For his bookshop and website One Grand Books, the editor Aaron Hicklin asked people to name the 10 books they’d take with them if they were marooned on a desert island. The next in the series is the British novelist Neil Gaiman, whose new book “Norse Mythology,” is out next month. He shares his list exclusively with T.

“The Book of the New Sun,” Gene Wolfe

The best science fiction novel of the last century. A four-volume book about memory and truth.

“Lud-in-the-Mist,” Hope Mirrlees

My favorite fairy tale/detective novel/history/fantasy.

“Archer’s Goon,” Diana Wynne Jones

She was the best writer of magical children’s fiction of our generation. I don’t know if this is the best of her novels, but it’s my favorite.