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Books like Robin Hood: 9 series to read next

Robin Hood is historical fiction and historical mystery, about political intrigue, set in british isles, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Robin Hood is 29 books across 7 series, 1883–2025.

“Stand and deliver — but only if your purse is fat and your title finer than your conscience.”
from the catalogue description

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King Raven
Bartimaeus
His Dark Materials
The Dark Is Rising
Westmark
The Tainted Blood Duology
Rowan Hood
Artemis Fowl
The Warlord Chronicles

King RavenSeries

seriesStephen R. Lawhead3 books2006

Historical fiction, adventurous in tone, about rebellion and revolution, set in british isles and medieval.

“The King Raven series continued his themes of reimagining popular mythology into more authentic and gritty settings, which began with his Pendragon Cycle.”
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Start with Hood →

BartimaeusSeries

seriesJonathan Stroud4 books2003

Alternate history, about wizards.

Start with The Amulet of Samarkand →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

About coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
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The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in british isles and contemporary.

“The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.”
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Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

WestmarkSeries

seriesLloyd Alexander3 books1981

Set in secondary world.

Start with Westmark →

The Tainted Blood DuologySeries

seriesEhigbor Okosun2 books2023

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with Forged by Blood →

Rowan HoodSeries

seriesNancy Springer5 books2001

About coming of age.

Start with Rowan Hood, Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest →

Artemis FowlSeries

seriesEoin Colfer15 books2001

About fae.

“As of 2013, the novels have sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and are one of the best-selling series of all time.”
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Start with LEPrecon →

The Warlord ChroniclesSeries

seriesBernard Cornwell3 books1995

“The books were originally published between 1995 and 1997 by Penguin and Michael Joseph in the United Kingdom and by St. Martin's Press in the United States.”
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Start with The Winter King →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Robin Hood?: King Raven — the closest match to Robin Hood on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Robin Hood?: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Robin Hood, which is a whole world rather than one run.
How big is Robin Hood?: Robin Hood is 29 books across 7 series, 1883–2025.

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