Neil Gaiman fans

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Which books of his would you recommend starting with?

First thought was Neverwhere.

Mine too.

Agree

Stardust also good

Neverwhere is great. Good Omens (which is him & Terry Pratchett) is fab - funny & clever. I still love the Sandman comics especially The Season of Mists.

Personally I'd avoid 'the Ocean at the End of the Lane' which is almost his most famous book (as opposed to comic) but I think the least like the rest of his writing and is too whimsical for me.

I'm listening to audiobooks rather than actual reading atm but I have really enjoyed good omens and currently listening to Samdman.

Thanks all, Neverwhere and Good Omens it is

The one set in the Graveyard - Nobody?

The Graveyard Book is good and now a Y7 set text in some schools.
Good Omens is lovely and funny and the TV series was wonderfully true to it.
Stardust is a wonderful illustrated novel and there's a good film of it.

Some of the short stories are too gruesome for me (rather Poppy Z Brite). However the Sandman graphic novels are amazing and the only comics I've managed to enjoy, even though I needed the Sandman Companion to understand some of it.

Neverwhere
Stardust
Coraline
The Graveyard Book
Good Omens
Anansi Boys
American Gods

Stardust
The Ocean At The end of The Lane. (My favourite)

@ShakeaHettyFeather I loved Stardust, the film, I didn't realise he wrote it..

Thanks all

His Sandman graphic novels are amazing.

I was literally having this conversation earlier as to which book to start with as I've never read one but I think I would enjoy them based on the adaptations I've seen.

Never where because it's amazing.

Richard Richard Mayhew dick?

Neverwhere, American Gods, Stardust.

I couldn’t stand Ocean, really loathed it sadly.

I found Ocean weirdly quite scary - there was something really claustrophobic about it.

I wouldn’t do American Gods first - it IS amazing - but I think you get more from it if you’ve read something like Neverwhere first, possibly because Neverwhere is set in London and it’s more familiar/feels easier.

Thanks all. I've just finished Neverwhere and loved it. It was an exciting romp with great characters and clever twists of language that made me smile a lot..

American gods was the first book I read by him and I found it to be a fantastic and gripping read