Emily R. King Books in Order (Updated March 7, 2026)

Emily R. King’s bibliography is clean to navigate because it falls into three separate fantasy series: The Hundredth Queen, The Evermore Chronicles, and Wings of Fury. There is no shared-universe master order across those lines, so the real reading-order question is simply which series you want first, then staying in order inside it.

For most readers, the safest starting point is The Hundredth Queen. It is her best-known series and the clearest entry into her style: fast-moving YA fantasy, propulsive stakes, and a heroine-centered rise through danger and power.

The shelf map

1. If you want the flagship series, start with The Hundredth Queen.
2. If you want a tighter fantasy trilogy with a fairy-tale and time-bending feel, start with Before the Broken Star.
3. If you want Greek-myth retelling energy, start with Wings of Fury.

Best overall reading route

If you want one practical path through Emily R. King’s books, this is the cleanest order:

1. The Hundredth Queen: Start here for the author’s most established series and strongest first entry point.
2. The Fire Queen: Read immediately after book one because the conflict and character rise continue directly.
3. The Rogue Queen: The scope widens, and the series pushes harder into survival, rebellion, and shifting power.
4. The Warrior Queen: Finish the quartet before moving to another world.
5. Before the Broken Star: Then move to a new trilogy with a different fantasy texture and a more quest-shaped structure.
6. Into the Hourglass: Read second with no gap, since the trilogy builds through momentum and unfolding secrets.
7. Everafter Song: Finish the trilogy before switching shelves again.
8. Wings of Fury: Then take the Greek-myth-inspired duology as a separate later branch.
9. Crown of Cinders: Read second to complete that story.

That order is not required, because the three series are separate. It simply gives you the smoothest route from her best-known work to her later fantasy lines.

Emily R. King books in order by series

The Hundredth Queen series

1. The Hundredth Queen (2017): Kalinda is forced into a royal contest she was never meant to survive, and the book opens the quartet with court danger, elemental power, and the first turn in her rise.
2. The Fire Queen (2017): Kalinda’s hard-won survival becomes open resistance, pushing the series from selection and escape into larger conflict.
3. The Rogue Queen (2018): The third book expands the struggle further, with colder enemies, sharper betrayals, and a heroine now fighting from a position that is still far from secure.
4. The Warrior Queen (2018): The quartet closes by turning Kalinda’s personal survival story into a final reckoning over rule, sacrifice, and what kind of queen she will become.

Best order: Read all four in publication order. This is one continuous arc, and there is no benefit to skipping around.

The Evermore Chronicles

1. Before the Broken Star (2019): A new fantasy trilogy begins with a heroine facing prophecy, dangerous travel, and a fate that keeps widening beyond what she first understands.
2. Into the Hourglass (2019): The second book deepens the trilogy’s time-and-destiny machinery, pushing the quest into a more urgent and complicated middle movement.
3. Everafter Song (2019): The trilogy concludes here, bringing the series’ fantasy mythology and central emotional arc to resolution.

Best order: Read straight through in sequence. This trilogy is built to escalate without interruption.

Wings of Fury duology

1. Wings of Fury (2021): Althea’s story recasts Greek myth through rebellion, divine conflict, and sister-centered stakes, making this King’s clearest mythology-driven series start.
2. Crown of Cinders (2021): The second book continues Althea’s war against Cronus and completes the duology’s larger battle between mortals, gods, and inherited destiny.

Best order: Read book one, then book two. This is a direct duology, not a loose same-world pairing.

Publication order across all major books

If you want to read Emily R. King in release order, use this list:

1. The Hundredth Queen (2017): Her debut series opens with Kalinda’s entry into a deadly royal system.
2. The Fire Queen (2017): The same quartet continues later that year.
3. The Rogue Queen (2018): Book three raises the series stakes again.
4. The Warrior Queen (2018): The Hundredth Queen quartet ends here.
5. Before the Broken Star (2019): A new fantasy trilogy begins.
6. Into the Hourglass (2019): The Evermore Chronicles continue.
7. Everafter Song (2019): The Evermore Chronicles conclude.
8. Wings of Fury (2021): King shifts into Greek-myth fantasy.
9. Crown of Cinders (2021): The duology finishes here.

Where should new readers start?

There are three sensible starting points.

1. Start with The Hundredth Queen if you want the safest overall recommendation and the series most readers will identify first with Emily R. King.
2. Start with Before the Broken Star if you want a completed trilogy that begins later in her career and reads as a fresh separate entry.
3. Start with Wings of Fury if Greek mythology is the reason you are here.

Which series is best?

Best for most readers: The Hundredth Queen
This is still the clearest answer because it is her signature series and the strongest place to learn what kind of fantasy storytelling she gravitates toward.

Best if you want a shorter commitment: Wings of Fury
A duology is the quickest way through her catalog if you want a complete fantasy arc without four books.

Best if you want a full trilogy instead of a quartet: The Evermore Chronicles
This is the middle option in both size and commitment.

Latest release status

The most recent Emily R. King novel I could verify is Crown of Cinders, published in October 2021. Her current official author bio still highlights The Hundredth Queen, The Evermore Chronicles, and Wings of Fury as her named series, and I did not find a newer confirmed published novel on the official material reviewed.

Final recommendation

If you want one decisive answer, read The Hundredth Queen quartet first, then move to The Evermore Chronicles, and finish with Wings of Fury. That path starts with King’s best-known work, keeps each continuity intact, and saves the mythology duology as a later stylistic change rather than your first impression.