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Updated 2026-07-11 / 106 books / 22 series
American author Holly Black is best known for *The Folk of the Air* series and *The Spiderwick Chronicles*. A Newbery Honor recipient, her books have sold millions worldwide. This page lists Holly Black’s books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.
Books by Holly Black in Publication Order
2002
Tithe
POoMFTB / 1
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2003
The Field Guide(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
POoSCB / 1
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2003
Goblins Attack(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
POoSCSEOTSSB / 1
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2003
Troll Trouble(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
POoSCSEOTSSB / 2
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2003
The Seeing Stone(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
POoSCB / 2
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2003
Lucinda's Secret(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
POoSCB / 3
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2004
The Ironwood Tree(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
POoSCB / 4
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2004
The Wrath of Mulgarath(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
POoSCB / 5
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2005
Notebook for Fantastical Observations(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
POoTSC-CBB / 1
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2005
Spiderwick's Notebook for Fantastical Observations(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
POoTSC-CBB / 2
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2005
Valiant
POoMFTB / 2
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2005
Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
POoTSC-CBB / 3
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2006
Care and Feeding of Sprites(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
POoTSC-CBB / 4
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2007
The Nixie's Song(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
POoBTSCB / 1
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2007
Ironside
POoMFTB / 3
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2007
Great Escape(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
POoSCSEOTSSB / 3
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2007
The Chronicles of Spiderwick(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
POoTSC-CBB / 5
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2008
A Giant Problem(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
POoBTSCB / 2
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2009
The Wyrm King(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
POoBTSCB / 3
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2010
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition
POoTYBDF&HB / 1
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2010
White Cat
POoCWB / 1
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2010
The Poison Eaters and Other Stories
POoSSC / 1
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2011
Jocelyn's Story(By: Cassandra Clare)
POoCCSS / 1
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2011
Shadow Unit 1(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Will Shetterly,Sarah Monette)
POoSUB / 1
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2011
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition
POoTYBDF&HB / 2
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2011
Shadow Unit 2(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Sarah Monette,Amanda Downum)
POoSUB / 2
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2011
Red Glove
POoCWB / 2
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2011
Shadow Unit 3(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear)
POoSUB / 3
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2011
Shadow Unit 4(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Leah Bobet)
POoSUB / 4
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2011
Shadow Unit 5(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear)
POoSUB / 5
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2011
Shadow Unit 6(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Will Shetterly,Leah Bobet)
POoSUB / 6
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2011
Shadow Unit 7
POoSUB / 7
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2011
Shadow Unit 8
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2011
Shadow Unit 9(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Will Shetterly,Amanda Downum,Leah Bobet)
POoSUB / 9
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2011
Shadow Unit 10(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Leah Bobet)
POoSUB / 10
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2012
Black Heart
POoCWB / 3
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2012
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition
POoTYBDF&HB / 3
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2012
Shadow Unit 11(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Sarah Monette,Leah Bobet,Chelsea Polk)
POoSUB / 11
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2012
Shadow Unit 12(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Sarah Monette,Leah Bobet)
POoSUB / 12
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2013
A Big Hand for the Doctor(By: Eoin Colfer)
POoDW5AEB / 1
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2013
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
POoSN / 1
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2013
Doll Bones
POoSN / 2
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2013
The Beast of Babylon(By: Charlie Higson)
POoDW5AEB / 2
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2013
The Nameless City(By: Michael Scott)
POoDW5AEB / 3
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2013
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition
POoTYBDF&HB / 4
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2013
The Spear of Destiny(By: Marcus Sedgwick)
POoDW5AEB / 4
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2013
The Roots of Evil(By: Philip Reeve)
POoDW5AEB / 5
