Fantastic Top Fives with Wyrd & Wonder – Forest Fantasy
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Welcome to Fantastic Top Fives with Wyrd & Wonder!
Every Monday throughout Wyrd and Wonder, we’re going to recommend a fantasy read in five words.
This week, we’re each sharing our favourite forest fantasy reads – whether that’s woodland settings, or forest creatures, we’re looking for a connection to forests.
Underlined book titles in bold contain links to reviews on this site.
Julia
Book of Koli by M.R. Carey
Trees
are
finally
striking
back
Nils
Deep’s End by Kai Greenwood
Goblins
versus
one
angry
warrior
Gray
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Deep
dark
woods
consume
you
Scarlett
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
A
dream
of a
whimsical
world
Jonathan
Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
Lost
in
the
subconscious
forest
Beth
Last Memoria by Rachel Emma Shaw
Dark
dangerous
forest
stealing
memories
Asha
Thornbound by Stephanie Burgis
Fae
forest
threatens
magical
school
Hil
The Wine of Angels by Phil Rickman
Beware
the
Apple
Tree
Man
Lucy
The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K Le Guin
Humans
colonise
and
bully
Athsheans (shock, horror)
Dorian
The Two Towers by J.R.R.Tolkien
Don’t
Make
The
Trees
Angry!
(and a bonus one)
Salute the Dark by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Ancient
Forest
Still
Wants
Revenge
Next week we’ll be recommending reads featuring the past Wyrd and Wonder mascots!
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While your words for Uprooted are technically true, they make it sound much more of a horror book than it actually is 😂 I still love it through!