Neil Gaiman Recommended Books

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 City We Became

A Novel

by N. K. Jemisin

"It is such a good book." - Neil Gaiman (Source)

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)

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)

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)

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)