Series
Mythago Wood
Robert Holdstock · 6 novels · 1 novella · 1984–2009
Robert Holdstock's Mythago Wood is set around Ryhope Wood, a small patch of ancient British woodland that is somehow far larger on the inside, generating 'mythagos' -- physical embodiments of myth and legend drawn from visitors' own collective unconscious. The first novel follows Stephen Huxley investigating his family's obsession with the wood after his father's death; Holdstock continued the cycle across further novels and stories exploring different characters and eras. It blends fantasy with psychology and British folklore rather than a conventional quest structure.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(2 editions)
Map
Mythago Wood at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1980s2
- 1990s4
- 2000s1
Shape
6 novels · 1 novella
1 author · completed series
Mood
Grim and intense: 71% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book7 of 7 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Bone Forestdarkest · most intense
- Gate of Ivory, Gate of Hornbrightest · calmest