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Books like The Graveyard Book

If you liked The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. The Ocean at the End of the Lane

    Neil Gaiman · 2013

    Because also by Neil Gaiman; shares tags: fantasy, horror.

    A man recalls age seven when a lodger's suicide let hunger birds in, and Lettie Hempstock saved him.

  2. Coraline

    Neil Gaiman · 2002

    Because also by Neil Gaiman; shares tags: horror, fantasy.

    Coraline finds a door to a better version of home, ruled by the Other Mother with button eyes.

  3. The Green Mile

    Stephen King · 1996

    Because shares tags: horror, fantasy.

    Guard Paul Edgecombe watches John Coffey show healing miracles on death row in 1932 Louisiana.

  4. Assassin's Apprentice

    Robin Hobb · 1995 · Farseer Trilogy #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, coming of age.

    Bastard Fitz trains Skill Wit as assassin for Buckkeep.

  5. The Red Pyramid

    Rick Riordan · 2010 · The Kane Chronicles #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, middle grade.

    Siblings Carter and Sadie Kane wake the Egyptian gods and must stop Set from destroying the world.

  6. Kafka on the Shore

    Haruki Murakami · 2002

    Because shares tags: coming of age, fantasy.

    Fifteen year old Kafka Tamura flees Tokyo while old Nakata, who talks to cats, drifts toward the same library town in Shikoku in parallel.

  7. Artemis Fowl

    Eoin Colfer · 2001 · Artemis Fowl #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, middle grade.

    Twelve-year-old crime heir Artemis Fowl kidnaps fairy officer Holly Short for gold, triggering a siege at Fowl Manor with time-stops,…

  8. The Son of Neptune

    Rick Riordan · 2011 · The Heroes of Olympus #2

    Because shares tags: fantasy, middle grade.

    Amnesiac Percy wakes at Camp Jupiter and quests to Alaska with Hazel and Frank to free Thanatos.

  9. The Mark of Athena

    Rick Riordan · 2012 · The Heroes of Olympus #3

    Because shares tags: fantasy, middle grade.

    Seven demigods sail for Rome where Annabeth must follow the Mark to the Athena Parthenos alone.

  10. The Gunslinger

    Stephen King · 1982 · The Dark Tower #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, horror.

    Roland chases the man in black across desert to the tower, losing Jake and learning ka is a wheel.

  11. The Titan's Curse

    Rick Riordan · 2007 · Percy Jackson and the Olympians #3

    Because shares tags: fantasy, middle grade.

    Percy joins a winter quest to save Annabeth and Artemis with Thalia, Grover, Bianca and Zoe, facing Atlas and Luke under a hard Oracle…

  12. The Sea of Monsters

    Rick Riordan · 2006 · Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2

    Because shares tags: fantasy, middle grade.

    Percy returns for a second summer as Camp Half-Blood loses its borders, Tyson is claimed as his brother, and the Golden Fleece waits past…

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