Fourth Wing
Book 1 of The Empyrean
Ranked #8 in 100 Most Popular BookTok and Bookstagram Books
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About Fourth Wing
As war grows more deadly, Violet Sorrengail joins the elite Navarre: the dragon riders. But she'll need to keep her wits because once you enter the Basgiath War College, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.
Reader guide at a glance
Use these edition facts and spoiler-light notes to decide whether this book fits your mood, time, and preferred reading experience.
- Audience
- Young adult
- Commitment
- Part of the The Empyrean series
- Estimated reading time
- 13.0 hours at about 40 pages per hour
- Length
- Long read
- Best for
- Readers seeking chosen one, coming of age, enemies to lovers, magical competition
- POV
- Multiple first-person viewpoints
- Romance heat
- Open-door romantic content
- Content notes
- Fantasy violence, death, injury, grief, and war
Why readers are finding Fourth Wing
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, published in 2023, is a 517-page book for readers who prefer to browse by the experience of a story, not only by its sales category. Its strongest discovery signals include Chosen One, Coming of Age, Enemies to Lovers, Magical Competition.
This edition also appears at number 8 in our researched social reading top 100, reflecting current discussion across BookTok and Bookstagram alongside longer-running reader interest. The ranking uses one verified English-language print ISBN per work so retailer links, cover metadata, and search results point to a real edition rather than a workbook, translation, or duplicate collector version.
- Print ISBN
- 978-1-649-37404-2
- Audio ISBN
- 978-1-705-08505-9
- Published
- 2023
- Pages
- 517
- Series
- The Empyrean #1
