Gaiman, Neil

The graveyard book by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
74 editions published between 2005 and 2012 in 10 languages and held by 7,727 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 )
141 editions published between 2002 and 2013 in 17 languages and held by 6,226 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

Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
24 editions published between 2008 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 4,254 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

Stardust by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
72 editions published between 1998 and 2013 in English and Portuguese and held by 4,238 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

American gods : a novel by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
63 editions published between 2001 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,148 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A master of inventive fiction pens the story of an ex-con who is offered a job as a bodyguard for Mr. Wednesday, a trickster and a rogue. Shadow soon learns that his role in the man's schemes are far more dangerous and dark than he could have ever imagined

Anansi boys by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
47 editions published between 2005 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 4,054 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

Good omens : the nice and accurate prophecies of Agnes Nutter, witch : a novel by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
57 editions published between 1990 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,015 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 ocean at the end of the lane by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
27 editions published between 2013 and 2014 in English and Czech and held by 2,909 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

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
55 editions published between 1996 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 2,890 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

The Sandman : the kindly ones by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
56 editions published between 1990 and 2010 in English and German and held by 2,539 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