Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wilde must uncover their secrets before it’s too late, in this heartwarming, enchanting second installment of the Emily Wilde series.

AN ELLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Emily Wilde is a genius scholar of faerie folklore who just wrote the world’s first comprehensive encyclopaedia of faeries. She’s learned many of the secrets of the Hidden Ones on her adventures . . . and also from her fellow scholar and former rival Wendell Bambleby.

Because Bambleby is more than infuriatingly charming. He’s an exiled faerie king on the run from his murderous mother and in search of a door back to his realm. And despite Emily’s feelings for Bambleby, she’s not ready to accept his proposal of marriage: Loving one of the Fair Folk comes with secrets and dangers.

She also has a new project to focus on: a map of the realms of faerie. While she is preparing her research, Bambleby lands her in trouble yet again, when assassins sent by his mother invade Cambridge. Now Bambleby and Emily are on another adventure, this time to the picturesque Austrian Alps, where Emily believes they may find the door to Bambleby’s realm and the key to freeing him from his family’s dark plans.

But with new relationships for the prickly Emily to navigate and dangerous Folk lurking in every forest and hollow, Emily must unravel the mysterious workings of faerie doors and of her own heart.

Book Two of the Emily Wilde Series

Don’t miss any of Heather Fawcett’s charming Emily Wilde series:
EMILY WILDE’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES • EMILY WILDE’S MAP OF THE OTHERLANDS • EMILY WILDE’S COMPENDIUM OF LOST TALES

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Published Jan 16, 2024

370 pages

Average rating: 8.19

128 RATINGS

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Sarah Habeeb
Mar 30, 2026
7/10 stars
Definitely a great continuation of the series and I loved the additional characters coming along for the journey to.
Dedechang
Mar 06, 2026
10/10 stars
I loved this one more than the last!
karlareadsalot
Feb 15, 2025
9/10 stars
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ClinicallyBookish
Jan 18, 2025
8/10 stars
“Assassins are a monstrous breed. Either they attack when you are at your worst, or they are having a go at you on your birthday. I have never known a more dishonourable profession.” Another fun little adventure with Ms. Emily as she attempts to thwart the assasination attempts on Wendell by his evil half-fae-half-human stepmother, all while working on her latest project.
katietopp
Jan 01, 2025
10/10 stars
Just like the first, this book is full of a whimsical view of the Folk and their realms. It was also a lovely look into Wendel's story. The more I read the more I see myself in Emily. I love her quirkiness and bluntness. Cannot wait for the next installment; or to see where our dryadologists lead us next.

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