting, hidden power, forbidden attraction: very Violet-and-Xaden.

If you loved the enemies-to-lovers romance

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

Oraya, the human daughter of a vampire king, enters a lethal tournament to gain power in a world built to kill her. Her alliance with a dangerous rival is the slow burn romantasy readers keep recommending after Fourth Wing.

The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon

A soldier hiding rare light magic clashes with a prince who wields shadow. Their forced alliance could end a war, if mistrust and attraction don't get in the way first.

Quicksilver by Callie Hart

Saeris hides unusual powers to survive a harsh desert city, until one encounter throws her into a much bigger conflict with the fae. Long, steamy and addictive; continue with Brimstone.

The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen

Lara enters an enemy kingdom as a bride, secretly trained to bring down its defenses. The more she learns about King Aren, the harder her mission becomes.

If you loved the high-stakes fantasy world

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

The series that started the romantasy wave. If you somehow haven't read it, start here; the story (and the romance) truly takes off in book 2, A Court of Mist and Fury.

Faebound by Saara El-Arifi

An exiled warrior and her diviner sister stumble on a fae court believed lost for centuries. Family loyalty, politics and desire collide in the first book of a trilogy.

Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole

After her mother disappears, healer Diem is drawn into the ruling court and a growing rebellion, and has to choose between a royal heir and the cause she believes in.

The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen

A cursed clerk trying to keep her head down in a city under Zeus's influence is pulled into the gods' deadly affairs after an encounter with Hades.

Where to start

Want the closest match? Go with Dire Bound. Here for the romance? The Serpent and the Wings of Night. Want a long series to disappear into? A Court of Thorns and Roses.

Want the full reading order for these series? See our guide to the 10 best romantasy series.

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