Into the Forest discussion

I am very much in love with everything Robin Hood related but sadly, the books I know of about the man are focused on very young readers. Do any of you know some good (not children's)books about Robin Hood?

We read Hood as a group read a few months ago.

Robin McKinley wrote The Outlaws of Sherwood, and though it wasn't my favorite book by her, it's still passable.

Robin: Lady of Legend has been mentioned on the forum a couple of times too.

I also read a couple of collections of the original Robin Hood ballads last year and enjoyed them.

There's also a Listiopia of retellings here. Some adult, some ya, some childrens, but it should give you some ideas...

Hi Jacque, in addition to the links Melanti gave you here is another to a discussion we had at around the same time we read Hood: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

We also have a shelf.

https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

Parke Godwin's work was pretty good.

I read both of these books, and I thought they were really good!

Alicia wrote: "What did people generally think of Hood? That one is on my radar."

Very mixed Alicia! Some of us liked it, some of us not so much. here's the links to the
discussions!
without spoilers: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

With spoilers: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Robin Hood by J.C. Holt is very good.

I've thought of another one I really enjoyed.

Jackaroo

While it's not precisely a Robin Hood retelling, it's very similar and it looks at how legends like the Robin Hood story might have gotten started.

It is not a proper Robin Hood based novel or retelling, but I just finished The Lies of Locke Lamora and the main character robs from the rich which put me in mind of Robin Hood. It was a great novel if you enjoy that type of story. My review is here if you are interested: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Cher wrote: "It is not a proper Robin Hood based novel or retelling, but I just finished The Lies of Locke Lamora and the main character robs from the rich which put me in mind of Robin Hood. It w..."

Your review makes it seem like a book I might like Cher. I've added it to my. To read list.

IT is a fun book. I bought the third book recently, but I keep putting off reading it because a)no telling how many years it'll be before book 4 with how delayed book 3 was and I don't want to be stuck with yet another cliff-hanger ending for that long.

Well, that and there's some rather mediocre reviews about the Locke/Sabetha thing...