Holly Black
Author
Series
Folk of the Air volume 1
Publication Date
2018
Lexile Measure
HL 760L
Summary
"Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him--and face the consequences. In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues...
Author
Series
Magisterium volume 1
Publication Date
2014
Lexile Measure
830L
Summary
Warned away from magic all of his life, Callum endeavors to fail the trials that would admit him to the Magisterium only to be drawn into its ranks against his will and forced to confront dark elements from his past.
Author
Series
Folk of the Air volume 2
Publication Date
2019
Lexile Measure
HL 780L
Summary
You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring. The first lesson is to make yourself that strong. Jude has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were biddable. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undiminished....
Author
Series
Magisterium volume 2
Publication Date
2015
Lexile Measure
750L
Summary
Callum Hunt's life has been difficult ever since he was admitted to the Magisterium, since his father suspects him of being evil, and his closest companion is a Chaos-ridden wolf--but when he discovers that his father may be trying to destroy both him and Havoc, he escapes back to the magical world and he and his friends Aaron and Tamara, become involved in the search for the stolen Alkahest, a copper gauntlet with dangerous powers.
Author
Series
Magisterium volume 5
Publication Date
2018
Lexile Measure
700L
Summary
As Callum begins his final year at the Magisterium, he is estranged from most of his friends and a furtive darkness haunts him.
Author
Series
Magisterium volume 3
Publication Date
2016
Lexile Measure
740L
Summary
Things have been better for Callum Hunt since the evil Constantine Madden was "officially" destroyed, even his relations with his father have improved, so he is happy to get back to the Magisterium for his Bronze Year to continue his magical studies--but when one of the students is murdered, Call and his friends, Tamara and Aaron, must track down the killer, without revealing the fact that Call is Madden reborn.
Author
Series
Magisterium volume 4
Publication Date
2017
Lexile Measure
690L
Summary
Continues the adventures of Call and his friends in the Magisterium.
Author
Publication Date
2015
Lexile Measure
840L
Summary
In the town of Fairfold, where humans and fae exist side by side, a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives awakes after generations of sleep in a glass coffin in the woods, causing Hazel to be swept up in new love, shift her loyalties, feel the fresh sting of betrayal, and to make a secret sacrifice to the faerie king.
Author
Series
Folk of the Air volume 3
Publication Date
2019
Lexile Measure
HL 750L
Summary
"As the exiled Queen of Faerie, Jude must travel back to Elfhame to help her twin sister, Taryn, and uncover how to break a dark curse threatening the whole Faerie world"-- Provided by publisher.
He will be the destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne. Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold on to. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power. Now,...
10) Book of night
Author
Series
Publication Date
2022
Summary
"#1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black makes her stunning adult debut with Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of shadowy thieves and secret societies in the vein of Ninth House and The Night Circus. One of Publishers Weekly's top ten most anticipated books of 2022! Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians...
12) Doll bones
Author
Publication Date
2013
Lexile Measure
840L
Summary
Zach, Alice, and Poppy, friends from a Pennsylvania middle school who have long enjoyed acting out imaginary adventures with dolls and action figures, embark on a real-life quest to Ohio to bury a doll made from the ashes of a dead girl.
Author
Series
Stolen heir duology volume 2
Publication Date
2024.
Summary
"Prince Oak must find a way to stop a war between Elfhame and the north"-- Provided by publisher.
"Prince Oak is paying for his betrayal. Imprisoned in the icy north and bound to the will of a monstrous new queen, he must rely on charm and calculation to survive. With High King Cardan and High Queen Jude willing to use any means necessary to retrieve their stolen heir, Oak will have to decide whether to attempt regaining the trust of the girl he's...
Author
Publication Date
2019
Summary
From New York Times bestselling author Holly Black comes a captivating original novel set between Disney's Maleficent and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, in which newly-queened Aurora struggles to be the best leader to both the humans and Fair Folk under her reign; her beau, Prince Phillip, longs to get to know Aurora and her kingdom better; and Maleficent has trouble letting go of the past.
Author
Series
Publication Date
2023
Summary
Eight years have passed since the Battle of the Serpent. In the icy north, Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth has reclaimed the Ice Needle Cathedral. She has produced a monster of stick and snow who will do her bidding-- and exact her revenge. Suren, child queen of the Court of Teeth, fled to the human world and lives in the woods. When she is chased through the streets by the hag Bogdana, Suren is saved by Prince Oak, the heir to Elfhame-- and the boy...
16) White cat
Author
Series
Curse workers volume 1
Publication Date
c2010
Lexile Measure
HL 700L
Summary
When Cassel Sharpe discovers that his older brothers have used him to carry out their criminal schemes and then stolen his memories, he figures out a way to turn their evil machinations against them.
17) Red glove
Author
Series
Curse workers volume 2
Publication Date
c2011
Summary
When federal agents learn that seventeen-year-old Cassel Sharpe, a powerful transformation worker, may be of use to them, they offer him a deal to join them rather than the mobsters for whom his brothers work.
18) Thief of night
Author
Series
Charlatan duology volume 2
Publication Date
[2025]
Summary
"Charlie Hall used to be a talented con artist and thief with a knack for survival--until her last job nearly killed her. Instead of walking away, she bartered her freedom to the Cabal, a ruthless circle of elite gloamists who'd trapped Charlie's boyfriend, a powerful shadow named Vince. As the Cabal's new Hierophant, Charlie hunts rogue shadows on their behalf--not out of loyalty, but because it keeps Vince out of their hands. Or, at least, what's...
19) Tithe
Author
Series
Modern faerie tales volume 1
Publication Date
2020.
Lexile Measure
750L
Summary
Fierce and independent, Kaye drifts from place to place with her mother's rock band. When an ominous attack forces them back to Kaye's childhood home, she stumbles upon an injured faerie knight in the woods. Kaye has always been able to see faeries where others could not, and she chooses to save the strange young man instead of leaving him to die. This fateful choice will have more dire consequences than she could ever predict. Now Kaye finds herself...
20) Ironside
Author
Series
Modern faerie tales volume 3
Publication Date
2020.
Summary
As the possessor of Roibin's true name, sixteen-year-old Kaye returns to Faerieland to try and complete a nearly-impossible quest that will release him from the spell of the faery queen who holds him in thrall.
