Books Like The Graveyard Book

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Neil Gaiman reads his own work with the unhurried gravity of a storyteller who knows exactly how long to hold a silence — the eight-hour runtime feels shaped rather than paced, and his voice shifts just enough between characters to distinguish them without becoming a performance. Nine of the ten picks are also by Gaiman and by him, so this is less a list of similar books and more an invitation to spend more time in the particular atmosphere only he creates when he reads aloud.

10 books for fans of The Graveyard Book

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

    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 cover

    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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    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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    Coraline

    by Neil Gaiman

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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.

    4.13 Goodreads (788.4K 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)