Looking for Veronica Roth books in order? This guide pulls together Veronica Roth’s books by series and standalone release, so you can move from Divergent to her later sci-fi, fantasy, and dystopian books without losing track of what belongs where.
Veronica Roth’s bibliography is a lot broader than many readers remember. Yes, Divergent is still the biggest part of the conversation, but she’s also written space fantasy, dark folklore, post-revolution dystopia, short fiction, and a newer romantic dystopian fantasy series. So this page is the wide-angle version. If you want the full companion-story breakdown for just one franchise, start with my Divergent books in order guide.
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- Where to Start?
- Veronica Roth Books by Series
- Veronica Roth Standalone Books
- Do You Need to Read Veronica Roth Books in Order?
Where to Start?
Divergent is still the easiest place to start if you’ve never read Veronica Roth before. It’s the book most readers know, it gives you the clearest feel for her early voice, and it still matters because she’s now returning to that world with The Sixth Faction.
That said, Divergent isn’t the only good entry point. Poster Girl is a smart pick if you want her adult dystopian side right away, and When Among Crows is the better choice if the newer fantasy work is what caught your eye. Still, for a true first read, Divergent is the safest recommendation.
Veronica Roth Books in Order by Series
The cleanest way to organize Veronica Roth’s books is by series first. They’re listed here by the publication date of the first book in each series, so her older work comes first and the newer books sit toward the end.
Divergent Books
This is still the series most readers come for. The original trilogy is the core story, Four adds Tobias’s perspective, and the new Sixth Faction books bring Roth back to the world in a different way. For the full breakdown of companion stories and alternate reading paths, use the dedicated Divergent reading order guide.
- Divergent (2011)
- Insurgent (2012)
- Allegiant (2013)
- Four (2014) (Collection)
- The Sixth Faction (2026)
- Untitled Sixth Faction #2 (2027)
Carve the Mark Books
The Carve the Mark books take Veronica Roth into a very different kind of science fiction. Instead of faction politics and dystopian Chicago, these books lean into warring peoples, fate, pain, power, and a much bigger interstellar setup.
- Carve the Mark (2017)
- The Fates Divide (2018)
Curse Bearer Books
This is where Roth’s work shifts hardest into dark fantasy. The Curse Bearer books pull from Polish and Slavic folklore, keep one foot in modern Chicago, and feel a lot sharper and stranger than the earlier young adult dystopian books.
- When Among Crows (2024) (Novella)
- To Clutch a Razor (2025)
Burning Empire Books
Seek the Traitor’s Son starts Veronica Roth’s newer romantic dystopian fantasy series. It looks like a bigger, more sweeping setup than the Curse Bearer books, with prophecy, war, rival nations, and a more epic fantasy shape to the story.
- Seek the Traitor’s Son (2026)
Veronica Roth Standalone Books
Not everything Veronica Roth writes belongs to a series. These books stand on their own, which makes them easy to sample if you want to try a different side of her work without committing to multiple entries.
- The End and Other Beginnings (2019) (Collection)
- Chosen Ones (2020)
- Poster Girl (2022)
- Arch-Conspirator (2023)
The End and Other Beginnings is the outlier here because it’s a short story collection rather than a novel. The rest are standalones, but they don’t all do the same thing. Chosen Ones leans into post-hero fallout, Poster Girl goes darker and more dystopian again, and Arch-Conspirator is much shorter and more mythic.
Do You Need to Read Veronica Roth Books in Order?
Not across her whole bibliography, no. Veronica Roth has written several separate series along with a handful of standalones, so the main thing is keeping each series in order once you start it.
The Divergent books should stay together, the Carve the Mark books are a clear two-book run, and the newer Curse Bearer and Burning Empire books also make the most sense in order. The standalones are the flexible part. You can read those whenever one of them sounds good to you.
Looking for more books in order?
If you want more science fiction authors and reading-order guides like this one, start with my Science Fiction Books in Order index.