Roshani Chokshi Books in Order (Updated March 7, 2026)

Roshani Chokshi’s bibliography is best read as five separate shelves rather than one long chain: Pandava, The Gilded Wolves, The Star-Touched Queen, her standalones, and her anthology/short-fiction extras. The important part is staying in order within a shelf, because her main series are built around cumulative reveals, expanding mythology, and recurring character payoffs.

For most readers, the safest entry points are simple. Start with Aru Shah and the End of Time if you want middle grade adventure, The Gilded Wolves if you want ensemble YA fantasy with a heist shape, The Star-Touched Queen if you want lush mythic romance, or The Last Tale of the Flower Bride if you want a standalone adult gothic fantasy.

Choose your shelf first

1. Start with Pandava if you want the clearest all-ages series path and a complete five-book run.
2. Start with The Gilded Wolves if you want a tighter trilogy with one central crew and one continuous mission-driven arc.
3. Start with The Star-Touched Queen if you want a shorter romantic fantasy sequence with optional extra stories.
4. Start with a standalone only if a specific premise is the reason you came to Chokshi, because her series usually give the fuller reading experience.

Roshani Chokshi books in order by series

Pandava series

1. Aru Shah and the End of Time (2018): Aru’s habit of stretching the truth collides with a very real world of Hindu mythology, kicking off the central quest and introducing the core sisterhood dynamic.
2. Aru Shah and the Song of Death (2019): The stakes widen fast when a stolen divine weapon and a curse-driven mystery turn the second book into a stronger team adventure than a simple repeat of book one.
3. Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes (2020): The series opens further as prophecy, rescue, and growing emotional strain push Aru and her circle into a larger conflict than they first understood.
4. Aru Shah and the City of Gold (2021): A trip to Lanka deepens the worldbuilding and family complications, making this one of the key expansion points in the quintet.
5. Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality (2022): The main series concludes here, bringing the sisters’ long fight to its intended finish and making publication order the obvious reading order.

Best order: Read the five novels straight through in publication order. This is the cleanest and most complete Chokshi starting point for many readers.

The Gilded Wolves trilogy

1. The Gilded Wolves (2019): In a glittering late-19th-century Paris, Séverin and his crew begin a treasure-hunt fantasy that mixes secret societies, puzzles, and high-stakes loyalty.
2. The Silvered Serpents (2020): The aftermath of book one fractures the team and pushes the trilogy into a darker, more grief-shaped middle movement.
3. The Bronzed Beasts (2021): The trilogy closes with the crew scattered, wounded, and forced toward final choices that only land properly if you have read the first two in sequence.

Best order: Read exactly as listed. This trilogy depends heavily on ongoing relationships and cumulative revelations.

The Star-Touched Queen world

1. The Star-Touched Queen (2016): Maya’s marriage and fate-bound journey open Chokshi’s earliest major fantasy world, with myth, romance, and courtly danger doing most of the work.
2. A Crown of Wishes (2017): Set in the same world but centered on Gauri and Vikram, this works best after book one because the setting and emotional inheritance are already in place.
3. Star-Touched Stories (2018): This companion collection gathers stories from the same world and is best read after the two main novels rather than before them.

Best order: Read the two novels first, then the story collection. For most readers, Star-Touched Stories is included but still companion-level reading, not the main starting point.

Standalones and separate books

1. Once More Upon a Time (2022): A compact fairy-tale romance about a royal couple trying to recover love after it has already failed, best treated as a true standalone.
2. The Last Tale of the Flower Bride (2023): Chokshi’s adult debut turns fairy-tale logic into a marriage mystery, making it the clearest standalone entry for readers who want her darker, older-skewing work.
3. The Spirit Glass (2023): A standalone middle grade quest rooted in Filipino mythology, separate from Pandava and easy to read on its own.
4. The Swan’s Daughter (2026): A YA fantasy standalone about Prince Arris, Demelza, and a dangerous bride tournament, best read as its own lane rather than folded into an earlier series.
5. Three Kisses, One Midnight (2022): A coauthored YA fantasy novel, not a core solo-Chokshi series entry, so it belongs with extras and standalones rather than any main reading path.

