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Flight & Glory
The Flight & Glory series by Rebecca Yarros has 5 books and is best read in publication order, starting with Eyes Turned Skyward (2014).
- Books
- 5 books
- First published
- 2014
- Status
- completed
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Start here: Eyes Turned Skyward (2014) — then read straight through in publication order.
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About the Flight & Glory series
Flight & Glory is Rebecca Yarros's debut series and the contemporary-romance foundation her career was built on, years before Fourth Wing made her a phenomenon. Set around West Point and the military, the interconnected novels follow the Sharp/Beckett/Cole extended family and friends through love stories complicated by deployment, PTSD, family duty, and grief — pulling directly on Yarros's own life as a military wife raising a large family. Each book centers a different couple, with earlier couples recurring as the ensemble grows.
Published between 2014 and 2024, the five books established the emotionally intense, high-stakes-romance voice Yarros later carried into The Empyrean, but stayed grounded in contemporary military and family drama rather than fantasy. The Reality of Everything arrived nearly a decade after the first four, closing out the series for the family readers had followed since 2014.
How to read this series
Read in publication order: Full Measures, Eyes Turned Skyward, Beyond What Is Given, Hallowed Ground, The Reality of Everything. Each book follows a different couple within the same extended family and military community, and later books assume familiarity with earlier couples, so reading in order gives the fullest picture. No connection to The Empyrean, The Renegades, or Yarros's standalones.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in Flight & Glory?
Five: Full Measures (2014), Eyes Turned Skyward (2014), Beyond What Is Given (2015), Hallowed Ground (2015), and The Reality of Everything (2024).
What order should I read Flight & Glory in?
Publication order — Full Measures, Eyes Turned Skyward, Beyond What Is Given, Hallowed Ground, The Reality of Everything. Each book centers a new couple within the same extended family.
Is Flight & Glory connected to The Empyrean (Fourth Wing)?
No — it's a grounded contemporary military-romance series, unconnected to the fantasy world of Fourth Wing. It was Yarros's debut series, published years before The Empyrean.
Why was there such a long gap before The Reality of Everything?
The first four books came out in 2014-2015; The Reality of Everything followed in 2024, after Yarros's Fourth Wing success brought a much larger audience back to her earlier catalog.
Is Flight & Glory finished?
Yes, all five books are published and it reads as a complete family saga.
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