Series

Skyward series in reading order

There are 4 books in the Skyward series.

Published between 2018 and 2023. The publication order differs from the reading order — both are below.

Spensa dreams of becoming a pilot like her disgraced father on a besieged colony where humanity's last survivors fight alien invaders daily. Sanderson's disciplined world-building and breakneck aerial combat, grounded in a protagonist who refuses to accept the role she has been assigned.

All 6 books, in reading order

• 1. Skyward (2018) — Brandon Sanderson · 510 pages
• 2. Starsight (2019) — Brandon Sanderson · 461 pages
• 3. Cytonic (2018) — Brandon Sanderson · 415 pages
• 4. Defiant (2023) — Brandon Sanderson · 432 pages
• ReDawn (2021) — Brandon Sanderson · 229 pages
• Sunreach (2021) — Brandon Sanderson · 208 pages

Skyward in publication order

1. Skyward (2018) — Brandon Sanderson
2. Cytonic (2018) — Brandon Sanderson
3. Starsight (2019) — Brandon Sanderson
4. ReDawn (2021) — Brandon Sanderson
5. Sunreach (2021) — Brandon Sanderson
6. Defiant (2023) — Brandon Sanderson

All 6 books total 2,255 pages.

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