Tales of Modern Faerie Reading Order

I found out there are some short stories set in Holly Black's story universe that started with the Tales of Modern Faerie books: Tithe, Valiant, and Ironside.  (I think the series is now called something else officially, but I like that name best.  Maybe that's because I read Valiant first.)

I wanted to save the list somewhere where I wouldn't lose it and where I could add things if I find more things.

Sources

These places were very helpful!

• Reading order on Moon in a Cup from 2018: https://ourmooninacup.tumblr.com/post/174737388925/modern-faerie-tales-reading-order
• The short fiction section of Holly Black's Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Black#Short_fiction
• Folk of the Air Wiki: https://the-folk-of-the-air.fandom.com/wiki/The_Folk_of_the_Air_Wiki
• Update: This reddit comment on a question about the overlap of Modern Faerie Tales and Folk of the Air: https://www.reddit.com/r/YAlit/comments/b2ejli/reading_orderpossible_interseries_crossover_holly/ejgabd6/
  

The List

This is the chronological order as far as I can tell.

• "Modern Faerie Tales" Collection:
• Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale, the first book in the series, 2002.
• Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie, 2005.
• Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale, 2007.
• Not for Humans, a short story co-written with Cassandra Clare.  
• I'm not sure when it was written, but it takes place shortly after the events in Ironside.
• Not published anywhere, but available on Cassandra Clare's site: http://cassandraclare.com/wp-content/NotforHumans.pdf 
• The Land of Heart's Desire, 2010, a short story about one year after Ironside.  
• Can be found in the short-story anthology The Poison Eaters.  (Update, 2025: Here's a Soundcloud link of it: https://soundcloud.com/paul-wade-455693707/the-land-of-hearts-desire-by-holly-black )
• The Darkest Part of the Forest, 2015, a book that takes place in Fairfold, a smaller town a ways away from NYC.
• The Lament of Lutie-Loo, 2019, a new short story included in the "Modern Faerie Tales" compilation that includes all three of the original trilogy.  (Update, 2025, posted by the Faery Tales From the Abyss Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/faerytalesfromtheabyss/185420022290/the-lament-of-lutie-loo-%C2%BD-the-short-story-from-the. )
• The Cruel Prince, 2018, the first book in the Folk of the Air series.
  
• A Visit to the Impossible Lands, 2018, a short story included in the Barnes & Noble edition of the Cruel Prince.  Moon in a Cup has a version here: https://ourmooninacup.tumblr.com/post/174449006570/the-modern-faerie-tales-short-story-from-the 
• The Lost Sisters, a novella from 2018.  I got my e-version from Amazon.  (Update, 2025: also found it on FlipHTML5, which seems like it might not be legit: https://online.fliphtml5.com/ulyvm/xzlo/#p=37 )
• The Wicked King, 2019, book 2 of the Folk of the Air series.
• The Queen of Nothing, 2019, book 3 in the Folk of the Air series.
• How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories, 2020, a novel with illustrations.
• The Stolen Heir: A Novel of Elfhame, January, 2023.  (Volume 1 of The Stolen Heir Duology.)
• The Prisoner's Throne: A Novel of Elfhame, March 2024.  (Volume 2 of The Stolen Heir Duology.)

Update, March 10, 2025:

• Organized the first three novels into the "Modern Faerie Tales" collection.
• Added The Stolen Heir and The Prisoner's Throne. 
• Added some links to sources for harder to find short stories.