Holly Black

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  • Bibliography:
    35 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2002
  • Latest Book:
    March 2024
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Full Series List in Order

The Curse Workers

1 - The White Cat (May-2010)
2 - Red Glove (Apr-2011)
3 - Black Heart (Apr-2012)

Folk of the Air

1 - The Cruel Prince (Jan-2018)
1.5 - The Lost Sisters (Oct-2018)
2 - The Wicked King (Jan-2019)
3 - The Queen of Nothing (Nov-2019)
4 - How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories (Nov-2020)

The Good Neighbors

1 - Kin (Oct-2008)
2 - Kith (Oct-2010)
3 - Kind (Nov-2010)

A Modern Tale of Faerie

1 - Tithe (Oct-2002)
2 - Valiant (Jun-2005)
3 - Ironside (May-2007)

A Novel of Elfhame

1 - The Stolen Heir (Jan-2023)

Multi-Author Series List

Fairytale Retellings: Sleeping Beauty

Heart of the Moors (Oct-2019)

Book List in Order: 35 titles

  • Tithe

    A Modern Tale of Faerie - 1

    Welcome to the realm of very scary faeries! Sixteen-year-old Kaye is a modern nomad. Fierce and independent, she travels from city to city with her mother's rock band until an ominous attack forces Kaye back to her childhood home. There, amid the in...

  • Valiant

    A Modern Tale of Faerie - 2

    When seventeen-year-old Valerie runs away to New York City, she's trying to escape a life that has utterly betrayed her. Sporting a new identity, she takes up with a gang of squatters who live in the city's labyrinthine subway system. But there's ...

  • Ironside

    A Modern Tale of Faerie - 3

    In the realm of Faerie, the time has come for Roiben's coronation. Uneasy in the midst of the malevolent Unseelie Court, pixie Kaye is sure of only one thing -- her love for Roiben. But when Kaye, drunk on faerie wine, declares herself to Roiben, he ...

  • Kin

    The Good Neighbors - 1

    From the amazing imagination of bestselling author Holly Black, a mysterious and wonderful teen graphic novel masterpiece.Rue Silver's mother has disappeared . . . and her father has been arrested, suspected of killing her. But it's not as straightf...

  • Geektastic: Stories From The Nerd Herd

    Acclaimed authors Holly Black (Ironside)and Cecil Castellucci (Boy Proof) have united in geekdom to edit short stories from some of the best selling and most promising geeks in young adult literature: M.T. Anderson, Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Tracy...

  • The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

    in The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire

    The Coldest Girl in Coldtown is a wholly original story of rage and revenge, of guilt and horror, and of love and loathing from bestselling and acclaimed author Holly Black. Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them, ...

  • So Fey

    Queer culture meets fey folklore in the pages of So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction, an enchanting anthology of fantastical tales for lovers of Lord of the Rings and all things Tolkien. But these faery stories have a magical twist--every one has an LGBT the...

  • The Poison Eaters: and Other Stories

    Poisonous girls whose kisses will kill. A fateful eating contest with the devil. Faeries who return to Ironside, searching for love. A junior prom turned bacchanalia. In twelve short stories, eerie and brimming with suspense and unexpected humor, Hol...

  • The White Cat

    The Curse Workers - 1

    Cassel comes from a family of curse workers -- people who have the power to change your emotions, your memories, your luck, by the slightest touch of their hands. And since curse work is illegal, they're all mobsters, or con artists. Except for Cas...



  • Kith

    The Good Neighbors - 2

    Rue Silver's life is not what it appears to be. Her mother is a faerie, and has been taken back to the faerie realm. As Rue goes to bring her back, she must travel deep into an inhuman world. At the same time, the faerie realm is venturing into our w...

  • Kind

    The Good Neighbors - 3

    The faerie world has been unleashed on Rue's city. The big question is: Will she stop it and save the world she's always known? Or will she take her place as the rightful faerie heir? Another fantastic concoction of fantasy and suspense from Eisne...

  • Bewere the Night

    • Kitsune. Werewolves. Crane wives. Selkies. Every culture has stories of such strange creatures ― animals turning into humans, humans shapeshifting into animals. Sometimes seductive, sometimes bloodthirsty, but always unpredictable like nat...

  • Red Glove

    The Curse Workers - 2

    Curses and Cons. Magic and the Mob. Cassel always thought he was an ordinary guy, until he realized his memories were being manipulated by his brothers. Now he knows the truth -- he's the most powerful curse worker around. A touch of his hand can ...

  • Noble Rot

    in Naked City

    Featuring original stories from 20 authors, this dark, captivating, fabulous and fantastical collection, Naked City, is not to be missed! Edited by award-winning editor Ellen Datlow.In this thrilling collection of original stories some of today's hot...

  • Black Heart

    The Curse Workers - 3

    Cassel Sharpe knows he's been used as an assassin, but he's trying to put all that behind him. He's trying to be good, even though he grew up in a family of con artists and cheating comes as easily as breathing to him. He's trying to do the right thi...

