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Fourth Wing came out in the United States from Entangled (Red Tower Books) and in Britain from Piatkus, a Little, Brown imprint, on the same day, 2 May 2023. The UK first is the Piatkus hardback, ISBN 978-0-349-43699-9. The book was reprinted heavily under the same ISBN, so the ISBN alone does not make a first: check the printing line on the copyright page for a 1. Dealers offer many copies described as later printings. The stencilled sprayed edges collectors prize belong to the US first printing; a UK copy with sprayed edges is a retailer special edition, not the standard first issue. A Piatkus paperback appeared in Australia on 9 May 2023.
Piatkus has always been a British house, and much of its fiction list is made up of American authors such as Nora Roberts. For those books a Piatkus copy is the first UK edition at best; the true first is the American edition.
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Piatkus, London, in 2023, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 3 November 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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