Neil Gaiman Books In Order

Neil Gaiman is an English author of novels, short fiction, comics and screenplays, born in Portchester, Hampshire, in 1960. His best-known works include the comic series “The Sandman” and the novels “American Gods”, “Coraline”, “The Graveyard Book” and “Good Omens”, the last written with Terry Pratchett.

Gaiman worked as a journalist in the early 1980s, and his first book was a 1984 biography of the band Duran Duran. Alan Moore taught him how to write comic scripts, and after the limited series “Black Orchid” for DC Comics, editor Karen Berger asked him to rework an old character, the Sandman. “The Sandman” ran for 75 issues from 1989 to 1996. It follows Dream, also known as Morpheus, and became one of DC’s top-selling titles.

Many of his books have been filmed, among them “Stardust” (2007) and “Coraline” (2009). “American Gods” became a television series in 2017, and Gaiman co-created the television versions of “Good Omens” (2019) and “The Sandman” (2022). He also wrote two episodes of “Doctor Who”, and the first, “The Doctor’s Wife”, won a Hugo Award in 2012. His most recent book listed here is the illustrated poem “What You Need to Be Warm” (2023).

Many of his books have been filmed, among them “Stardust” (2007) and “Coraline” (2009). “American Gods” became a television series in 2017, and Gaiman co-created the television versions of “Good Omens” (2019) and “The Sandman” (2022). He also wrote two episodes of “Doctor Who”, and the first, “The Doctor’s Wife”, won a Hugo Award in 2012.

Publication Order of The Sandman Books

Preludes and Nocturnes	1991
The Doll’s House	1990
Dream Country	1991
Season of Mists	1992
A Game of You	1993
Fables and Reflections	1993
Brief Lives	1994
Worlds’ End	1995
The Kindly Ones	1996
The Wake	1997
The Dream Hunters	1999
Endless Nights	2003
Overture	2015

Publication Order of American Gods Books

American Gods	2001
Anansi Boys	2005

Publication Order of InterWorld Books

InterWorld (With: Michael Reaves)	2007
The Silver Dream (With: Michael Reaves, Mallory Reaves)	2013
Eternity’s Wheel (With: Michael Reaves, Mallory Reaves)	2015

Publication Order of Chu Books

Chu’s Day	2013
Chu’s First Day of School	2014
Chu’s Day at the Beach	2015

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Good Omens (With: Terry Pratchett)	1990
Neverwhere	1996
Stardust	1999
Coraline	2002
The Graveyard Book	2008
The Ocean at the End of the Lane	2013

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Angels and Visitations	1993
Smoke and Mirrors	1998
Fragile Things	2006
M Is for Magic	2007
Trigger Warning	2015
Norse Mythology	2017

Publication Order of Children’s Books

The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish	1997
The Wolves in the Walls	2003
MirrorMask	2005
Odd and the Frost Giants	2008
The Dangerous Alphabet	2008
Blueberry Girl	2009
Crazy Hair	2009
Instructions	2010
Fortunately, the Milk	2013
Hansel and Gretel	2014
The Sleeper and the Spindle	2014
Cinnamon	2017
Pirate Stew	2020
What You Need to Be Warm	2023

Publication Order of Graphic Novels

Violent Cases	1987
Black Orchid	1991
Signal to Noise	1992
Miracleman: The Golden Age (With: Mark Buckingham)	1992
The Books of Magic	1993
Death: The High Cost of Living	1993
The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch	1994
Death: The Time of Your Life	1996
Harlequin Valentine	2001
Marvel 1602	2004
Eternals	2007
Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?	2009
Miracleman: The Silver Age (With: Mark Buckingham)	2024

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Duran Duran: The First Four Years of the Fab Five	1984
Ghastly Beyond Belief (With: Kim Newman)	1985
Don’t Panic: The Official Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Companion	1988
Adventures in the Dream Trade	2002
Make Good Art	2013
The View from the Cheap Seats	2016
Art Matters	2018

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