A practical recommended reading order

If you want one smooth route through the major books without hopping tone too abruptly, this is the best balance:

1. Aru Shah and the End of Time: The easiest series opener and one of Chokshi’s most accessible entry points.
2. Aru Shah and the Song of Death: Read immediately after book one because the team dynamic is still forming.
3. Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes: Continue without a break to keep the mythology and character growth building naturally.
4. Aru Shah and the City of Gold: This is where the quintet becomes visibly larger in scale.
5. Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality: Finish the complete Pandava arc first.
6. The Gilded Wolves: Move next to a YA trilogy with a very different rhythm and setting.
7. The Silvered Serpents: The middle book depends on emotional carryover from book one.
8. The Bronzed Beasts: Finish the trilogy before branching away.
9. The Star-Touched Queen: Then go back to Chokshi’s earlier romantic fantasy shelf.
10. A Crown of Wishes: Read second within that world.
11. Star-Touched Stories: Save the companion stories until after the two novels.
12. The Last Tale of the Flower Bride: Then move into the adult standalone.
13. The Spirit Glass: Read anytime after that if you want another standalone with a younger audience focus.
14. Once More Upon a Time: Fit this in wherever you want a shorter fairy-tale reset.
15. The Swan’s Daughter: Read as a fresh standalone branch.
16. Three Kisses, One Midnight: Optional extra, especially if you follow Chokshi’s coauthored work too.

Publication order across the main books

If you prefer to watch her bibliography unfold by release date, the broad publication path is:

1. The Star-Touched Queen (2016): The first major Chokshi novel and the beginning of her earliest fantasy world.
2. A Crown of Wishes (2017): A same-world follow-up with a new central pair.
3. Aru Shah and the End of Time (2018): The start of the Pandava quintet.
4. Star-Touched Stories (2018): Companion fiction for the Star-Touched world.
5. Aru Shah and the Song of Death (2019): Pandava continues.
6. The Gilded Wolves (2019): A new YA trilogy begins.
7. Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes (2020): Pandava book three.
8. The Silvered Serpents (2020): Gilded Wolves book two.
9. Aru Shah and the City of Gold (2021): Pandava book four.
10. The Bronzed Beasts (2021): Gilded Wolves concludes.
11. Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality (2022): Pandava concludes.
12. Once More Upon a Time (2022): Standalone novella-length fairy-tale fantasy.
13. Three Kisses, One Midnight (2022): Coauthored standalone.
14. The Last Tale of the Flower Bride (2023): Adult debut.
15. The Spirit Glass (2023): Standalone middle grade fantasy.
16. The Swan’s Daughter (2026): New YA standalone.

What is optional and what is core?

Core series reading

• Pandava books 1-5
• The Gilded Wolves books 1-3
• The Star-Touched Queen and A Crown of Wishes

Companion or optional

• Star-Touched Stories
• Three Kisses, One Midnight

Separate standalones

• Once More Upon a Time
• The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
• The Spirit Glass
• The Swan’s Daughter

Where should new readers start?

1. The safest overall starting point is Aru Shah and the End of Time.
2. The best starting point for YA readers who want an older cast and a tighter trilogy is The Gilded Wolves.
3. The best one-book trial run is The Last Tale of the Flower Bride if you want to sample Chokshi without committing to a series.
4. The best romantic-fantasy start is The Star-Touched Queen, but it is less representative of her later ensemble adventure work than Aru Shah or The Gilded Wolves.

Latest release status

The most recent confirmed Roshani Chokshi book is The Swan’s Daughter, released in January 2026. Based on her current official books listings, it is the newest major title visible on her bibliography pages, and I did not find a newer announced solo novel on those sources.

Final recommendation

If you want one clear answer, read Pandava first, then The Gilded Wolves, then The Star-Touched Queen books, and treat the rest as standalones or extras. That route gives you Chokshi’s most complete series experience first, then her strongest YA ensemble trilogy, then the earlier romantic fantasy shelf that helped define her style.