Tithe
by Holly Black
★ Top 10 book of 2002 · #10 on Best Books of 2002
In this young adult fantasy, a girl learns she is not human but a faerie. With that discovery, her life turns difficult and trouble begins to follow her.
Best for: Teen fantasy readers drawn to stories about faeries and hidden identity
Tithe is #10 on BookWard's Best Books of 2002, out of 32 2002 books that cleared our data bar.
What Tithe is about
Kaye Fierch is sixteen and used to life on the road with her mother's rock band, Stepping Razor. After an attack on her mother, they settle at Kaye's grandmother's house on the Jersey Shore, and Kaye finds that her old 'imaginary' friends were never imaginary. She pulls an iron-tipped arrow from the chest of a wounded faerie knight named Roiben, and he owes her three truthful answers. Soon she is pulled into the politics of the Unseelie Court, which has plans for her, and into a world where names carry power. Holly Black calls her setting 'suburban fantasy', and she keeps the magic close to ordinary teenage life. Recommended for ages 12 and up, it deals with identity, loneliness and trust. It is a young-adult fantasy novel by Holly Black, published in 2002 by Simon & Schuster.
Tithe on the Best Books of 2002
Tithe came out in 2002. Of the 32 books first published in 2002 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #10 on our Best Books of 2002 list.
Why it made the list: 262 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4 out of 5 (17 ratings). The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2002 list
- Fingersmith Sarah Waters, #8
- The Theory of Everything Stephen Hawking, #9
- Dragon Ball Z; Thank You 鳥山 明 [Akira Toriyama], #11
- Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides, #12
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 210 want to read it, 14 are reading it now and 38 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4 out of 5 from 17 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 63 | 55% |
| Reader love | 53 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 75 | 20% |
Questions about Tithe
When was Tithe published?
Tithe by Holly Black was first published in 2002.
Was Tithe one of the best books of 2002?
Tithe is #10 on BookWard's Best Books of 2002, out of 32 2002 books that cleared our data bar. 262 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4 out of 5 (17 ratings).
Why is Tithe on the Best Books of 2002 list?
262 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4 out of 5 (17 ratings).
More of the best books of 2002
- Romancing Mister Bridgerton Julia Quinn, #1
- Coraline Neil Gaiman, #2
- Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, #3
- Why Does He Do That? Lundy Bancroft, #4
- Everything's Eventual. 14 Dark Tales Stephen King, #5
- Stories of Your Life and Others Ted Chiang, #6
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How we know
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