Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, & films. He is the first author to win both the Newbery & the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Graveyard Book. In 2013, The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards.

#5 Anansi Boys



Anansi Boys is about “Mr. Nancy” — an incarnation of the West African trickster God Anansi — dies, leaving two sons, who in turn discover each other. The novel follows their adventures as they explore their common heritage. Anansi Boys was published on September 20, 2005. The book debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list.

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#4 Stardust



A novel which is usually published with illustrations. Stardust has a different tone and style from most of Gaiman’s prose fiction, being consciously written in the tradition of pre-Tolkien English fantasy, following in the footsteps of authors such as Lord Dunsany & Hope Mirrlees. It is concerned with the adventures of a young man from the village of Wall, which borders the magical land of Faerie.

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#3 Good Omens



It is a World Fantasy Award-nominated novel, written as a collaboration between the English authors Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman. The book is a comedy about the birth of the son of Satan, the coming of the End Times. There are attempts by the angel Aziraphale & the demon Crowley to sabotage the coming of the end times, they having grown accustomed to their comfortable surroundings in England.

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#2 The Ocean at the End of the Lane



The work was first published on 18 June 2013 through William Morrow & Company. It is about an unnamed man who returns to his hometown for a funeral & remembers events that began forty years earlier.

Themes in The Ocean at the End of the Lane include the search for self-identity and the “disconnect between childhood and adulthood”.

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#1 American Gods



The novel is a blend of Americana, fantasy, & various strands of ancient & modern mythology, all centering on the mysterious & taciturn Shadow. Several of the themes were previously alluded to in his The Sandman comic book series.

The book was published in 2001 by Headline in the UK & by William Morrow in the US. It gained a positive critical response and won the Hugo and Nebula awards in 2002.

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