Books Like Coraline

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Neil Gaiman reads *Coraline* in a low, unhurried voice that sounds less like performance and more like someone telling you something true they'd rather not — the calm never breaks, which is exactly what makes the story's sinister mirror world so difficult to shake. At just four hours, it's a listen that fills an afternoon and stays with you long after, the prose spare enough that the dread gets in through the gaps. Every recommendation here comes from Gaiman's own catalog, and most are by him as well — that same quiet, deliberate voice carrying you through stories that know how to be unsettling without ever raising the alarm.

10 books for fans of Coraline

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    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

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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.

    4.39 Goodreads (24.9K ratings)
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    Neverwhere

    London Below • Book 1

    by Neil Gaiman

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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.

    4.16 Goodreads (563.8K ratings)
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    The Graveyard Book

    by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean

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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.

    4.15 Goodreads (567.6K ratings)
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    Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess's Stardust(Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust)

    by Neil Gaiman, Charles Vess

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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.

    4.10 Goodreads (483.5K ratings)
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    The Ocean at the End of the Lane

    by Neil Gaiman

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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.

    4.01 Goodreads (660.0K ratings)
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    Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

    American Gods #1.1

    by Neil Gaiman

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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.

    3.94 Goodreads (72.0K ratings)
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    Good Omens

    by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

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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.

    4.25 Goodreads (830.5K ratings)
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    American Gods

    American Gods • Book 1

    by Neil Gaiman

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

    4.10 Goodreads (994.5K ratings)
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    American Gods. TV Tie-In

    American Gods • Book 1

    by Neil Gaiman

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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.

    4.10 Goodreads (994.4K ratings)
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    Anansi Boys

    American Gods • Book 2

    by Neil Gaiman

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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.

    4.04 Goodreads (230.1K ratings)