Greenhollow Duology
#4743.96 in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 2 books Status Complete 2019–2020 Reading commitment Low Emily Tesh Last reviewed 2026-08-18
Overview
Tobias, a centuries-old green man bound to an ancient wood, and Henry Silver, a folklorist who comes looking for him, find their fates entangled with the wood's old magic and its watchful Wild Man. A complete pair of connected novellas blending English folklore with a quiet romance, published by Tor.com as Silver in the Wood (2019) and Drowned Country (2020): in the first, Silver is captured by a lich and Tobias's rescue costs him his own power, leaving Silver to become the wood's new Wild Man; the second follows a rescue quest that opens a door into a dying Fairyland and ultimately lets Silver become mortal again. Silver in the Wood won the 2020 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella and was shortlisted for the Crawford Award, with Locus calling it "a splendid piece of work." Emily Tesh's debut fiction and first universe in this canon.
Mythic fantasy, Romantasy · For Adult
Core Canon: Reading Order (2 works) counts toward ranking
Greenhollow Duology Emily Tesh
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Silver in the Wood | 2019 | 1 | core | 3.97 (25,132 ratings) |
 | Drowned Country | 2020 | 2 | core | 3.95 (11,772 ratings) |
A complete pair of connected novellas blending the Green Man folklore figure with a quiet queer romance in a mysterious English wood; Emily Tesh's debut fiction.
Quick answers
- How many books are in Greenhollow Duology? Greenhollow Duology's Core Canon is 2 books.
- What is the reading order for Greenhollow Duology? Publication order, starting with Silver in the Wood. Full list and years in the Core Canon table above.
- Is Greenhollow Duology finished? Complete (2019–2020).
- How much reading does Greenhollow Duology take? Low reading commitment (estimated from 2 Core Canon books · ~269 pages).
- How is Greenhollow Duology ranked? #474 in this site's official ranking, based on 36,904 reader ratings across 2 Core Canon books. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #474?
Ranked #474 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 3.96 across 2 core books.
- A smaller readership (36,904 ratings), so the score carries less weight of numbers.
- Remarkably consistent across the whole series: all 2 rated core books rate within 0.02 of each other.
- Less than 0.01 behind #473, The Holy Mountain (a finer tie-break level decides the order).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.45.
Why explore this universe?
Well rated · 2 books · Complete · 37k ratings · Ranks #474 overall
Good choice if you want a quick, low-commitment mythic fantasy universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
Publication order (2 Core Canon books)
- Silver in the Wood (2019)
- Drowned Country (2020)
Documented internal/story chronology is recorded for every Core Canon book here, and matches publication order exactly, with no divergence to show separately.
Awards (verified)
- World Fantasy Award (Best Novella), 2020: won: Silver in the Wood
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 3.96 across 36,904 ratings on 2 Core Canon books. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: Greenhollow Duology admitted accepted 2026-08-18
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
Last reviewed: 2026-08-18
Rule: Core = both novellas (Silver in the Wood, Drowned Country); a complete duology with no further installments.