Crave
#4644.01 in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 7 books Status Ongoing 2020–present Reading commitment High Tracy Wolff Last reviewed 2026-10-29
Overview
Tracy Wolff’s bestselling young-adult romantasy begins when Grace Foster, newly orphaned, is sent to Katmere Academy, her uncle’s secretive boarding school in Alaska, and discovers that its students are vampires, werewolves, witches and dragons. The six-novel main series (2020 to 2023) follows Grace as she learns what she herself is and is drawn into the power struggles of the paranormal world. The spin-off The Calder Academy, set in the same world with crossover characters, began in 2024 with Sweet Nightmare.
Romantasy, Urban fantasy · For YA
Core Canon: Reading Order (7 works) counts toward ranking
Crave Tracy Wolff
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Crave | 2020 | 1 | core | 3.76 (266,608 ratings) |
 | Crush | 2020 | 2 | core | 4.23 (158,148 ratings) |
 | Covet | 2021 | 3 | core | 4.20 (122,837 ratings) |
 | Court | 2022 | 4 | core | 4.11 (87,848 ratings) |
 | Charm | 2022 | 5 | core | 4.20 (63,538 ratings) |
 | Cherish | 2023 | 6 | core | 3.85 (44,268 ratings) |
Six-novel main series, Entangled Teen, 2020 to 2023.
The Calder Academy Tracy Wolff
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sweet Nightmare | 2024 | 1 | core | 3.56 (11,520 ratings) |
Spin-off set in the same world, Entangled Teen, from 2024.
Quick answers
- How many books are in Crave? Crave's Core Canon is 7 books.
- What is the reading order for Crave? Publication order, starting with Crave. Full list and years in the Core Canon table above.
- Is Crave finished? Ongoing (2020–present).
- How much reading does Crave take? High reading commitment (estimated from 7 Core Canon books).
- How is Crave ranked? #464 in this site's official ranking, based on 754,767 reader ratings across 7 Core Canon books. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #464?
Ranked #464 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 4.01 across 7 core books.
- Backed by 755k reader ratings.
- Uneven reception: its books range from 3.56 to 4.23.
- Less than 0.01 behind #463, Deltora Quest (a finer tie-break level decides the order).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.46.
Why explore this universe?
Well rated · 7 books · Ongoing · 755k ratings · Ranks #464 overall
Good choice if you want a long-running romantasy universe that's still ongoing, with new books still coming.
Reading order
Publication order (7 Core Canon books)
- Crave (2020)
- Crush (2020)
- Covet (2021)
- Charm (2022)
- Court (2022)
- Cherish (2023)
- Sweet Nightmare (2024)
Documented internal/story order
- Crave (2020)
- Sweet Nightmare (2024)
- Crush (2020)
- Covet (2021)
- Court (2022)
- Charm (2022)
- Cherish (2023)
Awards (verified)
- No awards found for this universe.
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 4.01 across 754,767 ratings on 7 Core Canon books. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: Canon Extension: Land of Unreason (de Camp and Pratt), Crave (Wolff, with The Calder Academy), Die Chroniken von Azuhr (Hennen) accepted 2026-10-29
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Wikipedia: Tracy Wolff Tier 2
- Tracy Wolff official site: Crush Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-10-29
Rule: Core Canon = the six Crave novels, Crave (2020), Crush (2020), Covet (2021), Court (2022), Charm (2022) and Cherish (2023), and the spin-off The Calder Academy, so far Sweet Nightmare (2024). Short pieces, the insider’s guide and boxed sets are not included.