Crescent City Books in Order by Sarah J. Maas

Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas contains 3 books, published between 2020 and 2024. The first book is House of Earth and Blood (2020) and the newest is House of Flame and Shadow (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Other series are also called Crescent City: Crescent City Books in Order: 2 Different Series.

Books
3
Published
2020–2024
Confirmed
3 of 3 titles
Total pages
2,406 across 3 books
Reading time
40–60 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,406 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute.

Crescent City is an urban fantasy series by Sarah J. Maas, also tagged as paranormal and fantasy romance. House of Earth and Blood (2020) is the first book. House of Sky and Breath (2022) and House of Flame and Shadow (2024) bring the series to 3 books. Fairies, angels, friendship and war stories are among the subject tags, and the series is listed as ongoing.

How many Crescent City books are there?

Crescent City has 3 books, released between 2020 and 2024.

Crescent City Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 3 Crescent City books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    House of Earth and Blood2020 · 803 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020803
  2. 2
    House of Sky and Breath2022 · 768 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2022768
  3. 3
    House of Flame and Shadow2024 · 835 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2024835

Is there a chronological order for Crescent City?

No separate chronological order is on record for Crescent City, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Crescent City books in order?

You should read the Crescent City books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Crescent City book also stands alone.

Where to start with Crescent City

Start with House of Earth and Blood (2020), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Crescent City book?

House of Flame and Shadow (2024) is the newest Crescent City book released so far.

Is there a new Crescent City book coming?

No next Crescent City book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Crescent City at a glance

Still running
Crescent City is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Crescent City books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,406 pages across all 3 books with a recorded length, a median of 803 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Crescent City books, 3 of 3, were published in the 2020s.
Corroboration
2 of the 3 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Crescent City books are about

All 3 Crescent City books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american literature is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • American literature 2 of 3 books
  • Adult 1 of 3 books
  • Angels 1 of 3 books
  • CollectionID:EanesChallenge 1 of 3 books
  • Ethics 1 of 3 books
  • Fae 1 of 3 books
  • Fairies 1 of 3 books
  • Fantasy 1 of 3 books
  • Fantasy Romance 1 of 3 books
  • Fantasy, epic 1 of 3 books
  • Fantasy, urban 1 of 3 books
  • Fellowship 1 of 3 books

More books by Sarah J. Maas

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Other series by Sarah J. Maas

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.