Gaiman, Neil

Anansi boys by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
167 editions published between 2001 and 2014 in 7 languages and held by 8,806 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
His past marked by his father's embarrassing taunts and untimely death, Fat Charlie meets the brother he never knew and is introduced to new and exciting ways to spend his time

The graveyard book by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
51 editions published between 2005 and 2014 in English and held by 7,503 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own

Coraline by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
148 editions published between 2002 and 2014 in 17 languages and held by 6,362 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others

Stardust by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
102 editions published between 1998 and 2014 in 7 languages and held by 4,692 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of young Tristran Thorn and his adventures in the land of Faerie. He has fallen in love with beautiful Victoria Forester and in order to win her hand, he must retrieve a fallen star and deliver it to her. Young adult

Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
19 editions published between 2008 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,262 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An unlucky twelve-year-old Norwegian boy named Odd leads the Norse gods Loki, Thor, and Odin in an attempt to outwit evil Frost Giants who have taken over Asgard

The ocean at the end of the lane by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
34 editions published between 2013 and 2014 in English and held by 3,562 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
It began for our narrator forty years ago when the family lodger stole their car and committed suicide in it, stirring up ancient powers best left undisturbed. Dark creatures from beyond the world are on the loose, and it will take everything our narrator has just to stay alive: there is primal horror here, and menace unleashed - within his family and from the forces that have gathered to destroy it. His only defense is three women, on a farm at the end of the lane. The youngest of them claims that her duckpond is ocean. The oldest can remember the Big Bang

Good omens : the nice and accurate prophecies of Agnes Nutter, witch : a novel by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
69 editions published between 1990 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,310 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An amiably zany novel of religious and social satire featuring a devil and an angel who join forces to prevent Armageddon (which would spoil their comfortable life-styles) by chasing down the Antichrist, a nice but invulnerable 11-year-old boy

The Sandman : the kindly ones by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
79 editions published between 1990 and 2012 in English and German and held by 3,259 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A mother's desire for revenge over her kidnapped child sets the Kindly Ones (known also as The Furies) on the trail of Dream of the Endless. What they set in motion will demand a huge sacrifice before all is said and done

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
71 editions published between 1996 and 2014 in 5 languages and held by 3,109 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A man goes to the aid of woman pursued by assassins and discovers an alternative City of London, a subterranean, medieval world populated by "people who fell through the cracks" from the real city above. A fantasy tale, replete with demons and wizards. By the author of The Sandman

Beowulf by Robert Zemeckis ( Visual )
19 editions published between 2008 and 2013 in English and Spanish and held by 2,162 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is not your high school teacher's Old English epic poem, but a motion-capture animated film. In the age of heroes comes the mightiest warrior of them all, Beowulf, to aid King Hrothgar by slaying the monster Grendel. The troubled Danish kingdom has been bedeviled by the demon for years, but in killing him, Beowulf incurs the undying wrath of the beast's ruthlessly seductive mother. After killing her, Beowulf returns to the castle and becomes king. Years pass, and all seems well. Is the age of demons finally over? Before he dies, however, Beowulf must face his past weakness and expiate his sins--if his kingdom is to survive