After five long years of waiting, Sarah J. Maas fans can rejoice — the sixth "A Court of Thorns and Roses" book finally has a release date. Well, it actually has release dates.
On March 4, 2026, the author announced the next "ACOTAR" book would be published on October 27, 2026.
The work is eagerly awaited not only by fans but also by Maas' publisher, Bloomsbury. The company's sales fell 10% for the 2025-2026 fiscal year because Maas didn't release a new book, Publishers Weekly reported.
Interestingly, though, Maas said her next novel will be just part one of the sixth "ACOTAR" story, with parts two and three released together in January 2027. Part four will be released separately.
Here's everything we know about "ACOTAR" book six so far.
Warning: Some spoilers for Maas' work ahead, including "ACOTAR" and "Crescent City."
Maas announced the next "ACOTAR" book was on its way during an appearance on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast with Alex Cooper.
She told Cooper she finished the book while writing in Montana over the summer of 2025, but declined to reveal the book's title or which characters from the world of "ACOTAR" will be telling the story.
She also didn't share the novel's length, which she said was for a specific reason.
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"OK, well, part of why I guess it's tricky to talk about the length of this book is because this book's coming out October 27, and then on January 12, like two months later, I can't do math, whatever that is, the next ACOTAR book will be coming out," Maas said. "So there will be two books within, like, a very short span."
As her fans will know, Maas' books are typically split into parts, separating different sections of the story she is telling. However, when it comes to the sixth "ACOTAR" book, Maas said the individual parts became longer than she anticipated as she started writing, with part one coming in at 400 pages at one point.
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