Order of Neil Gaiman Books
Neil Gaiman is an English author of fantasy, horror and science fiction novels, graphic novels, short stories, comic books, audiobooks and screenplays. He is best known for his Sandman comic book series. Gaiman became interested in comics when he saw an issue of Swamp Thing by Alan Moore at the Victoria Tube station in London. His literary influences include names such as C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Rudyard Kipling and many others.
Neil Gaiman became a published novelist in 1990, teaming up with Terry Pratchett to co-author Good Omens. His first published work was a Duran Duran biography in 1984. Below is a list of Neil Gaiman’s books (including his graphic novels) in order of when they were originally published (and in chronological order):
Publication Order of American Gods Books
| American Gods | (2001) |    |
| Anansi Boys | (2005) | |
| The Monarch of the Glen | (2016) | |
| Black Dog | (2016) | |
Chronological Order of American Gods Books
| American Gods | (2001) | |
| The Monarch of the Glen | (2016) | |
| Anansi Boys | (2005) | |
| Black Dog | (2016) | |
Publication Order of American Gods Graphic Novels
| American Gods, Volume 1 | (2018) | |
| American Gods, Volume 2 | (2019) | |
| American Gods, Volume 3 | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Sandman Graphic Novels
| Preludes and Nocturnes | (1989) | |
| The Doll's House | (1990) | |
| Dream Country | (1991) | |
| Season of Mists | (1992) | |
| A Game of You | (1993) | |
| Fables and Reflections | (1993) | |
| The Brief Lives | (1993) | |
| Worlds' End | (1995) | |
| The Wake | (1996) | |
| The Kindly Ones | (1996) | |
| The Dream Hunters | (1999) | |
| Endless Nights | (2003) | |
| Annotated Sandman Vol. 1 | (2011) | |
| Overture | (2015) | |
Publication Order of Sandman Non-Fiction Books
| Dustcovers: The Collected Sandman Covers, 1989-1997 | (1997) | |
| The Sandman Companion | (1999) | |
| The Quotable Sandman | (2001) | |
Publication Order of Babylon 5 Books
| In the Beginning | (1995) | |
| Thirdspace | (1998) | |
| Day of the Dead | (1998) | |
| A Call to Arms | (1998) | |
Publication Order of Best American Comics Books
| The Best American Comics 2010 | (2010) | |
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 Death Graphic Novels
| The High Cost of Living | (1993) | |
| Death Talks About Life | (1994) | |
| The Time of Your Life | (1997) | |
| The Absolute Death | (2009) | |
Publication Order of InterWorld Books
| InterWorld | (2007) | |
| The Silver Dream | (2013) | |
| Eternity's Wheel | (2015) | |
Publication Order of London Below Books
| Neverwhere | (1996) | |
| How the Marquis Got His Coat Back | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Marvel 1602 Books
| Marvel 1602 | (2003) | |
| Marvel 1602: New World | (2006) | |
| Marvel 1602: Fantastick Four | (2007) | |
Publication Order of Miracleman Graphic Novels
| The Golden Age | (1992) | |
| Apocrypha | (1993) | |
Publication Order of Neil Gaiman's Mr. Hero The Newmatic Man Books
(with James Vance)
| Neil Gaiman's Mr. Hero The Newmatic Man: The Complete Comics, Volume One | (2016) | |
| Neil Gaiman's Mr. Hero The Newmatic Man: The Complete Comics, Volume Two | (2017) | |
Publication Order of Spawn Graphic Novels
| Angela's Hunt | (1996) | |
Publication Order of Temps Books
(with Alex Stewart)
| Temps | (1991) | |
| Eurotemps | (1992) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Good Omens | (1990) | |
| Stardust | (1997) | |
| Coraline | (2002) | |
| The Graveyard Book | (2008) | |
| Odd and the Frost Giants | (2008) | |
| The Ocean at the End of the Lane | (2013) | |
| Fortunately, the Milk | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Black Dogby Neil Gaiman | (1796) | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | (1990) | |
| Troll Bridge | (1993) | |
| Shoggoth's Old Peculiar | (1998) | |
| October in the Chair | (2002) | |
| A Study in Emerald (in Shadows Over Baker Street) | (2003) | |
| The Problem of Susan | (2004) | |
| Hearts, Keys, and Puppetry | (2010) | |
| The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains | (2010) | |
| The Case of Death and Honey | (2011) | |
| The Sleeper and the Spindle | (2014) | |
| How to Talk to Girls at Parties | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Plays
| Two Plays for Voices | (2002) | |
| Beowulf: The Script Book | (2007) | |
Publication Order of Children's Books
| The Dangerous Alphabet | (2008) | |
| Blueberry Girl | (2009) | |
| Crazy Hair | (2009) | |
| Instructions | (2010) | |
| Cinnamon | (2017) | |
| Pirate Stew | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
(with)
| Violent Cases | (1987) | |
| Breakthrough | (1990) | |
| Black Orchid | (1990) | |