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2013
Tip of the Tongue(By: Patrick Ness)
POoDW5AEB / 6
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2013
Something Borrowed: Sixth Doctor(By: Eoin Colfer,Richelle Mead)
POoDW5AEB / 7
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2013
The Ripple Effect(By: Malorie Blackman)
POoDW5AEB / 8
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2013
Spore(By: Alex Scarrow)
POoDW5AEB / 9
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2013
The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage(By: Derek Landy)
POoDW5AEB / 10
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2013
Nothing O'Clock(By: Neil Gaiman)
POoDW5AEB / 11
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2013
Shadow Unit 13(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Will Shetterly,Leah Bobet,Chelsea Polk)
POoSUB / 13
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2014
The Iron Trial
POoMB / 1
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2014
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition
POoTYBDF&HB / 5
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2014
Lights Out
POoDW5AEB / 12
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2014
Shadow Unit 14(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Will Shetterly,Leah Bobet)
POoSUB / 14
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2014
Shadow Unit 15(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Steven Brust,C.L. Polk)
POoSUB / 15
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2015
Not for Humans(With: Cassandra Clare)
POoSS / 1
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2015
Nimona(By: N.D. Stevenson)
POoNSGN / 1
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2015
The Copper Gauntlet
POoMB / 2
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2015
The Darkest Part of the Forest
POoSN / 3
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2015
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition
POoTYBDF&HB / 6
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2016
Lucifer, Volume 1: Cold Heaven
POoLVIB / 1
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2016
Lucifer, Volume 2: Father Lucifer
POoLVIB / 2
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2016
The Bronze Key
POoMB / 3
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2016
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition
POoTYBDF&HB / 7
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2017
Unicorn Power!(By: Mariko Tamaki)
POoLB / 1
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2017
Lucifer, Volume 3: Blood in the Streets
POoLVIB / 3
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2017
The Silver Mask
POoMB / 4
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2017
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition
POoTYBDF&HB / 8
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2018
The Cruel Prince
POoFOTAB / 1
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2018
Lumberjanes: Bonus Tracks(With: N.D. Stevenson)
POoLB / 2
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2018
A Visit to the Impossible Lands
POoFOTAB / 2
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2018
The Moon Is Up(By: Mariko Tamaki)
POoLB / 3
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2018
The Lost Sisters
POoFOTAB / 3
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2018
The Good Egg(By: Mariko Tamaki)
POoLB / 4
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2018
The Golden Tower
POoMB / 5
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2018
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition
POoTYBDF&HB / 9
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2019
Heart of the Moors
POoSN / 4
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2019
The Wicked King
POoFOTAB / 4
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2019
Letters from Cardan to Jude in Exile
POoFOTAB / 5
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2019
Ghost Cabin(By: Mariko Tamaki)
POoLB / 5
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2019
The Queen of Nothing
POoFOTAB / 6
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2020
Fairy Tale of London(By: Cassandra Clare)
POoCCSS / 3
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2020
The Fire Never Goes Out(By: N.D. Stevenson)
POoNSGN / 3
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2020
We Jace you a Clary Xmas(By: Cassandra Clare)
POoCCSS / 4
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2020
The Lumberjanes BEASTiary(By: Mariko Tamaki)
POoLB / 6
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2020
Encyclopedia Lumberjanica(By: Shannon Watters)
POoLB / 7
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2020
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
POoFOTAB / 7
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2020
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition
POoTYBDF&HB / 10
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2020
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1
POoTYBDF&HB / 11
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2021
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2
POoTYBDF&HB / 12
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2022
Book of Night
POoBoNB / 1
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2022
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3
POoTYBDF&HB / 13
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2023
The Stolen Heir
POoTSHDB / 1
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2023
Sir Morien(With: Ebony Glenn,Kaliis Smith)
POoGN / 2
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2023
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4
POoTYBDF&HB / 14
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2024
The Prisoner's Throne
POoTSHDB / 2
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2024
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5
POoTYBDF&HB / 15
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2025
Thief of Night
POoBoNB / 2
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2026
A Conspiracy of Charming Monsters
POoFOTAB / 8
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Complete Holly Black Series Reading Order /
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01
Notebook for Fantastical Observations(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
