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The Folk of the Air Books in Order

by Holly BlackTeen & Young Adult

3 books and 2 novellas from The Cruel Prince (2018) to The Queen of Nothing (2019). Rated 4.6 across 34,572 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. The Cruel Prince

    Book 1 2018 4.5 (13.7k)

    By #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, the first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue. Of course I want to be like them.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  2. The Lost Sisters

    Novella 1.5 2018 4.2 (1.7k)

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  3. The Wicked King

    Book 2 2019 4.7 (9k)

    The enchanting and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Cruel Prince finds Jude in a fight for power as a human within the Faerie world.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  4. The Queen of Nothing

    Book 3 2019 4.8 (9k)

    A powerful curse forces the exiled Queen of Faerie to choose between ambition and humanity in this highly anticipated and jaw-dropping finale to The Folk of the Air trilogy from a #1 New York Times bestselling author.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  5. How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

    Novella 3.5 2020 4.7 (1.2k)

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for The Folk of the Air is also the best order to read them in. Novellas and short stories sit between the novels they follow, numbered the way the publisher numbers them (1.5 comes after book 1). They are optional — you can skip them without missing the main story. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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