| Signal to Noise | (1992) | |
| Murder Mysteries | (1992) | |
| The Books of Magic | (1993) | |
| The Comical Tragedy or Tragical Comedy of Mr. Punch | (1994) | |
| Snow, Glass, Apples | (1995) | |
| Spawn: Angela's Hunt | (1995) | |
| Neil Gaiman's Wheel of Worlds | (1996) | |
| The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish | (1996) | |
| The Last Temptation | (1997) | |
| The Compleat Alice Cooper | (1997) | |
| Stardust | (1998) | |
| Only the End of the World Again | (2000) | |
| Creatures of the Night | (2000) | |
| Harlequin Valentine | (2001) | |
| The Wolves in the Walls | (2003) | |
| The Matrix Comics, Vol. 1 | (2003) | |
| A Study in Emerald | (2004) | |
| MirrorMask | (2005) | |
| Melinda | (2005) | |
| Eternals | (2006) | |
| The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch | (2007) | |
| Coraline | (2008) | |
| Hansel and Gretel | (2014) | |
| Free Country: A Tale of The Children's Crusade | (2015) | |
| The DC Universe By Neil Gaiman | (2016) | |
| Troll Bridge | (2016) | |
| Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire | (2017) | |
| The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel | (2017) | |
| Likely Stories | (2018) | |
| Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams | (2020) | |
| Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame | (2020) | |
| Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? | (2020) | |
| Chivalry | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Angels and Visitations: A Miscellany | (1989) | |
| Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions | (1998) | |
| Midnight Days | (1999) | |
| Adventures in the Dream Trade | (2002) | |
| Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things That Aren't As Scary | (2005) | |
| Fragile Things | (2006) | |
| M is for Magic | (2007) | |
| Coraline and Other Stories | (2009) | |
| Sweet Justice: Selected Short Stories from the 2000 AD and Judge Dredd Annuals | (2011) | |
| Trigger Warning | (2015) | |
| Norse Mythology | (2017) | |
| The Problem of Susan and Other Stories | (2019) | |
| The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Duran Duran | (1984) | |
| Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion | (1987) | |
| Art of Vampire: The Masquerade | (2000) | |
| A Walking Tour of the Shambles | (2002) | |
| Make Good Art | (2013) | |
| The View from the Cheap Seats | (2016) | |
| The Neil Gaiman Coloring Book | (2017) | |
| Art Matters | (2018) | |
| The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
| Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction | (2007) | |
| The Influence of Star Trek on Television, Film and Culture | (2007) | |
| H. Beam Piper: A Biography | (2008) | |
| Science Fiction and the Two Cultures: Essays on Bridging the Gap Between the Sciences and the Humanities | (2009) | |
| The Science of Fiction and the Fiction of Science: Collected Essays on SF Storytelling and the Gnostic Imagination | (2009) | |
| The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction | (2009) | |
| Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future: Essays on Foresight and Fallacy | (2011) | |
| Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future: Essays on Foresight and Fallacy | (2011) | |
| The Heritage of Heinlein: A Critical Reading of the Fiction | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Rhysling Anthology Books
| The 2017 Rhysling Anthology: The best science fiction, fantasy & horror poetry of 2016 selected by the Science Fiction Poetry Association | (2017) | |
| The 2019 Rhysling Anthology: The best science fiction, fantasy & horror poetry of 2018 selected by the Science Fiction Poetry Association | (2019) | |
Publication Order of The Mythic Fiction Anthology Books
| The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest | (2002) | |
| The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm | (2004) | |
| The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People | (2009) | |
Publication Order of Year's Best Fantasy Books
| Year's Best Fantasy | (2001) | |
| Year's Best Fantasy | (2001) | |
| Year's Best Fantasy 2 | (2002) | |
| Year's Best Fantasy 3 | (2003) | |
| Year's Best Fantasy 4 | (2004) | |
| Year's Best Fantasy 5 | (2005) | |
| Year's Best Fantasy 6 | (2006) | |
| Year's Best Fantasy 7 | (2007) | |
| Year's Best Fantasy 8 | (2008) | |
| Year's Best Fantasy 9 | (2009) | |
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Publication Order of Rudyard Kipling Short Story Collections
| The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Stories | (1888) | |
| Plain Tales from the Hills | (1888) | |
| Life's Handicap | (1891) | |
| Barrack-Room Ballads | (1893) | |
| Many Inventions | (1893) | |
| Soldiers Three | (1899) | |
