Robert Holdstock

Robert Holdstock was a British published author. He also wrote under the pen names of Ken Blake, Robert Black, Chris Carlsen, Stephen Eisler, Richard Kirk, and Robert Faulcon. Born on August 2, 1948 in Hythe in Kent in England, this novelist has become well known around the world for his fantasy novels and mythical fiction.

The best place to start is the Berserker series, the earliest of Robert Holdstock's multi-book series: it opens with Shadow Of The Wolf (1977) and runs to 3 books across 1977–1979, ending with The Horned Warrior (1979). Robert Holdstock's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Robert Holdstock has 87 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1972 and 2017. 54 of them belong to 9 named series — the largest being The Professionals series with 15 books — and 33 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Robert Holdstock's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Berserker (1977–1979, 3 books), The Professionals (1978–1982, 15 books) and Raven (1978–1979, 5 books), plus 6 more.

This guide splits Robert Holdstock's 87 books into 9 named series and 33 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Professionals (15 books, 1978–1982); Garry Douglas Kilworth Collections (8 books, 1984–2017); Mythago Wood (7 books, 1984–2009); Night Hunter (6 books, 1983–1987); Raven (5 books, 1978–1979), plus 4 further series.