Reading order
Modern Faerie Tales reading order
1
3- 7.47.4 / 10305 ratings
- Score
- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 2002–2007
- Published
- about 18 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Urban fantasy#12
- Genre
Quick answer
Publication order
3 volumes2002–2007Completed
- Holly Black’s early, gritty young adult faerie novels, set among the faerie courts hidden in New Jersey and New York.
- Tithe follows Kaye, who learns she is not human; Valiant is a standalone companion about a runaway in the subway tunnels; Ironside returns to Kaye.
- Tithe is the most read but rates lowest, and Ironside clearly higher.
- Her later Folk of the Air books are better known.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 976 pages, about 18 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 weeks.
Share of volume 1’s readers who reach the last volume. Chance of reaching the last volume: medium
Stages
This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 22, 2026.
- Stage 118 habout 3 weeksby November 22, 2026
- 1. Tithe
- 2. Valiant
- 3. Ironside
- The end of the series
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How this plan is calculated
The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →
Every volume in order
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which Modern Faerie Tales book is the best?
By reader score, Ironside (7.8/10). The lowest-rated is Tithe (7.3/10).
Which Modern Faerie Tales book is the longest?
“Ironside” is the longest at 336 pages; the shortest is “Tithe” with 320 pages.
What should I read after Modern Faerie Tales?
Other series by Holly Black: Curse Workers, The Spiderwick Chronicles, The Folk of the Air.
