Reading order · 3 books · 2002 to 2007 · Set in the New Jersey shore
Modern Faerie Tales in Order
The Modern Faerie Tales are dark, gritty stories of teenagers in New Jersey and New York caught up in the wars of the faerie courts.
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Series facts
The reading order
Every Modern Faerie Tales book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books · Set in the New Jersey shore
- 1Tithe2002With Kaye FierchSixteen-year-old Kaye Fierch, who has spent her life on the road with her rock singer mother, returns to her grandmother’s house in New Jersey and learns that she is not human, but a pixie, and a pawn in a war between faerie courts.Buy on Amazon
- 2Valiant2005With Valerie RussellValerie Russell runs away to New York, where she falls in with a group of squatters living in the subway tunnels, and a magical drug that comes from the faerie world.Buy on Amazon
- 3Ironside2007With Kaye FierchKaye declares her love for Roiben, now king of the Unseelie Court, and he sets her an impossible quest.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read Tithe, Valiant and Ironside. Valiant is a companion novel and can be read on its own.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Kaye Fierch | Valerie Russell | Roiben |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Tithe | LLead | MMajor | |
| 2 Valiant | LLead | ||
| 3 Ironside | LLead | MMajor |
Characters in the Modern Faerie Tales books
3 characters from Holly Black’s chart, with the number of Modern Faerie Tales books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Kaye FierchPixie raised as a human girl | 2 | Tithe 2002 |
| Valerie RussellRunaway in New York | 1 | Valiant 2005 |
| RoibenKing of the Unseelie Court | 2 | Tithe 2002 |
Crossovers with Holly Black’s other series
- Folk of the Air: Kaye Fierch also appears in 1 of its books