Holly Black

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.

The best place to start is the Modern Faerie Tales series, the earliest of Holly Black's multi-book series: it opens with Tithe (2002) and runs to 3 books across 2002–2007, ending with Ironside (2007). Holly Black's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Holly Black has 176 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2002 and 2026. 128 of them belong to 18 named series — the largest being the Lumberjanes series with 34 books — and 48 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Holly Black's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Modern Faerie Tales (2002–2007, 3 books), Spiderwick Chronicles (2003–2004, 5 books) and Spiderwick Chronicles: Special Edition Of The Seeing Stone (2003–2007, 3 books), plus 12 more.

This guide splits Holly Black's 176 books into 18 named series and 48 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Lumberjanes (34 books, 2014–2021); Folk Of The Air (8 books, 2018–2026); Magisterium (5 books, 2014–2018); Spiderwick Chronicles (5 books, 2003–2004); The Spiderwick Chronicles - Companion (5 books, 2005–2007), plus 13 further series.