Neil Gaiman

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theladiesofhistory said to quoted-books: Oh, I’d love some recommendations too! I’m a huge Neil Gaiman fan and usually avoid YA. Anything with a female lead is 👌🏻

I do love Neil Gaiman! I love listening to American Gods especially his intro- I think he would be a fascinating author to have a conversation with! Here are some books that I think would be worth you looking into to see if they interest you or if you have read them before!

I hope you don’t mind- I’m going to split this one up over two days as I’ve never done a readalike for Neil Gaiman! So today shall be books that are related to loving him and tomorrow I’ll post some strong female leads that may interest you as well! :)

1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke - Gaiman, himself, wrote an article about why he loves it so much. You can find that here if you are interested!

2. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett -This is a bit of a cheat, but I think Pratchett has some quirky tendencies in his own books much like Gaiman…this is a good one to start with to see if you like Pratchett’s style as they wrote it together! I love it!

3. The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

4. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

5. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

6. The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton - one of Gaiman’s inspirations

Thanks for the question! I love getting them! Happy reading!

Lauren

An excellent selection.