Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn run in parallel — two stories in two places over the same stretch of time, with no overlap. You can read either first, but reading them in tandem keeps the timeline in sync: follow this list top to bottom, ticking chapters as you go. Want the extra scenes too? Two Empire of Storms exclusive-edition stories (Chaol & Nesryn at sea, and Aelin in Terrasen) fit just before you start — see the Throne of Glass guide.

Tandem order as popularised by Jenna Clare (2018) ↗

1. Empire of Storms — Prologue: Nightfallthe prologue, not a bonus chapter
2. Empire of Storms CH1
3. Empire of Storms CH2
4. Empire of Storms CH3
5. Empire of Storms CH4
6. Empire of Storms CH5
7. Tower of Dawn CH1
8. Empire of Storms CH6
9. Empire of Storms CH7
10. Empire of Storms CH8
11. Tower of Dawn CH2
12. Tower of Dawn CH3
13. Empire of Storms CH9
14. Empire of Storms CH10
15. Tower of Dawn CH4
16. Tower of Dawn CH5
17. Tower of Dawn CH6
18. Empire of Storms CH11
19. Tower of Dawn CH7
20. Empire of Storms CH12
21. Empire of Storms CH13
22. Tower of Dawn CH8
23. Tower of Dawn CH9
24. Tower of Dawn CH10
25. Empire of Storms CH14
26. Empire of Storms CH15
27. Empire of Storms CH16
28. Tower of Dawn CH11
29. Tower of Dawn CH12
30. Empire of Storms CH17
31. Empire of Storms CH18
32. Tower of Dawn CH13
33. Tower of Dawn CH14
34. Tower of Dawn CH15
35. Tower of Dawn CH16
36. Empire of Storms CH19
37. Tower of Dawn CH17
38. Empire of Storms CH20
39. Empire of Storms CH21
40. Empire of Storms CH22
41. Empire of Storms CH23
42. Tower of Dawn CH18
43. Tower of Dawn CH19
44. Tower of Dawn CH20
45. Tower of Dawn CH21
46. Empire of Storms CH24
47. Empire of Storms CH25
48. Tower of Dawn CH22
49. Tower of Dawn CH23
50. Empire of Storms CH26
51. Tower of Dawn CH24
52. Empire of Storms CH27
53. Empire of Storms CH28
54. Empire of Storms CH29
55. Tower of Dawn CH25
56. Tower of Dawn CH26
57. Tower of Dawn CH27
58. Tower of Dawn CH28
59. Empire of Storms CH30
60. Tower of Dawn CH29
61. Tower of Dawn CH30
62. Tower of Dawn CH31
63. Empire of Storms CH31
64. Tower of Dawn CH32
65. Empire of Storms CH32
66. Tower of Dawn CH33
67. Tower of Dawn CH34
68. Tower of Dawn CH35
69. Empire of Storms CH33
70. Empire of Storms CH34
71. Empire of Storms CH35
72. Empire of Storms CH36
73. Empire of Storms CH37
74. Empire of Storms CH38
75. Empire of Storms CH39
76. Empire of Storms CH40
77. Empire of Storms CH41
78. Empire of Storms CH42
79. Empire of Storms CH43
80. Empire of Storms CH44
81. Empire of Storms CH45
82. Empire of Storms CH46
83. Empire of Storms CH47
84. Empire of Storms CH48
85. Empire of Storms CH49
86. Empire of Storms CH50
87. Empire of Storms CH51
88. Tower of Dawn CH36
89. Tower of Dawn CH37
90. Empire of Storms CH52
91. Tower of Dawn CH38
92. Tower of Dawn CH39
93. Tower of Dawn CH40
94. Empire of Storms CH53
95. Tower of Dawn CH41
96. Tower of Dawn CH42
97. Empire of Storms CH54
98. Empire of Storms CH55
99. Empire of Storms CH56
100. Tower of Dawn CH43
101. Empire of Storms CH57
102. Empire of Storms CH58
103. Empire of Storms CH59
104. Tower of Dawn CH44
105. Tower of Dawn CH45
106. Tower of Dawn CH46
107. Tower of Dawn CH47
108. Tower of Dawn CH48
109. Empire of Storms CH60
110. Empire of Storms CH61
111. Tower of Dawn CH49
112. Tower of Dawn CH50
113. Tower of Dawn CH51
114. Empire of Storms CH62
115. Empire of Storms CH63
116. Tower of Dawn CH52
117. Tower of Dawn CH53
118. Empire of Storms CH64
119. Empire of Storms CH65
120. Tower of Dawn CH54
121. Tower of Dawn CH55
122. Tower of Dawn CH56
123. Empire of Storms CH66
124. Empire of Storms CH67
125. Tower of Dawn CH57
126. Empire of Storms CH68
127. Empire of Storms CH69
128. Empire of Storms CH70
129. Empire of Storms CH71
130. Empire of Storms CH72
131. Empire of Storms CH73
132. Empire of Storms CH74
133. Empire of Storms CH75
134. Tower of Dawn CH58
135. Tower of Dawn CH59
136. Tower of Dawn CH60
137. Tower of Dawn CH61
138. Tower of Dawn CH62
139. Tower of Dawn CH63
140. Tower of Dawn CH64
141. Tower of Dawn CH65
142. Tower of Dawn CH66
143. Tower of Dawn CH67
144. Tower of Dawn CH68
145. Tower of Dawn — Epilogue: Fireheartread last — it spoils Empire of Storms' ending