Holly Black Reading Order

40 books (2004–2024)

Start with The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm, the first of 40 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm 2004Buy 🇺🇸
2	Full-Blooded Fantasy 2005Buy 🇺🇸
3	Young Warriors: Stories of Strength 2005Buy 🇺🇸
4	Swashbuckling Fantasy 2006Buy 🇺🇸
5	So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction 2007Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales 2007Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Restless Dead 2007Buy 🇺🇸
8	Magic in the Mirrorstone 2008Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire 2008Buy 🇺🇸
10	Twenty-First Annual Collection 2008Buy 🇺🇸
11	Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd 2009Buy 🇺🇸
12	Half-Minute Horrors 2009Buy 🇺🇸
13	Ravens in the Library 2009Buy 🇺🇸
14	Bloody Fabulous 2010Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition 2010Buy 🇺🇸
16	Zombies vs. Unicorns 2010Buy 🇺🇸
17	Bewere the Night 2011Buy 🇺🇸
18	Happily Ever After 2011Buy 🇺🇸
19	Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy 2011Buy 🇺🇸
20	Teeth: Vampire Tales 2011Buy 🇺🇸
21	The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 5 2011Buy 🇺🇸
22	The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities 2011Buy 🇺🇸
23	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition 2011Buy 🇺🇸
24	Welcome to Bordertown 2011Buy 🇺🇸
25	Circus: Fantasy Under the Big Top 2012Buy 🇺🇸
26	Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron 2012Buy 🇺🇸
27	Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny 2013Buy 🇺🇸
28	Dark Duets 2014Buy 🇺🇸
29	Magic City: Recent Spells 2014Buy 🇺🇸
30	Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales 2014Buy 🇺🇸
31	My True Love Gave to Me 2014Buy 🇺🇸
32	The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Nine 2014Buy 🇺🇸
33	Blood Sisters 2015Buy 🇺🇸
34	Press Start to Play 2015Buy 🇺🇸
35	Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold 2016Buy 🇺🇸
36	Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore 2017Buy 🇺🇸
37	New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City that Never Sleeps 2017Buy 🇺🇸
38	Doctor Who: Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories 2019Buy 🇺🇸
39	Fantastisches Lesen 2019Buy 🇺🇸
40	Faeries Never Lie 2024Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2007–2009)

Start with The Nixie's Song(With: Tony DiTerlizzi) and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Nixie's Song(With: Tony DiTerlizzi) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
2	A Giant Problem(With: Tony DiTerlizzi) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Wyrm King(With: Tony DiTerlizzi) 2009Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2022–2025)

Start with Book of Night and read in order.

#	Title
1	Book of Night 2022Buy 🇺🇸
2	Thief of Night 2025Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2011–2020)

Start with Jocelyn's Story(By: Cassandra Clare), the first of 4 books in the Cassandra Clare Short Stories/Novellas series.

3 books (2010–2012)

Start with White Cat and read in order.

#	Title
1	White Cat 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	Red Glove 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	Black Heart 2012Buy 🇺🇸

12 books (2013–2014)

Start with A Big Hand for the Doctor(By: Eoin Colfer), the first of 12 books in the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary E-Shorts series.

8 books (2018–2026)

Start with A Visit to the Impossible Lands, the first of 8 books in the Folk Of The Air series.

#	Title
1	A Visit to the Impossible Lands 2018Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Cruel Prince 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Lost Sisters 2018Buy 🇺🇸
4	Letters from Cardan to Jude in Exile 2019Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Queen of Nothing 2019Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Wicked King 2019Buy 🇺🇸
7	How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories 2020Buy 🇺🇸
8	A Conspiracy of Charming Monsters 2026Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2008–2010)

Start with Kin and read in order.

#	Title
1	Kin 2008Buy 🇺🇸
2	Kith 2009Buy 🇺🇸
3	Kind 2010Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2018–2023)

Start with Lumberjanes: Bonus Tracks(With: N.D. Stevenson) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Lumberjanes: Bonus Tracks(With: N.D. Stevenson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
2	Sir Morien(With: Ebony Glenn,Kaliis Smith) 2023Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2016–2017)

Start with Lucifer, Volume 1: Cold Heaven and read in order.

