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Neil Gaiman Recommended Books
Neil Gaiman has recommended 35 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Neil Gaiman is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, nonfiction, audio theatre, and films.
(Read more on Wikipedia)35 Books Recommended
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The 13 Clocks
by James Thurber
Neil Gaiman mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
Shadow & Claw
The First Half of 'The Book of the New Sun'
by Gene Wolfe
"The best science fiction novel of the last century. A four volume book about memory and truth." - Neil Gaiman (Source)
Views
by Roger Dean
"Loved it." - Neil Gaiman (Source)
The Lord of the Rings (4 books)
Neil Gaiman mentioned this series on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
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Elon Musk, Laird Hamilton, Naval Ravikant, Paul Graham, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, Nolan Bushnell, James Clear
The City We Became
A Novel
by N. K. Jemisin
"It is such a good book." - Neil Gaiman (Source)
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Lud-in-the-Mist
by Hope Mirrlees
"My favourite fairy tale/detective novel/history/fantasy." - Neil Gaiman (Source)
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
by Susanna Clarke
"Like Jane Austen's huge lost fantasy novel about the return of magic to England." - Neil Gaiman (Source)
Paco (10 books)
"My small son Ash loves them, and when nothing else will soothe him, he will happily listen to/read a Paco book." - Neil Gaiman (Source)
Lord of Light
by Roger Zelazny
"On a distant planet, far in the future, Earth Colonists rule the world as the gods of the Hindu Pantheon. One of their number becomes Buddha to fight them. A mixture of religion and adventure and science fiction." - Neil Gaiman (Source)
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Johnny and the Dead
by Terry Pratchett
Neil Gaiman mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
Archer's Goon
by 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 favourite." - Neil Gaiman (Source)
ALEC
The Years Have Pants
by Eddie Campbell
"The best autobiography in comics form ever done, perhaps because that wasn't what he was trying to do." - Neil Gaiman (Source)
The Man Who Was Thursday
by G.K. Chesterton
"A police agent infiltrates the high council of anarchists in this glorious nightmare romp." - Neil Gaiman (Source)
London Labour and the London Poor
by Henry Mayhew
"Like a big mad Dickens novel that just keeps going. Real life interviews with the Victorian working poor." - Neil Gaiman (Source)
Horns
by Joe Hill
"An immensely powerful writer. This, his second novel, is about a man who wakes up after a bad night with horns pushing out of his forehead." - Neil Gaiman (Source)
The Colour of Magic
by Terry Pratchett
Neil Gaiman mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book, Book 1
by Rudyard Kipling
Neil Gaiman mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
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Bleak House
by Charles Dickens
"From the highest in the land to the lowest, the court of Chancery destroys lives. A wonderful read even if you don't like Spontaneous Human Combustion." - Neil Gaiman (Source)
Bizarre Romance
by Audrey Niffenegger
"A wonderful book!" - Neil Gaiman (Source)
How Do You Live?
by Genzaburo Yoshino
"A wonderful book." - Neil Gaiman (Source)
Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods
by Catherynne M. Valente
"You’d almost definitely want to buy a copy for yourself or for a loved one." - Neil Gaiman (Source)
The Black Ridge
Amongst the Cuillin of Skye
by Simon Ingram
"It felt like it was written for me." - Neil Gaiman (Source)
Trieste And The Meaning Of Nowhere
by Jan Morris
"The only one of [this author]'s books I ever loved." - Neil Gaiman (Source)
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