Best Neil Gaiman Books

Good Omens

by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

An angel and demon team up to stop the apocalypse after misplacing the Antichrist in an English village. Pratchett and Gaiman's collaboration balances brilliant satire with genuine friendship.

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An angel and demon team up to stop the apocalypse after misplacing the Antichrist in an English village. Pratchett and Gaiman's collaboration balances brilliant satire with genuine friendship.

The Sandman: Act I

Sandman Audible Original • Book 1

by Dirk Maggs, Neil Gaiman, Riz Ahmed, Kat Dennings, Taron Egerton, James McAvoy, Andy Serkis, Samantha Morton, Bebe Neuwirth, Michael Sheen, Arthur Darvill, Miriam Margolyes

Morpheus, Lord of Dreams, must recover his power after decades of imprisonment by occultists who sought to capture Death herself. Gaiman's comic masterpiece gains new depth in this adaptation of the genre-defining series.

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Morpheus, Lord of Dreams, must recover his power after decades of imprisonment by occultists who sought to capture Death herself. Gaiman's comic masterpiece gains new depth in this adaptation of the genre-defining series.

The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY

by John Joseph Adams, Stephen King, Robert J. Sawyer, Michael Moorcock, Sharyn McCrumb, Stephen Baxter, Anne Perry, Barbara Hambly, Tanith Lee, Neil Gaiman, Rob Rogers, Naomi Novik, Anthony Burgess, Dominic Green, Laurie R. King, Barbara Roden, Tim Lebbon, Peter Tremayne, Bradley H. Sinor, Edward D. Hoch, Vonda N. McIntyre, Darrell Schweitzer, Mary Robinette Kowal, H. Paul Jeffers, Geoffrey A. Landis, Amy Myers, Chris Roden, Tony Pi, Chris Roberson, Mark Valentine

Holmes ventures beyond Victorian London into horror, science fiction, and fantasy realms crafted by modern masters like Stephen King and Neil Gaiman. Each story tests the detective's methods against supernatural and futuristic mysteries.

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Holmes ventures beyond Victorian London into horror, science fiction, and fantasy realms crafted by modern masters like Stephen King and Neil Gaiman. Each story tests the detective's methods against supernatural and futuristic mysteries.

Neverwhere

London Below • Book 1

by Neil Gaiman

After helping a bleeding girl on a London street, Richard Mayhew becomes invisible to the normal world and must navigate London Below's market of wonders and horrors to get his life back. Gaiman turns the Underground literally underground.

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After helping a bleeding girl on a London street, Richard Mayhew becomes invisible to the normal world and must navigate London Below's market of wonders and horrors to get his life back. Gaiman turns the Underground literally underground.

The Graveyard Book

by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean

Bod lives in a graveyard raised by ghosts, learning to Fade and Haunt while the mysterious Jack who killed his family still hunts him. Gaiman transforms a cemetery into the safest place a child could grow up.

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Bod lives in a graveyard raised by ghosts, learning to Fade and Haunt while the mysterious Jack who killed his family still hunts him. Gaiman transforms a cemetery into the safest place a child could grow up.

Coraline

by Neil Gaiman

Coraline discovers an alternate apartment where her Other Mother has buttons for eyes and wants to sew them onto her too. Gaiman's fairy tale horror about appreciating what you have.

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Coraline discovers an alternate apartment where her Other Mother has buttons for eyes and wants to sew them onto her too. Gaiman's fairy tale horror about appreciating what you have.

American Gods

American Gods • Book 1

by Neil Gaiman

Old gods brought by immigrants clash with new deities of technology and media across America's highways and forgotten towns.

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Old gods brought by immigrants clash with new deities of technology and media across America's highways and forgotten towns.

American Gods. TV Tie-In

American Gods • Book 1

by Neil Gaiman

Newly released convict Shadow becomes bodyguard to mysterious Mr. Wednesday and discovers gods walk among us, fighting for believers. Gaiman explores American identity through the lens of competing mythologies and fading faiths.

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Newly released convict Shadow becomes bodyguard to mysterious Mr. Wednesday and discovers gods walk among us, fighting for believers. Gaiman explores American identity through the lens of competing mythologies and fading faiths.

Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess's Stardust(Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust)

by Neil Gaiman, Charles Vess

Beyond the English village of Wall lies Faerie, where Tristran discovers the fallen star he promised his love is actually a fierce, immortal woman. Adventure and romance bloom in Gaiman's lushest fairy tale.

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Beyond the English village of Wall lies Faerie, where Tristran discovers the fallen star he promised his love is actually a fierce, immortal woman. Adventure and romance bloom in Gaiman's lushest fairy tale.

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

by Neil Gaiman

Gaiman crafts childhood terror through adult memory as his narrator recalls Lettie Hempstock, whose family guards against creatures that slip through reality's cracks.

