A Timeline of Events for A Court of Thorns and Roses

The information from this timeline will be helpful in understanding my later analysis of character popularity over time in comparison to canon. The timeline serves as the guide to when canon expands and readers are supplied with new information from the original series.

May 2015

A Court of Thorns and Roses is released


April 2016

A Court of Mist and Fury is released

  • Several important characters introduced (Azriel)

May 2017

A Court of Wings and Ruin is released

  • Marks an end to the original trilogy

May 2018

A Court of Frost and Starlight is released

  • Novella that bridges the original trilogy to the spin off series

April 2020

Booktok rises in popularity

June 2020

A Court of Silver Flames Announced

February 2021

A Court of Silver Flames Released

  • Spin off focused on side character, Cassian

October 2021

TV show announced to be in development with Hulu