Don't Let the Forest In
#4034.04 in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 1 book Status Complete 2024 Reading commitment Low C.G. Drews Last reviewed 2026-11-06
Overview
Don't Let the Forest In is a young adult standalone novel by C.G. Drews, with a hardcover edition dated 29 October 2024 and a deluxe paperback from Square Fish dated January 2026. It is set around two high school friends, Andrew Perrault and Thomas Rye. Andrew writes twisted fairy tales for Thomas, and Thomas's sketches of monsters from those stories begin to come to life and kill people close to him. The two follow the creatures into a forbidden forest and fight them at night. It is a single book with no announced sequels in the sources consulted.
Dark fantasy, Fairy-tale retelling · For YA
Core Canon: Reading Order (1 work) counts toward ranking
Don't Let the Forest In C.G. Drews
| Cover | Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Don't Let the Forest In; Hardcover dated October 29, 2024; Square Fish deluxe paperback January 2026 (ISBN 9781250895646, not first edition). | 2024 | 1 | core | 4.04 (72,628 ratings) |
Standalone young adult dark fairy-tale fantasy novel.
Quick answers
- How many books are in Don't Let the Forest In? Don't Let the Forest In's Core Canon is 1 book.
- Is Don't Let the Forest In finished? Complete (2024).
- How much reading does Don't Let the Forest In take? Low reading commitment (estimated from 1 Core Canon book).
- How is Don't Let the Forest In ranked? #403 in this site's official ranking, based on 72,628 reader ratings across 1 Core Canon book. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #403?
Ranked #403 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 4.04 across 1 core book.
- A smaller readership (72,628 ratings), so the score carries less weight of numbers.
- 0.03 behind #402, Der kleine Wassermann (The Little Water Sprite).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.46.
Why explore this universe?
Well rated · 1 book · Complete · 73k ratings · Ranks #403 overall
Good choice if you want a quick, low-commitment dark fantasy universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
A single Core Canon work: no sequencing question to resolve.
Awards (verified)
- No awards found for this universe.
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 4.04 across 72,628 ratings on 1 Core Canon book. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: Canon Extension: 14 universes from the candidate register (Devil's Isle to El dimoni abans de nosaltres); 3 candidates ruled out accepted 2026-11-06
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Indigo product page Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-11-06
Rule: Core Canon = Don't Let the Forest In (2024). (standalone novel; no other books)