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Gaiman crafts childhood terror through adult memory as his narrator recalls Lettie Hempstock, whose family guards against creatures that slip through reality's cracks.

Anansi Boys

American Gods • Book 2

by Neil Gaiman

After his father's death reveals him as the son of spider god Anansi, Fat Charlie must deal with his divine brother Spider, who brings chaos, danger, and magic into his ordinary world.

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After his father's death reveals him as the son of spider god Anansi, Fat Charlie must deal with his divine brother Spider, who brings chaos, danger, and magic into his ordinary world.

Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

American Gods #1.1

by Neil Gaiman

Gaiman's short fiction spans cosmic horror, fairy tale retellings, and American Gods epilogues with his trademark blend of mythology and modern anxiety. Each story feels like a small, perfect nightmare or wonder.

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Gaiman's short fiction spans cosmic horror, fairy tale retellings, and American Gods epilogues with his trademark blend of mythology and modern anxiety. Each story feels like a small, perfect nightmare or wonder.

Greatest Hits

by Neil Gaiman, Cassandra Khaw, J. Michael Straczynski

Ellison's unhinged imagination refuses containment by genre or form in this collection spanning his outrageous short fiction, from dystopian AI nightmares to speculative fantasies.

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Ellison's unhinged imagination refuses containment by genre or form in this collection spanning his outrageous short fiction, from dystopian AI nightmares to speculative fantasies.

The Sleeper and the Spindle

by Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell

Rogues

Ancient World

by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Joe Abercrombie, Gillian Flynn, Matthew Hughes, Joe R. Lansdale, Michael Swanwick, David Ball, Carrie Vaughn, Scott Lynch, Bradley Denton, Cherie Priest, Daniel Abraham, Paul Cornell, Steven Saylor, Garth Nix, Walter Jon Williams, Phyllis Eisenstein, Lisa Tuttle, Neil Gaiman, Connie Willis, Patrick Rothfuss

Thieves, con artists, and morally flexible heroes populate these original stories from genre heavyweights like Neil Gaiman and Patrick Rothfuss. The anthology celebrates characters who operate in ethical gray areas.

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Thieves, con artists, and morally flexible heroes populate these original stories from genre heavyweights like Neil Gaiman and Patrick Rothfuss. The anthology celebrates characters who operate in ethical gray areas.

Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love

Guardians #3.6 - The Demon Dancer

by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Daniel Abraham, Jacqueline Carey, Lisa Tuttle, Linnea Sinclair, Mary Jo Putney, Tanith Lee, Peter S. Beagle, Yasmine Galenorn, Diana Gabaldon, Jo Beverley, Carrie Vaughn, M.L.N. Hanover, Cecelia Holland, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Robin Hobb, Neil Gaiman, Marjorie M. Liu, Jim Butcher

Love that defies gods, kings, and death itself—fantasy's biggest names craft original stories where passion and doom intertwine across impossible worlds.

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Love that defies gods, kings, and death itself—fantasy's biggest names craft original stories where passion and doom intertwine across impossible worlds.

Zombies: More Recent Dead

by Paula Guran, Mike Carey, Neil Gaiman, Kathleen Tierney, Stephen Graham Jones, Joe R. Lansdale, Jonathan Maberry, Carrie Vaughn, Carrie Ryan, Matthew Johnson

Literary horror's finest writers use zombies to explore survival, society, and what makes us human in the first place. The anthology avoids shambling clichés by focusing on character-driven stories that happen to feature the undead.

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Literary horror's finest writers use zombies to explore survival, society, and what makes us human in the first place. The anthology avoids shambling clichés by focusing on character-driven stories that happen to feature the undead.

Lovecraft's Monsters

by Ellen Datlow, Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale

Contemporary authors including Neil Gaiman and Joe Lansdale breathe new life into Lovecraft's tentacled nightmares and cosmic horrors.

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Contemporary authors including Neil Gaiman and Joe Lansdale breathe new life into Lovecraft's tentacled nightmares and cosmic horrors.

Zombies: The Recent Dead

by Paula Guran, Steve Duffy, Max Brooks, Nik Houser, Andy Duncan, David J. Schow, Joe R. Lansdale, Neil Gaiman, Alice Sola Kim, Gary A. Braunbeck, Francesca Lia Block, Tobias S. Buckell, David Wellington, Tim Waggoner, Kit Reed, Brian Keene, Kelly Link, Gary McMahon, Scott Edelman, Kevin Veale, Michael Marshall Smith, Tim Lebbon, David Prill

Twenty-three authors reimagine zombies as everything from Romero's living dead to dancing thrillers, proving these monsters adapt to any apocalyptic permutation.

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Twenty-three authors reimagine zombies as everything from Romero's living dead to dancing thrillers, proving these monsters adapt to any apocalyptic permutation.