How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
- Published
- 24 November 2020
- Pages
- 200
- ISBN-13
- 9781471410017
- Type
- novella
About this book
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories is a 200-page novella closing out Holly Black's The Folk of the Air series, published in November 2020. It follows The Queen of Nothing as the series' fourth and final entry.
Key facts about How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories is a novella by Holly Black. Readers have had it since 24 November 2020. It runs to 200 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781471410017 to find the main one.
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories is book 4 of 4 in The Folk of the Air series. The series has 4 published books. However, the series starts with The Cruel Prince (2018). It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date.
Additionally, Holly Black writes The Modern Faerie Tales, The Spiderwick Chronicles and The Curse Workers, plus 3 more series. Those series sit on our fantasy and romantic fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Thief of Night is the latest published Holly Black book on file, from 23 September 2025.
About Holly Black
Holly Black is an American author who has spent over two decades as one of the defining voices in young adult fantasy, moving between menacing faerie courts and other dark, richly imagined worlds. See every Holly Black book in order.
Its place in The Folk of the Air
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories is book 4 in the The Folk of the Air series. It follows The Queen of Nothing. See the full The Folk of the Air reading order.
After her parents are murdered by a faerie general, Jude Duarte grows up mortal in the treacherous High Court of Faerie, alongside her sisters -- one Fae, one changeling like her. Mortals have no real power in Elfhame, so Jude claws for scraps of it any way she can: political games, poison, blades, and an increasingly dangerous rivalry with Prince Cardan, the cruelest and most beautiful of the High King's children. Holly Black built the modern fae-court romantasy template here: a mortal girl who refuses to stay…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780316540889
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781471410017