The Gilded Wolves
#6643.84 in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 3 books Status Complete 2019–2021 Reading commitment Medium Roshani Chokshi Last reviewed 2026-08-26
Overview
The Gilded Wolves is a completed trilogy by Roshani Chokshi, comprising The Gilded Wolves (2019), The Silvered Serpents (2020), and The Bronzed Beasts (2021), a heist-driven historical fantasy set in an alternate Belle Epoque Paris. A hidden magic system built around "Forged" artifacts, objects imbued with supernatural properties, is jealously guarded by a secretive brotherhood that controls access to it and to the city's real power. Severin Montagnet-Alarie, a disinherited hotelier denied his rightful inheritance within that brotherhood, assembles a crew of specialists, each with a distinct expertise, to recover a lost artifact tied to his own family's past, and the search widens across the trilogy into a multi-city treasure hunt that entangles real historical events and locations with the series' invented magic system. The trilogy was praised on release for its ensemble found-family dynamic and its blending of heist-plot mechanics with genuine turn-of-the-century historical detail.
Historical fantasy · For YA
Core Canon: Reading Order (3 works) counts toward ranking
The Gilded Wolves Roshani Chokshi
| Work | Year | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Gilded Wolves | 2019 | core | 3.70 (52,492 ratings) |
 | The Silvered Serpents | 2020 | core | 4.06 (21,445 ratings) |
 | The Bronzed Beasts | 2021 | core | 4.03 (13,579 ratings) |
A completed trilogy.
Quick answers
- How many books are in The Gilded Wolves? The Gilded Wolves's Core Canon is 3 books.
- What is the reading order for The Gilded Wolves? Publication order, starting with The Gilded Wolves. Full list and years in the Core Canon table above.
- Is The Gilded Wolves finished? Complete (2019–2021).
- How much reading does The Gilded Wolves take? Medium reading commitment (estimated from 3 Core Canon books).
- How is The Gilded Wolves ranked? #664 in this site's official ranking, based on 87,516 reader ratings across 3 Core Canon books. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #664?
Ranked #664 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 3.84 across 3 core books.
- A smaller readership (87,516 ratings), so the score carries less weight of numbers.
- Less than 0.01 behind #663, Black Water Sister (a finer tie-break level decides the order).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.45.
Why explore this universe?
Rated · 3 books · Complete · 88k ratings · Ranks #664 overall
Good choice if you want a moderate-length historical fantasy universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
Publication order (3 Core Canon books)
- The Gilded Wolves (2019)
- The Silvered Serpents (2020)
- The Bronzed Beasts (2021)
Awards (verified)
- No awards found for this universe.
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 3.84 across 87,516 ratings on 3 Core Canon books. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: Admit The Gilded Wolves (Roshani Chokshi) accepted 2026-08-26
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
Last reviewed: 2026-08-26
Rule: Core Canon is all three novels of the completed trilogy.