Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mythago Wood | 1984 | Robert Holdstock | Buy |
| 2 | Lavondyss | 1988 | Robert Holdstock | Buy |
| 3 | The Bone Forest | 1991 | Robert Holdstock | Buy |
| 4 | The Bone Forest (Mythago Wood, #3) | 1991 | Robert Holdstock | N/A |
| 5 | Holvi metsään | 1993 | Robert Holdstock | N/A |
| 6 | The Hollowing | 1993 | Robert Holdstock | Buy |
| 7 | Merlin’s Wood | 1994 | Robert Holdstock | Buy |
| 8 | Gate of Ivory | 1997 | Robert Holdstock | Buy |
| 9 | Avilion | 2009 | Robert Holdstock | Buy |
The Mythago Wood series by Robert Holdstock began with the World Fantasy Award-winning novel Mythago Wood in 1984. The series is set in and around Ryhope Wood, a three-square-mile patch of primeval forest in Herefordshire, England, that generates living mythological figures from the minds of those who enter it. The deeper one penetrates the wood, the more ancient and dangerous the myths become.
Holdstock expanded the concept across nine books, including the acclaimed sequel Lavondyss (1988), The Hollowing (1993), Gate of Ivory (1997), and the final entry Avilion (2009). The series is considered one of the most original achievements in British fantasy, praised for its integration of genuine mythology, psychology, and atmospheric storytelling. Holdstock drew on Celtic, Norse, and Greek mythological traditions to populate his wood with figures both beautiful and terrifying.