2005
Buy
02
Spiderwick's Notebook for Fantastical Observations(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
2005
Buy
03
Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
2005
Buy
04
Care and Feeding of Sprites(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
2006
Buy
05
The Chronicles of Spiderwick(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
2007
Buy
02
Sir Morien(With: Ebony Glenn,Kaliis Smith)
2023
Buy
01
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition
2010
Buy
02
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition
2011
Buy
03
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition
2012
Buy
04
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition
2013
Buy
05
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition
2014
Buy
06
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition
2015
Buy
07
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition
2016
Buy
08
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition
2017
Buy
09
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition
2018
Buy
10
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition
2020
Buy
11
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1
2020
Buy
12
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2
2021
Buy
13
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3
2022
Buy
14
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4
2023
Buy
15
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5
2024
Buy
01
The Nixie's Song(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
2007
Buy
02
A Giant Problem(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
2008
Buy
03
The Wyrm King(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
2009
Buy
01
The Field Guide(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
2003
Buy
02
The Seeing Stone(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
2003
Buy
03
Lucinda's Secret(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
2003
Buy
04
The Ironwood Tree(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
2004
Buy
05
The Wrath of Mulgarath(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
2004
Buy
01
Not for Humans(With: Cassandra Clare)
2015
Buy
01
A Big Hand for the Doctor(By: Eoin Colfer)
2013
Buy
02
The Beast of Babylon(By: Charlie Higson)
2013
Buy
03
The Nameless City(By: Michael Scott)
2013
Buy
04
The Spear of Destiny(By: Marcus Sedgwick)
2013
Buy
05
The Roots of Evil(By: Philip Reeve)
2013
Buy
06
Tip of the Tongue(By: Patrick Ness)
2013
Buy
07
Something Borrowed: Sixth Doctor(By: Eoin Colfer,Richelle Mead)
2013
Buy
08
The Ripple Effect(By: Malorie Blackman)
2013
Buy
09
Spore(By: Alex Scarrow)
2013
Buy
10
The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage(By: Derek Landy)
2013
Buy
11
Nothing O'Clock(By: Neil Gaiman)
2013
Buy
01
The Iron Trial
2014
Buy
02
The Copper Gauntlet
2015
Buy
03
The Bronze Key
2016
Buy
04
The Silver Mask
2017
Buy
05
The Golden Tower
2018
Buy
01
Lucifer, Volume 1: Cold Heaven
2016
Buy
02
Lucifer, Volume 2: Father Lucifer
2016
Buy
03
Lucifer, Volume 3: Blood in the Streets
2017
Buy
01
Unicorn Power!(By: Mariko Tamaki)
2017
Buy
02
Lumberjanes: Bonus Tracks(With: N.D. Stevenson)
2018
Buy
03
The Moon Is Up(By: Mariko Tamaki)
2018
Buy
04
The Good Egg(By: Mariko Tamaki)
2018
Buy
05
Ghost Cabin(By: Mariko Tamaki)
2019
Buy
06
The Lumberjanes BEASTiary(By: Mariko Tamaki)
2020
Buy
07
Encyclopedia Lumberjanica(By: Shannon Watters)
2020
Buy
01
Book of Night
2022
Buy
02
Thief of Night
2025
Buy
01
Nimona(By: N.D. Stevenson)
2015
Buy
03
The Fire Never Goes Out(By: N.D. Stevenson)
2020
Buy
01
Shadow Unit 1(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Will Shetterly,Sarah Monette)
2011
Buy
02
Shadow Unit 2(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Sarah Monette,Amanda Downum)
2011
Buy
03
Shadow Unit 3(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear)
2011
Buy
04
Shadow Unit 4(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Leah Bobet)
2011
Buy
05
Shadow Unit 5(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear)
2011
Buy
06
Shadow Unit 6(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Will Shetterly,Leah Bobet)
2011
Buy
07
Shadow Unit 7
2011
Buy
08
Shadow Unit 8
2011
Buy
09
Shadow Unit 9(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Will Shetterly,Amanda Downum,Leah Bobet)
2011
Buy
10
Shadow Unit 10(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Leah Bobet)
2011
Buy
11
Shadow Unit 11(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Sarah Monette,Leah Bobet,Chelsea Polk)
2012
Buy
12
Shadow Unit 12(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Sarah Monette,Leah Bobet)
2012
Buy
13
Shadow Unit 13(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Will Shetterly,Leah Bobet,Chelsea Polk)
2013
Buy
14
Shadow Unit 14(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Will Shetterly,Leah Bobet)
2014
Buy
15
Shadow Unit 15(By: Emma Bull,Elizabeth Bear,Steven Brust,C.L. Polk)
2014
Buy
01
The Cruel Prince
2018
Buy
02
A Visit to the Impossible Lands
2018
Buy
03
The Lost Sisters
2018
Buy
04
The Wicked King
2019
Buy
05
Letters from Cardan to Jude in Exile
2019
Buy
06
The Queen of Nothing
2019
Buy
07
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
2020
Buy
08
A Conspiracy of Charming Monsters
2026
Buy
01
The Stolen Heir
2023
Buy
02
The Prisoner's Throne
2024
Buy
01
Goblins Attack(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
2003
Buy
02
Troll Trouble(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
2003
Buy
03
Great Escape(With: Tony DiTerlizzi)
2007
Buy
01
The Poison Eaters and Other Stories
2010
Buy
01
Jocelyn's Story(By: Cassandra Clare)
2011
Buy
03
Fairy Tale of London(By: Cassandra Clare)
2020
Buy
04
We Jace you a Clary Xmas(By: Cassandra Clare)
2020
Buy
01
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
2013
Buy
03
The Darkest Part of the Forest
2015
Buy
04
Heart of the Moors
2019
Buy
Where to start with Holly Black
What is the best order to read Holly Black books?
Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series,
follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.
Are standalone books and series both included?
Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are
broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.
Source note: Sequencebooks organizes author, book, and series records from its catalog data.
Publication years and series order are shown when available.