Sarah J. Maas has 2 new books in the 'A Court of Thorns and Roses' series coming. Here's everything we know so far.

After 5 agelong years of waiting, Sarah J. Maas fans tin rejoice — the sixth "A Court of Thorns and Roses" book yet has a merchandise date. Well, it really has merchandise dates.

On March 4, 2026, the writer announced the adjacent "ACOTAR" book would beryllium published connected October 27, 2026.

The activity is eagerly awaited not only by fans but besides by Maas' publisher, Bloomsbury. The company's income fell 10% for the 2025-2026 fiscal twelvemonth because Maas didn't merchandise a caller book, Publishers Weekly reported.

Interestingly, though, Maas said her adjacent caller will beryllium conscionable portion 1 of the sixth "ACOTAR" story, pinch parts 2 and 3 released together successful January 2027. Part 4 will beryllium released separately.

Here's everything we cognize astir "ACOTAR" book six truthful far.

Warning: Some spoilers for Maas' activity ahead, including "ACOTAR" and "Crescent City."

Maas is releasing book six of 'A Court of Thorns and Roses' successful aggregate volumes

Maas announced the adjacent "ACOTAR" book was connected its measurement during an quality connected the "Call Her Daddy" podcast pinch Alex Cooper.

She told Cooper she vanished the book while penning successful Montana complete the summertime of 2025, but declined to uncover the book's title aliases which characters from the world of "ACOTAR" will beryllium telling the story.

She besides didn't stock the novel's length, which she said was for a circumstantial reason.

"OK, well, portion of why I conjecture it's tricky to talk astir the magnitude of this book is because this book's coming retired October 27, and past connected January 12, for illustration 2 months later, I can't do math, immoderate that is, the adjacent ACOTAR book will beryllium coming out," Maas said. "So location will beryllium 2 books within, like, a very short span."

As her fans will know, Maas' books are typically divided into parts, separating different sections of the communicative she is telling. However, erstwhile it comes to the sixth "ACOTAR" book, Maas said the individual parts became longer than she anticipated arsenic she started writing, pinch portion 1 coming successful astatine 400 pages astatine 1 point.

As she continued writing, Maas decided the parts didn't person to beryllium successful a azygous beingness book.

"I decided I wasn't gonna attack this task from a accepted format of a book," she said. "What if this book was really long? Like, what if it took maine much than a 1000 pages to show the communicative that needed to beryllium told, the arc that I wanted to create from commencement to finish?"

Maas said the communicative for "ACOTAR" six was yet divided into 4 parts, though it is still 1 cohesive story. Part 1 is the caller that Bloomsbury will publish connected October 27, 2026, and parts 2 and 3 will beryllium published together arsenic 1 measurement connected January 12, 2027. Maas has yet to constitute aliases springiness a publication day for portion four, but she said each 3 volumes would beryllium published "in a very short time."

Although the useful will beryllium published individually, Maas told Cooper she still hopes readers dainty them arsenic 1 communicative erstwhile they are each retired successful the world.

"It's meant to beryllium read, ideally, arsenic 1 massive, monolithic communicative arsenic opposed to successful a trilogy," she said. "It's not a trilogy. Like, arcs aren't wrapped up."

The adjacent 'ACOTAR' has been successful the useful for years

Although Maas hadn't fixed elaborate accusation astir the sixth "ACOTAR" book earlier her "Call Her Daddy" appearance, it wasn't a full daze that her adjacent activity would bring readers backmost to Prythian.

In March 2023, Bloomsbury announced that Maas had signed a deal for 3 much books pinch the publisher. At the time, she was already nether statement for 4 titles, including "House of Flame and Shadow," the 3rd installment successful her "Crescent City" series, published successful January 2024.

In September 2023, Maas gave readers their first hint arsenic to what would travel adjacent successful the six books she had near nether her contract, telling authors Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings during a "Live Talks Los Angeles" quality that she was "drafting" the adjacent "ACOTAR" book — and having a blast doing it.

"I will opportunity that I've go truthful focused and obsessed pinch penning this book," she told Hobbs and Billings. "It's for illustration that emotion of having a crush aliases erstwhile you're first, like, obsessed pinch someone, and you're conscionable reasoning astir it nonstop."

Likewise, successful a January 2024 question and reply pinch Jenna Bush Hager, Maas said her adjacent published activity would beryllium the sixth installment of "ACOTAR," saying she was "very, very excited astir that one."

However, the book seems to person transformed since those comments based connected Maas' speech pinch Cooper.

Clues astir the early of 'ACOTAR'

Maas has been tight-lipped astir the contents of her coming work, but connected August 13, Bloomsbury shared an "ACOTAR Autumn Equinox" integer kit to its website that whitethorn connection immoderate clues.

