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The Modern Faerie Tales Reading Order
The Modern Faerie Tales by Holly Black has 3 main books (2002–2007). Start with Tithe (2002) and read the numbered books in order.
By Holly Black
The Modern Faerie Tales books in order
Your reading speed
- 5 h 36 min
- 5 h 36 min
- 5 h 47 min
Main books together: 970 pages, about 16 h 59 min at 238 words per minute.
Page counts: median across editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
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The Modern Faerie Tales: common questions
- How many books are in the The Modern Faerie Tales series?
- There are 3 main books in The Modern Faerie Tales. The most recent main book listed here is Ironside (2007).
- What order should I read The Modern Faerie Tales in?
- Read The Modern Faerie Tales in its numbered order: Tithe, Valiant, Ironside.
- What is the first The Modern Faerie Tales book?
- The first book is Tithe by Holly Black, published in 2002.
- How long does it take to read the whole The Modern Faerie Tales series?
- The 3 main books add up to about 970 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 17 hours of reading, or about 34 days at 30 minutes a day.