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Books like Neverwhere
The best books like Neverwhere are American Gods, The Power of Myth, and The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman is about invisibility and marginalization, urban mythology, ordinary life versus the extraordinary. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- American Gods
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Neil Gaiman · Fantasy
American Gods opens with Shadow Moon, a man released from prison days early because his wife has died in a car accident.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - The Power of Myth
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Joseph Campbell · Philosophy
The Power of Myth is the transcript of six hours of conversations between Joseph Campbell and journalist Bill Moyers, filmed at George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch in 1985 and 1986 and broadcast on PBS in 1988, shortly after Campbell's death.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - The Hero with a Thousand Faces
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Joseph Campbell · Philosophy
The Hero with a Thousand Faces, first published in 1949, is Joseph Campbell's account of the monomyth — his term for the single underlying story structure that, he argues, appears across the world's mythologies, folk tales, and religious narratives.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
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Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard · Science
Suzanne Simard is the forest ecologist who discovered that trees communicate and share resources through underground mycorrhizal fungal networks — the research that gave rise to the concept of the "mother tree" and, at several removes, Peter Wohlleben's popular writing on the subject.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - Stardust
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Neil Gaiman · Fantasy
Stardust begins with a simple bargain: young Tristran Thorn promises a girl he fancies that he will bring her a fallen star, and to find it he must cross the wall at the edge of his English village into Faerie.
Both dig into identity and transformation.
Read the summary → - The Midnight Sun
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Stephenie Meyer · Fantasy
Midnight Sun is Stephenie Meyer's retelling of Twilight (2005) from the perspective of Edward Cullen, the vampire who falls in love with Bella Swan in a small Washington town.
Both dig into identity and transformation.
Read the summary → - Uprooted
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Naomi Novik · Fantasy
Uprooted is a standalone fantasy novel inspired by Polish folklore.
Both dig into identity and transformation.
Read the summary → - The Stars My Destination
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Alfred Bester · Science fiction
Gully Foyle is the worst kind of man: stupid, brutal, and totally without ambition — until the day a passing spaceship fails to rescue him from a wrecked hulk where he has survived alone for months.
Both dig into identity and transformation.
Read the summary → - A Court of Mist and Fury
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Sarah J. Maas · Fantasy
A Court of Mist and Fury begins where A Court of Thorns and Roses ended: Feyre is back in the Spring Court with Tamlin, but she is not the same person who left.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - A Court of Thorns and Roses
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Sarah J. Maas · Fantasy
Feyre Archeron is nineteen, hunting in winter to feed her family, when she kills a wolf in the forest and is taken by a creature from Prythian — the land of the fae — as payment for a life.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - A Darker Shade of Magic
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V.E. Schwab · Fantasy
A Darker Shade of Magic is set across four parallel versions of London — Red, Grey, White, and the long-destroyed Black — each existing in the same location but separated by the barriers between worlds.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - A Game of Thrones
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George R.R. Martin · Fantasy
A Game of Thrones is the first volume of George R.R.
A kindred fantasy read.
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Books like Neverwhere: quick answers
What are the best books like Neverwhere?
The best books like Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman are American Gods by Neil Gaiman, The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard, Stardust by Neil Gaiman, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Neverwhere, such as invisibility and marginalization, urban mythology, ordinary life versus the extraordinary.
What should I read after Neverwhere?
A natural next read after Neverwhere is American Gods by Neil Gaiman. A kindred fantasy read. Other strong choices are The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard.
What books are similar to Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman?
Neverwhere centers on invisibility and marginalization, urban mythology, ordinary life versus the extraordinary. Books with a similar feel include American Gods by Neil Gaiman, The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard, Stardust by Neil Gaiman, The Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