| Just So Stories | (1902) | |
| The Five Nations | (1903) | |
| Traffics and Discoveries | (1904) | |
| Kipling Poems | (1907) | |
| The Day's Work | (1908) | |
| Actions and Reactions | (1909) | |
| Sea Warfare | (1916) | |
| A Diversity of Creatures | (1917) | |
| The Eyes of Asia | (1919) | |
| Rudyard Kipling's Verse: Inclusive Edition, 1885-1918 | (1923) | |
| The Man Who Was | (1924) | |
| Debits And Credits | (1926) | |
| Limits And Renewals | (1932) | |
| All The Mowgli Stories | (1933) | |
| Phantoms and Fantasies | (1965) | |
| Complete Verse | (1972) | |
| Kiplings Science Fiction | (1987) | |
| The Complete Supernatural Stories of Rudyard Kipling | (1987) | |
| Kipling's Fantasy Stories | (1992) | |
| The Science Fiction Stories of Rudyard Kipling | (1994) | |
| Selected Stories of Rudyard Kipling | (1999) | |
| The Mark of the Beast and Other Horror Tales | (2000) | |
| The Elephant, The Hare And The Black Cobra | (2003) | |
| Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages | (2005) | |
| Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror and Fantasy | (2008) | |
| Ten Stories | (2017) | |
| The Adventures of Mowgli: Stories from the Jungle Book | (2018) | |
Publication Order of Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Anthology Books
| Best New Horror 3 | (1992) | |
| The Giant Book of Best New Horror | (1993) | |
| Best New Horror 4 | (1993) | |
| Best New Horror 5 | (1994) | |
| Best New Horror 6 | (1995) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7 | (1996) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 8 | (1997) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 9 | (1998) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10 | (1999) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11 | (2000) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #12 | (2001) | |
| Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 13 | (2002) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15 | (2004) | |
| Best New Horror 17 | (2006) | |
| Best New Horror 21 | (2010) | |
| Best New Horror 22 | (2011) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Body Horror | (2012) | |
| Best New Horror 23 | (2012) | |
| Best New Horror 25 | (2014) | |
| Best New Horror #26 | (2015) | |
| Best New Horror 27 | (2017) | |
| Best New Horror 28 | (2018) | |
| Best New Horror 29 | (2019) | |
| The Best of Best New Horror, Volume One | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Doctor Who Anthologies
(with Eoin Colfer, Justin Richards, Malorie Blackman, Derek Landy, Alex Scarrow, Richelle Mead, Patrick Ness, Philip Reeve, , Michael Scott, Stephen Cole, Jacqueline Rayner)
| More Short Trips | (1999) | |
| Short Trips and Side Steps | (2000) | |
| The Doctor Who Stories | (2009) | |
| Summer Falls and Other Stories | (2013) | |
| Doctor Who: 11 Doctors, 11 Stories | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Fantasy Tales Books
| Fantasy Tales 1 | (1989) | |
| Fantasy Tales 2 | (1990) | |
| Fantasy Tales 3 | (1990) | |
| Fantasy Tales 4 | (1990) | |
| Fantasy Tales 5 | (1990) | |
| Fantasy Tales 6 | (1991) | |
| Fantasy Tales 7 | (1991) | |
Publication Order of Futuredaze Books
| Futuredaze: An Anthology of YA Science Fiction | (2013) | |
| Futuredaze 2: Reprise | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Shadow Show: Stories In Celebration of Ray Bradbury Books
| Shadow Show: Stories In Celebration of Ray Bradbury | (2015) | |
Publication Order of Norse Mythology: The Graphic Novels Books
(with P. Craig Russell)
| Norse Mythology, Vol. 1 | (2021) | |
| Norse Mythology, Vol. 2 | (2022) | |
| Norse Mythology Volume 3 | (2023) | |
Publication Order of Legends Books
(with Diana Gabaldon, Terry Pratchett, Anne McCaffrey, Tad Williams, George R.R. Martin, Orson Scott Card, Robert Jordan, Terry Brooks, Robert Silverberg, Ursula K. Le Guin, Elizabeth Haydon)
| Legends | (1998) | |
| Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King | (1998) | |
| Legends 3 | (1999) | |
Publication Order of Death of the Endless Books
| Death: The Deluxe Edition | (2012) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Ghastly Beyond Belief | (1985) | |
| Gaslight & Ghosts | (1988) | |
| Now We Are Sick | (1991) | |
| The Weerde, Book 1 | (1992) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Vampires | (1992) | |
| Touch Wood | (1993) | |
| Snow White, Blood Red | (1993) | |
| The Weerde, Book 2 | (1993) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men / The Mammoth Book of Werewolves | (1994) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventh Annual Collection | (1994) | |
| Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears | (1995) | |
| Giant Book of Fantasy Tales | (1996) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7 | (1996) | |
