Man Who Was Thursday a Nightmare
G.K. Chesterton · 1908
”A police agent infiltrates the high council of anarchists in this glorious nightmare romp.”
Also recommended by: Tatiana Feltrin
Writer · American Gods, Sandman, Coraline
Books recommended by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is one of the most versatile and imaginative writers in contemporary English-language literature. Born in England, he built a career spanning comics, novels, short stories, screenplays, and children's literature — with works such as the Sandman series, American Gods, and Coraline, which established him as a central voice in fantasy and speculative fiction.
His reading recommendations reflect decades of immersion in mythology, folklore, classic science fiction, and genre literature. Gaiman is an outspoken bookworm and generous enthusiast: he tends to recommend both forgotten classics and personal discoveries, offering a curation that blends literary depth with pure narrative pleasure.
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Lord of Light
Roger Zelazny · 1967
”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.”
Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant
Works of Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens · 1853
”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.”
Archer's Goon
Diana Wynne Jones · 1992
”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.”
Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods
Catherynne M. Valente · 2022
”you’d almost definitely want to buy a copy for yourself or for a loved one.”
Alec
Eddie Campbell · 1989
”The best autobiography in comics form ever done, perhaps because that wasn't what he was trying to do.”
Trieste and the meaning of nowhere
Jan Morris · 2001
”The only one of Jan Morris's books I ever loved.”
The City We Became
N. K. Jemisin · 2019
”It is such a good book.”
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Susanna Clarke · 2004
”Like Jane Austen's huge lost fantasy novel about the return of magic to England.”
Black Ridge
Simon Ingram · 2010
”It felt like it was written for me.”
Bizarre romance
Audrey Niffenegger
”It's a wonderful book!”
London Labour and the London Poor
Henry Mayhew · 1851
”Like a big mad Dickens novel that just keeps going. Real life interviews with the Victorian working poor.”
How Do You Live?
Genzaburo Yoshino · 1937
”It's a wonderful book”
Horns
Joe Hill · 2010
”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.”