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The Stolen Heir

by Holly Black

The Stolen Heir series by Holly Black has 2 known books (2 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with The Stolen Heir (2023).

Books
2 known books (2 novels)
Published
2
First published
2023
Status
completed
Shelved under
Romance , Fantasy
Start here: The Stolen Heir (2023) — then read straight through in publication order.
Book one
Cover of The Stolen Heir
The Stolen Heir (2023)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. The Stolen Heir

    Novel
    Holly Black's The Stolen Heir (2023) runs 376 pages, returning to Elfhame after The Folk of the Air trilogy to send a grown-up Oak to find Suren, the lost queen of the Court of Teeth raised in hiding, and enlist her help on a mission neither fully trusts the other about.
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  2. The Prisoner's Throne

    Novel
    The Prisoner's Throne closed the duology a year later, in 2024, at a slightly shorter 356 pages, continuing Suren and Oak's wary alliance as old secrets about both their pasts come due.
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Key facts about The Stolen Heir series

The Stolen Heir series has 2 books on our list. Since all 2 are out now, you can read the whole list today.

Start with The Stolen Heir, since it opens the publication order in 2023. The Prisoner's Throne is book 2, from 2024.

Each title links to its own page, while the list keeps them in date order. Each book page shows its dates and editions. Since the catalogue marks the series as complete, we list no next book.

The books came out between 2023 and 2024, while their length runs from 356 to 376 pages. That is a run of 1 year.

Holly Black has 32 books on our list. Additionally, they write The Modern Faerie Tales, The Spiderwick Chronicles and The Curse Workers, plus 3 more series. We shelve the books under romantic fantasy.

About The Stolen Heir

Suren is the lost queen of the Court of Teeth, raised in hiding after being stolen away as a child, and has spent her whole life trying to disappear rather than claim a throne that nearly destroyed her. Oak, once the small boy in The Cruel Prince, is grown now -- charming, watched by every faction in Elfhame, and sent to find Suren and enlist her help on a dangerous mission neither of them fully trusts the other about. What starts as a wary, transactional alliance becomes something far more complicated as old secrets about both their pasts come due.

Set in the same Elfhame as The Folk of the Air trilogy, this duology shifts focus to the next generation of that world's political mess, following two characters shaped by trauma and manipulation on opposite sides of a decision that will determine who holds real power in Faerie. Holly Black keeps the enemies-to-lovers tension and court-politics intrigue that made the original trilogy a hit, filtered through two narrators whose damage runs in very different directions.

For Cruel Prince readers who want to stay in Elfhame with new leads and a fresh romantic entanglement, this is the direct continuation.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in The Stolen Heir duology?

Two: The Stolen Heir (2023) and The Prisoner's Throne (2024), a complete duology.

What order should I read The Stolen Heir in?

Read The Folk of the Air trilogy first, then The Stolen Heir followed by The Prisoner's Throne.

Is The Stolen Heir connected to The Cruel Prince?

Yes, it's set in the same Elfhame, following Oak (a child character from The Cruel Prince trilogy, now grown) and a new lead, Suren.

Is The Stolen Heir duology finished?

Yes, it concludes with The Prisoner's Throne.

Do I need to read The Cruel Prince trilogy first?

Yes, strongly recommended -- The Stolen Heir assumes familiarity with Elfhame's politics and Oak's backstory from the original trilogy.

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