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The Lightlark Saga Books in Order

4 books from Lightlark (2022) to Crowntide (2025). Rated 4.4 across 10,589 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. Lightlark

    Book 1 2022 4.4 (5.7k)

    #BookTok phenomenon and award-winning author Alex Aster delivers listeners a masterfully written, utterly gripping YA fantasy novel. Welcome to the Centennial.

  2. Nightbane

    Book 2 2023 4.6 (2.7k)

    You were once the bane of my existence … and now, you are the center of it. Isla Crown has secured the love of two powerful rulers and broken the curses that plagued the six realms for centuries, but few know the true origins of her…

  3. Skyshade

    Book 3 2024 4.3 (1.9k)

    Love kills kingdoms … Back in Grim’s castle on Nightshade, Isla is reeling in the wake of a brutal battle and the devastating truths it exposed. Her future—and the fate of the world—now hinge on a heart split in two.

  4. Crowntide

    Book 4 2025 4.2 (340)

    The highly anticipated fourth novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Lightlark Saga, by acclaimed author and #BookTok sensation Alex Aster Some worlds deserve to be destroyed....

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for The Lightlark Saga is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.