Books like The Ocean at the End of the Lane
If you liked The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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The Graveyard Book
Because also by Neil Gaiman; shares tags: fantasy, horror.
A toddler escapes the murder of his family and is raised by ghosts in a graveyard, learning from the dead while the killer who hunts him…
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Coraline
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.
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The Green Mile
Because shares tags: horror, fantasy.
Guard Paul Edgecombe watches John Coffey show healing miracles on death row in 1932 Louisiana.
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Kafka on the Shore
Because shares tags: magical realism, 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.
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The Gunslinger
Because shares tags: fantasy, horror.
Roland chases the man in black across desert to the tower, losing Jake and learning ka is a wheel.
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Because shares tags: fantasy, horror.
Jacob Portman finds his grandfather dead in the woods, follows a cryptic letter to a ruined orphanage in Wales, and meets children living…
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Stardust
Because also by Neil Gaiman; shares tag: fantasy.
Tristran Thorn climbs over the wall of Wall to fetch a fallen star and finds Yvaine, witches, and princes hunting her.
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Neverwhere
Because also by Neil Gaiman; shares tag: fantasy.
Richard Mayhew helps a bleeding girl in London and slips into London Below, a hidden city of killers, bargains and angels.
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American Gods
Because also by Neil Gaiman; shares tag: fantasy.
Shadow Moon leaves prison to work for Mr Wednesday and gets pulled into war between old gods and new.
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Words of Radiance
Because shares tag: fantasy.
Kaladin guards Dalinar, Shallan hunts Urithiru, and the Everstorm gathers.
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The Raven Boys
Because shares tag: fantasy.
Blue Sargent joins four Aglionby boys hunting a Welsh king on a Virginia ley line.
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The Outsider
Because shares tag: horror.
Coach Terry Maitland's DNA and witnesses point to an impossible murder, until Ralph Anderson and Holly Gibney trace it to El Cuco.
