Gaiman, Neil

The graveyard book by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
78 editions published between 2005 and 2012 in 13 languages and held by 7,851 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 )
93 editions published between 2002 and 2013 in 13 languages and held by 6,114 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

American gods : a novel by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
75 editions published between 2001 and 2013 in 14 languages and held by 4,464 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Upon his release from prison, a widower accepts a job as a bodyguard and joins the battle between the gods of yore and the neoteric gods of present-day America

Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
19 editions published between 2008 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 4,247 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

Anansi boys by Neil Gaiman ( )
44 editions published between 2005 and 2009 in 7 languages and held by 4,158 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 )
50 editions published between 1990 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,049 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

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
56 editions published between 1996 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 2,970 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 ocean at the end of the lane by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
27 editions published between 2013 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 2,681 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

Stardust by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
69 editions published between 1998 and 2013 in 7 languages and held by 2,664 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the quiet English hamlet of Wall, Tristran Thorn embarks on a remarkable journey through the world of Faerie to recover a fallen star for his lover, the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester

The Sandman : the kindly ones by Neil Gaiman ( Book )
41 editions published between 1990 and 2010 in English and German and held by 2,368 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