Sarah J. Maas sixth 'A Court of Thorns and Roses' book breaks release day record with 1.7 million copies sold
Sarah J. Maas’s sixth A Court of Thorns and Roses novel, A Court of Splintered Harmony, sold 1.7 million copies on its Tuesday, Oct. 27 release day, a record for the author and a 600 percent jump from day-one sales of 2021’s A Court of Silver Flames, the fifth book in the series. Publisher Bloomsbury said the figure covers preorders and debut-day sales of English-language print and ebook editions at major retailers and independent bookstores in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. Audiobooks and translated editions are not included. On those opening numbers, the title is tracking as the largest book release of the year.
Maas’s team said the launch takes her past 100 million books sold worldwide across A Court of Thorns and Roses, Throne of Glass and Crescent City. The rollout followed a large campaign that included official ACOTAR merchandise with brands such as Funko and For Love & Lemons and about 2,000 midnight release parties worldwide. Maas told Variety she writes for the characters and stories, and that the reader turnout “really blows my mind.”
The book continues sisters Feyre, Nesta and Elain Archeron in the faerie realm of Prythian. Book 7, A Court of Forgotten Melody, is due Jan. 12. Maas has framed the two titles as The Valkyrie Cycle: Movement I and The Valkyrie Cycle: Movements II and III, to be followed by an untitled third novel that would close a four-part Valkyrie Cycle. The series has been a fixture of BookTok alongside romance-heavy, women-centered high fantasy such as Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing. A television adaptation put into development in 2021 at Disney’s 20th Television and Hulu, with Ronald D. Moore as showrunner working with Maas, was scrapped in February 2025 over creative differences; the rights have since reverted to Maas.
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