Holly Black Books In Order
Book links take you to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate I earn money from qualifying purchases.Publication Order of Modern Faerie Tales Books
Valiant | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tithe | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ironside | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Spiderwick Chronicles Books
The Field Guide | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Seeing Stone | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lucinda's Secret | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ironwood Tree | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wrath of Mulgarath | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Spiderwick Chronicles: Special Edition Of The Seeing Stone Books
Goblins Attack | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Troll Trouble | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Great Escape | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Beyond The Spiderwick Chronicles Books
The Nixie's Song | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Giant Problem | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wyrm King | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Good Neighbors Books
Kin | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kith | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kind | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Curse Workers Books
White Cat | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Red Glove | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Black Heart | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Magisterium Books
The Iron Trial | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Copper Gauntlet | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bronze Key | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Silver Mask | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Golden Tower | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Lucifer, Volume II Books
Lucifer, Volume 1: Cold Heaven | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lucifer, Volume 2: Father Lucifer | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lucifer, Volume 3: Blood in the Streets | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Folk Of The Air Books
The Cruel Prince | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lost Sisters | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wicked King | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Queen of Nothing | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Stolen Heir Duology Books
The Stolen Heir | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Prisoner's Throne | (2024) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doll Bones | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Darkest Part of the Forest | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Heart of the Moors | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Book of Night | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
Lumberjanes: Bonus Tracks | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sir Morien: The Legend of a Knight of the Round Table | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Doctor Who 50th Anniversary E-Shorts Books
A Big Hand for the Doctor | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Beast of Babylon | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Nameless City | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Spear of Destiny | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Roots of Evil | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tip of the Tongue | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Something Borrowed: Sixth Doctor | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spore | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage: Tenth Doctor | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nothing O'Clock | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lights Out | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Spiderwick Chronicles - Companion Books Books
Notebook for Fantastical Observations | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spiderwick's Notebook for Fantastical Observations | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Care and Feeding of Sprites | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Chronicles of Spiderwick | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Full-Blooded Fantasy | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Young Warriors: Stories of Strength | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Swashbuckling Fantasy | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Restless Dead | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Magic in the Mirrorstone | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wilde Stories 2008: The Best of the Year's Gay Speculative Fiction | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Twenty-First Annual Collection | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ravens in the Library: Magic in the Bard's Name | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Half-Minute Horrors | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2010 | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bloody Fabulous | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Zombies vs. Unicorns | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 5 | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Teeth: Vampire Tales | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bewere the Night | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Welcome to Bordertown | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Happily Ever After | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Circus: Fantasy Under the Big Top | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lightspeed Magazine, May 2013 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Duets | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Magic City: Recent Spells | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Nine | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
My True Love Gave to Me | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood Sisters: Vampire Stories By Women | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Press Start to Play | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Doctor Who: Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Holly Black is one of the famous and bestselling American authors of the contemporary and fantasy genres. Other than being a writer, she is also a reputed editor and producer. Many of her novels based on the children’s fantasy and horror genres have become bestsellers in a number of countries worldwide.
Holly is particularly well known for writing down the novels of the very popular Spiderwick Chronicles series. The success of the novels of the series also goes to the author, Tony DiTerlizzi as much as Holly, because he has collaborated with her in a considerable way in writing down the novels of the Spiderwick Chronicles series.
Apart from this novel series, author Holly has written a few other successful novel series’ in her writing career. One of them is the Modern Tale of Faerie series, which is based on the young adult genre. Holly was born on November 10, 1971 in West Long Branch, New Jersey, United States.
During the early growing years of author Holly her family used to live in a decrepit old house of the Victorian age in New Jersey. She grew up in the same house and went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree from The College of New Jersey in the subject of English in the year 1994. After her education, she began working for a journal house as a production editor on the medical journals.
One of the famous journals that she worked on is The Journal of Plain. During that time, Holly also enrolled herself at the Rutgers University for her higher studies. Thinking of having a backup career. Holly considered herself becoming a librarian. But, she was drawn away because of her interest in writing novels. By then, Holly had contributed to the role playing culture magazine named d8 by editing it in the year 1996.
In the year 1999, she got married to her high school sweetheart named Theo Black, who is an accomplished web designer and illustrator. Holly had stated in the year 2008 that she was living with her husband in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Author Holly Black started her writing career in the year 2002 when her first novel was published. The sequel to the first novel ‘Tithe’, titled ‘Valiant’ went on to win the Andre Norton Award in the category of the best young adult and fantasy novel of the year in its inaugural function in the year 2005. Her novels Valiant and Ironside ranked 4th and 6th in the list of the top young adult novels of the year by the Locus Awards.
Holly began working on the Spiderwick Chronicles series in the year 2003. The 5th novel of the series went on to feature on the top of the list of New York Times Bestseller novels of the year 2004. The success of the series allowed it to be adapted into a movie in the year 2008. A 5-book series called as Magisterium, which was co-written by authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare, who is also her best friend, was acquired by the Scholastic in the year 2012.
The series is optioned by the Constantin Films production house to make a film based on it. Holly has also written dozens of short stories and has co-edited three anthologies in her career. She has also served as the co-executive producer of the movie adaptation of the series, Spiderwick Chronicles. The film is based entirely on the novel series. Author Holly has also allowed the series to be released as a video game developed by the Stormfront Studios.
The Modern Faerie Tales series written by author Holly Black consists of a total of 3 novels published between the years 2002 and 2007. Each novel of the series features a different set of characters and plot setting.
The first novel of the series was published in the year 2002 by the Margaret K. McElderry Books publishing house. It was titled ‘Tithe’ and revolved around the lives of the central characters Kaye Fierch, Cornelius Stone, Janet Stone, Ellen Fierch, and Rath Roiben Rye.
The plot of the novel is set in New Jersey, United States. In the opening sequence of the plot of the novel, Kaye Fierch is introduced as 16 year old modern nomad. He is described by the author as an independent and a fierce person. Kaye is required to along with the rock band with her mother from city to city. She continues to do it as a regular pattern in her life until she is involved in an ominous attack, which forces her to be back to the house where she has spent her childhood days.
There in her hometown, Kaye Fierch lands in the middle of the industrial and the blue collar backdrop of New Jersey. Soon, she finds herself as an unwilling pawn stuck in a century old power struggle between two arch rival faerie kingdoms. The power struggle seems to be dangerous for her and could cost her her life if she does not act quickly and find a solution to get out it.
The success of the novel allowed it to be nominated for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award in the Children’s Literature category in the year 2008. It was also nominated for the Abraham Lincoln Award in the same year. The second novel of the series was published under the title ‘Valiant’.
It was published by the Simon Pulse publishing house in the year 2005.
The plot of the novel revolves around the lives of the main characters Luis, Ravus, and Valerie Russell and is set in the New York City, New York, United States. In the opening sequence of the plot of the novel, Valerie Russell is introduced as 17 year old girl who runs away from her home to the New York City. She attempted to do so in order to escape from her life that has betrayed utterly. Valerie takes up a new identity and joins a gang of squatters living in the labyrinthine subway system in New York City.
But, there seems to be something beguiling about the new friends of Valerie Russell. When one of her new friends persuades her to track down the lair of a mysterious and weird creature, she finds out that all of them are involved with it. Soon, she finds herself torn between her new affection for the honorable monster and her sense of fear about seeing her new friends becoming something else. The novel became highly successful and went on to be nominated for a couple of prestigious awards like the Andre Norton Award in the year 2005 and the Mythopoetic Award in the year 2008. It was also shortlisted for The Inky Awards for Silver Inky in the year 2007
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