Author

Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman writes fantasy and mythology. We've read and reviewed 5 of Neil Gaiman's books, including Norse Mythology and Neverwhere, each scored and written up in full, with a clear verdict on who it's for.

Cover of The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

by Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a slim, haunting fable about childhood, memory, and the things adults forget in order to survive. Narrated by a man returning to his rural English hometown, it reads like a dream you half-remember — tender, eerie, and quietly devastating.

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Norse Mythology

by Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman gathers the great Norse tales — the making of the worlds, the mischief of Loki, the doom of Ragnarok — and retells them in his own clear, wry, fireside voice. It is the most inviting door into Norse myth you could ask for.

Cover of Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

Neverwhere

by Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman drops an ordinary London businessman through the cracks of his own city into London Below — a shadow-world of monsters, angels, and forgotten people beneath the streets. A witty, dark, foundational work of modern urban fantasy.

Cover of Good Omens by Neil Gaiman

Good Omens

by Neil Gaiman

Good Omens is the gleefully funny apocalypse comedy Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman wrote together: an angel and a demon who've grown rather fond of Earth team up to stop Armageddon, mostly because they'd miss the restaurants and the rare books.

Cover of American Gods by Neil Gaiman

American Gods

by Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman's 2001 novel follows an ex-convict named Shadow into the employ of a con man who turns out to be a god, and into a hidden America where every belief anyone ever carried here is still fighting to survive.