After more than five years since the last book in the series was published, Sarah J. Maas announced back-to-back new ACOTAR novels during an interview on the Call Her Daddy podcast. Book six is set to arrive on October 27 this year, with book seven coming out shortly after that on January 12, 2027.
Maas revealed her decision to publish two books at once after so long, saying: “It’s taken a while because it took me a while to find the right story and to be in the right head space. And then what poured out of me was this, and it poured out very quickly.”
And although it was just this week that these two books were announced, both of them are already available to preorder on Amazon for a discount.
New ACOTAR Books Are Up for Preorder
Releases October 27, 2026
A Court of Thorns and Roses 6
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Releases January 12, 2026
A Court of Thorns and Roses 7
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Product listings may be up for the upcoming books, but that’s really the only thing we currently have to go off of. Neither book six or seven have been given official titles, descriptions, or book covers just yet. All we really do know is that there will be a hardcover edition, an e-book, and an audiobook available. Amazon is currently offering a discount on both the Kindle and hardcover versions of the books, and the preorder price guarantee applies to both.
For those with a Kindle Unlimited subscription wondering if these books will be coming to the service, the answer is most likely no. Unlike other popular romantasy novels (Fourth Wing, Quicksilver), Sarah J. Maas books have traditionally not been available on Kindle Unlimited. This trend is almost certain to continue with the latest novels.
What are the new books about?
Maas hasn’t revealed any details about what the upcoming novels are about, but we do know that the story is going to be split up into four parts. “It’s just the story that was finally ready to come out of me was big – really, really, really big,” said Maas in that recent interview. “It’s meant to be read ideally as one massive, massive story as opposed to a trilogy.”
Maas explained that book six is “Part 1” of the story, while book seven is “Parts 2 and 3.” She also hinted that part 4 of this story would be getting released as book eight in the series later on down the line. It’s this information that gives us a bit of an idea of what to expect, especially when we look at what stories are still left to tell.
The most recent entry in the series, A Court of Silver Flames, shifted the focus of the books to Nesta Archeron and away from her sister Feyre. With Nesta’s love story mostly wrapped up, it seems most likely that the next book would put the focus on the other sister Elain Archeron. Presumably we’d be diving into Elain’s potential romance with Lucien. Nothing has been confirmed, however, so this is purely speculation.
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