#	Title
1	Lucifer, Volume 1: Cold Heaven 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Lucifer, Volume 2: Father Lucifer 2016Buy 🇺🇸
3	Lucifer, Volume 3: Blood in the Streets 2017Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (2017–2020)

Start with Unicorn Power!(By: Mariko Tamaki), the first of 7 books in the Lumberjanes series.

#	Title
1	Unicorn Power!(By: Mariko Tamaki) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	Lumberjanes: Bonus Tracks(With: N.D. Stevenson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Good Egg(By: Mariko Tamaki) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Moon Is Up(By: Mariko Tamaki) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
5	Ghost Cabin(By: Mariko Tamaki) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
6	Encyclopedia Lumberjanica(By: Shannon Watters) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Lumberjanes BEASTiary(By: Mariko Tamaki) 2020Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2014–2018)

Start with The Iron Trial, the first of 5 books in the Magisterium series.

#	Title
1	The Iron Trial 2014Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Copper Gauntlet 2015Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Bronze Key 2016Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Silver Mask 2017Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Golden Tower 2018Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2002–2007)

Start with Tithe and read in order.

#	Title
1	Tithe 2002Buy 🇺🇸
2	Valiant 2005Buy 🇺🇸
3	Ironside 2007Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2015–2020)

Start with Nimona(By: N.D. Stevenson) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Nimona(By: N.D. Stevenson) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
2	Lumberjanes: Bonus Tracks(With: N.D. Stevenson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Fire Never Goes Out(By: N.D. Stevenson) 2020Buy 🇺🇸

15 books (2011–2014)

Start with Shadow Unit 1(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Will Shetterly,Sarah Monette), the first of 15 books in the Shadow Unit series.

1 book (2015–2015)

1 book (2010–2010)

#	Title
1	The Poison Eaters and Other Stories 2010Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2003–2004)

Start with Lucinda's Secret(With: Tony DiTerlizzi), the first of 5 books in the Spiderwick Chronicles series.

#	Title
1	Lucinda's Secret(With: Tony DiTerlizzi) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Field Guide(With: Tony DiTerlizzi) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Seeing Stone(With: Tony DiTerlizzi) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Ironwood Tree(With: Tony DiTerlizzi) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Wrath of Mulgarath(With: Tony DiTerlizzi) 2004Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2003–2007)

Start with Goblins Attack(With: Tony DiTerlizzi) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Goblins Attack(With: Tony DiTerlizzi) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
2	Troll Trouble(With: Tony DiTerlizzi) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
3	Great Escape(With: Tony DiTerlizzi) 2007Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2013–2019)

Start with Doll Bones, the first of 4 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Doll Bones 2013Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Coldest Girl in Coldtown 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Darkest Part of the Forest 2015Buy 🇺🇸
4	Heart of the Moors 2019Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2005–2007)

Start with Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You(With: Tony DiTerlizzi), the first of 5 books in the The Spiderwick Chronicles - Companion Books series.

#	Title
1	Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You(With: Tony DiTerlizzi) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
2	Notebook for Fantastical Observations(With: Tony DiTerlizzi) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
3	Spiderwick's Notebook for Fantastical Observations(With: Tony DiTerlizzi) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
4	Care and Feeding of Sprites(With: Tony DiTerlizzi) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Chronicles of Spiderwick(With: Tony DiTerlizzi) 2007Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2023–2024)

Start with The Stolen Heir and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Stolen Heir 2023Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Prisoner's Throne 2024Buy 🇺🇸

15 books (2010–2024)

Start with The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition, the first of 15 books in the The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror series.

#	Title
1	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition 2012Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition 2013Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition 2014Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition 2015Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition 2016Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition 2017Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition 2018Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition 2020Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 2020Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 2021Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 2022Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 2023Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 2024Buy 🇺🇸