  • Doll Bones

    A doll that may be haunted leads three friends on a thrilling adventure in this delightfully creepy novel from the New York Times bestselling cocreator of the Spiderwick Chronicles. Zach, Poppy, and Alice have been friends forever. And for almost ...

  • Lights Out

    As the newly-regenerated Twelfth Doctor arrives on our TV screens, Puffin are publishing the twelfth instalment in its sensational series of Doctor Who eShorts! With 11 previous stories by some of the most exciting names in children's fiction, this T...

  • Krampuslauf

    in My True Love Gave to Me

    If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you're going to fall in love with My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories b...

  • The Darkest Part of the Forest

    In the woods is a glass coffin. It rests on the ground, and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives.... Hazel and her brother, Ben, live in Fairfold, where humans and the Folk exist side by side. Tourists drive in t...



  • Lucifer Vol. 1: Cold Heaven

    The #1 NEW YORK TIMES best-selling author of THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES Holly Black picks up the thread from legendary creators Neil Gaiman, Mike Carey, and Peter Gross, as she and artist Lee Garbett resurrect an iconic VERTIGO antihero in LUCIFER VOL...

  • Lucifer, Volume 1

    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The antihero who made his debut in THE SANDMAN and starred in his own hit series is back in a new series by best-selling writer Holly Black ( The Spiderwick Chronicles )! As this new series begins, God is dead--...

  • Lucifer Vol. 2: Father Lucifer

    After being wrongfully accused of deicide by his angelic brethren, the Prince of Hell undertook an epic quest through the cosmos to clear his name. Now he wants nothing more than to retire to his Los Angeles club, Ex Lux, and drown the world�s sorr...

  • Lucifer, Volume 2

    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The antihero who made his debut in THE SANDMAN and starred in his own hit series continues his comeback in the second volume of this new series by best-selling writer Holly Black ( The Spiderwick Chronicles )! G...

  • The Cruel Prince

    Folk of the Air - 1

    The first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue. Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan...

  • Lumberjanes: Bonus Tracks

    Presenting the Lumberjanes short stories collected for the first time in a paperback. Join April, Jo, Mal, Molly, and Ripley as they explore their all-girls camp. From ghost ponies to strange plants, these Lumberjanes are ready to take on anything th...

  • The Lost Sisters

    Folk of the Air - 1.5

    Sometimes the difference between a love story and a horror story is where the ending comes...While Jude fought for power in the Court of Elfhame against the cruel Prince Cardan, her sister Taryn began to fall in love with the trickster, Locke.Half-ap...

  • The Wicked King

    Folk of the Air - 2

    The enchanting and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Cruel Prince. You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring. The first lesson is to make yourself strong. After the jaw-dropp...

  • Heart of the Moors

    Fairytale Retellings: Sleeping Beauty

    From New York Times bestselling author Holly Black comes a captivating original novel set between Disney's Maleficent and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, in which newly-queened Aurora struggles to be the best leader to both the humans and Fair Folk...

  • The Queen of Nothing

    Folk of the Air - 3

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, comes the highly anticipated and jaw-dropping finale to The Folk of the Air trilogy. He will be the destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne Power is much easier to acqu...



  • The Folk of the Air Boxset

  • How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

    Folk of the Air - 4

    Return to the captivating world of Elfhame with this illustrated addition to the New York Times bestselling Folk of Air trilogy that began with The Cruel Prince, from award-winning author Holly Black. Once upon a time, there was a boy with a wicke...

  • Book of Night

    "A delicious, dark, adrenaline rush of a book. I'm already dying to see Charlie Hall's next con." - New York Times bestselling author, Alix E. Harrow#1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black makes her stunning adult debut with Book of Night, a...

  • The Stolen Heir

    A Novel of Elfhame - 1

    A runaway queen. A reluctant prince. And a quest that may destroy them both. Eight years have passed since the Battle of the Serpent. But in the icy north, Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth has reclaimed the Ice Needle Citadel. There, she is using a...

  • Sir Morien

    Full of humor, drama, and adventure, this retelling of a little-known figure of Arthurian Legend, co-written by friends Kaliis Smith and #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, is perfect for any knight in training. Prince Mo...

  • The Prisoner's Throne

    An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! An Instant #1 Indie Bestseller! Return to the opulent world of Elfhame, filled with intrigue, betrayal, and dangerous desires, with this second book of a captivating duology from the #1 New York...

Award-Winning Books by Holly Black

Book of Night
2022 Dragon Award -- Fantasy Novel
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
2014 Delaware Diamonds Award -- High School
The Darkest Part of the Forest
2015 Indies Choice Book Award -- Young Adult
The Queen of Nothing
2020 Goodreads Choice Award -- Young Adult Fantasy
The Wicked King
2019 Goodreads Choice Award -- Young Adult Fantasy


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Holly Black has published 35 books.

Holly Black does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Prisoner's Throne, was published in March 2024.

The first book by Holly Black, Tithe, was published in October 2002.

Yes. Holly Black has 5 series.
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