The kit breaks down really to propulsion an Autumn Equinox-themed merchandise statement for book six, including recipes, chat questions, and games readers tin play together to observe the book.

The full guideline is themed connected autumn, which whitethorn beryllium a motion that astatine slightest immoderate of the book will return spot successful the Autumn Court. There are besides a fewer recipes successful the guide, including a "Shadowsinger Spritz," a motion to Night Court personnel Azriel. It's imaginable the portion hints that the book will attraction connected the shadowsinger Azriel, though the Autumn imagery whitethorn propose that Lucien Vanserra aliases his relative Eris will beryllium a attraction of the story.

The guideline besides contains a "predictions tracker" pinch group chat questions. One mobility asks which points of position the communicative will beryllium told from, and different asks what caller romances whitethorn beryllium featured successful the coming book, suggesting the communicative will beryllium told by and travel aggregate characters. It besides asks really Bryce Quinlan's travel to Prythian successful "House of Flame and Shadow" will effect the story, making it clear that fans should publication the full "Crescent City" bid earlier "ACOTAR" six. That won't beryllium a astonishment to fans who person been pursuing Maas' work.

The astir caller book successful the "ACOTAR" series, "A Court of Silver Flames," was released successful 2021 and focused connected Nesta Archeron. The first 4 books were told from the position of Feyre Archeron, while Maas seemed to usher successful a caller era of the bid by penning from her sister's position successful "ACOSF."

Nesta besides appeared successful "House of Flame and Shadow," which created a multiverse betwixt "ACOTAR," "Crescent City," and the "Throne of Glass" series.

In "House of Flame and Shadow," Nesta and Azriel observe that the magical situation successful Prythian lies atop what was erstwhile a powerful fae court, the Dusk Court, alongside Bryce.

They besides study that Rhysand's lineage traces backmost to the fae who ruled the Dusk Court, creating the imaginable for Rhys to norm 2 courts.

Nesta besides seems to person connections to those long-forgotten fae, arsenic she bears an eight-pointed prima tattoo that matches a enclosure successful the situation and the creation connected a beard called Gwydion that had been missing from Prythian for centuries. The beard had been pinch Bryce's family connected her planet, Midgard, wherever it is called the Starsword. She utilized the beard and Azriel's matching dagger, Truth-Teller, to bring bid to her planet.

When she returned the dagger to Azriel, Bryce besides talented Gwydion to Nesta.

"I deliberation that eight-pointed prima was tattooed connected you for a reason. Take that beard and spell fig retired why," Bryce told Nesta.

It's imaginable Maas was mounting up a continuation of Nesta's communicative for her adjacent "ACOTAR" communicative successful the scene, which whitethorn spot her research her powerfulness and connections to the fae of the Dusk Court.

Elain's domiciled successful early 'ACOTAR' books

Although Maas tied "ACOTAR" and "Crescent City" together chiefly done Nesta and Azriel successful "House of Flame and Shadow," it's imaginable she whitethorn move to different characters aliases equilibrium aggregate land successful her adjacent book, fixed the magnitude of the coming volumes. For instance, Maas told Eva Chen during an appearance connected "Live Talks Los Angeles" successful February 2021 that she planned to constitute a book from the 3rd Archeron sister's position — Elain.

In "A Court of Silver Flames," Elain had settled into life astatine the Night Court, refusing to research her mating enslaved pinch Lucien. After breaking ties pinch Tamlin and the Spring Court, Lucien served arsenic an emissary to the quality lands for the Night Court, keeping his region from Elain because being astir her was painful.

Maas besides said to Cooper astir Elain and Lucien's mating bond, indicating that she was eager to research really it differs from others we spot successful her works.

"I deliberation Elain's sewage her ain trauma and crap that she's going done correct now," she said, adding that Lucien's engagement successful bringing Elain to the fae world is simply a obstruction to their relationship.

"So, exploring a conception of a free will, what does that look for illustration pinch a mating bond?" Maas said. "What does that mean? And does quality get it incorrect sometimes? Does it get it correct sometimes?"

Maas said she was "interested" arsenic a writer successful exploring what it meant for personification not to desire to beryllium mated, which could mean she would wrote astir that taxable successful her coming work.

Elain besides seems to person an attraction to Azriel successful the text, though Maas juxtaposed their enslaved pinch really ill-fitting aspects of life astatine the Night Court are for Elain during a sojourn to the Court of Nightmares successful "ACOSF." Some fans deliberation Maas group up a storyline successful which Elain finds a location astatine different tribunal (which could lead her backmost to Lucien, who has ties to the Autumn, Spring, and Dawn courts), and that Azriel will find emotion pinch Nesta's friend Gwyn alternatively of Elain.

Maas besides hasn't explored the afloat imaginable of Elain's Seer powers successful the series, truthful she will apt constitute much astir her abilities successful early "ACOTAR" novels.