| The Sandman: Book of Dreams | (1996) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Tenth Annual Collection | (1996) | |
| Dark Terrors 3 | (1997) | |
| Dark Terrors 4 | (1998) | |
| In the Shadow of the Gargoyle | (1998) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10 | (1999) | |
| Silver Birch, Blood Moon | (1999) | |
| Dark Detectives | (1999) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11 | (2000) | |
| Bento: Story Art Box | (2001) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourteenth Annual Collection | (2001) | |
| The Writer's Guide to Fantasy Literature | (2002) | |
| Keep Out The Night | (2002) | |
| 9-11, Volume 2 | (2002) | |
| Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores | (2002) | |
| The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases | (2003) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14 | (2003) | |
| It Was a Dark and Silly Night... | (2003) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection | (2003) | |
| Shadows Over Baker Street | (2003) | |
| The Mammoth Book of New Terror | (2004) | |
| New Magics | (2004) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection | (2004) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15 | (2004) | |
| Best New Horror 16 | (2005) | |
| Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror | (2006) | |
| Big Fat Little Lit | (2006) | |
| Wizards / Dark Alchemy | (2007) | |
| Brothers & Beasts | (2007) | |
| The British Invasion, Volume 1 | (2007) | |
| Best New Horror 19 | (2008) | |
| Smoke and Mirrors | (2009) | |
| Best New Horror 20 | (2009) | |
| Ravens in the Library: Magic in the Bard's Name | (2009) | |
| Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance | (2009) | |
| Half-Minute Horrors | (2009) | |
| Hellbound Hearts | (2009) | |
| Stories: All New Tales | (2010) | |
| The End of the World: Stories of the Apocalypse | (2010) | |
| My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales | (2010) | |
| Zombies: The Recent Dead | (2010) | |
| Songs of Love and Death | (2010) | |
| Visitants | (2010) | |
| Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead | (2011) | |
| Happily Ever After | (2011) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons | (2011) | |
| The Urban Fantasy Anthology | (2011) | |
| Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed | (2011) | |
| A Study in Sherlock | (2011) | |
| The Recent Weird | (2011) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Body Horror | (2012) | |
| Witches: Wicked, Wild & Wonderful | (2012) | |
| Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury | (2012) | |
| Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron | (2012) | |
| Ghosts: Recent Hauntings | (2012) | |
| Psychos: Serial Killers, Depraved Madmen, and the Criminally Insane | (2012) | |
| The Book of Cthulhu II | (2012) | |
| All Star Future Shocks | (2013) | |
| Weird Detectives | (2013) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime Volume 10. | (2013) | |
| Unnatural Creatures | (2013) | |
| Selected Shorts: Behaving Badly | (2013) | |
| Fearie Tales | (2013) | |
| Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013 | (2013) | |
| Best New Horror 24 | (2013) | |
| Mister October, Volume I: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala | (2013) | |
| Doctor Who: 11 Doctors, 11 Stories | (2013) | |
| Best New Horror 25 | (2014) | |
| OxCrimes: 27 Killer Stories from the Cream of Crimewriters | (2014) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six | (2014) | |
| Rogues | (2014) | |
| The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition | (2014) | |
| Zombies: More Recent Dead | (2014) | |
| Doctor Who: 12 Doctors, 12 Stories | (2014) | |
| Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep | (2015) | |
| Shadow Show: Stories In Celebration of Ray Bradbury | (2015) | |
| Unidentified Funny Objects 4 | (2015) | |
| Gutted | (2016) | |
| Darker Terrors 7 | (2016) | |
| The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight | (2016) | |
| Last Night, a Superhero Saved My Life | (2016) | |
| Best New Horror 27 | (2017) | |
| The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories | (2017) | |
| Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders | (2017) | |
| The Best of Uncanny | (2018) | |
| Fables from the Fountain | (2018) | |
| Where We Live: Las Vegas Shooting Benefit Anthology | (2018) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories | (2018) | |
| The Best of the Best Horror of the Year | (2018) | |
| Fantastic Tales of Terror: History's Darkest Secrets | (2018) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories | (2019) | |
| Doctor Who: Thirteen Doctors, 13 Stories | (2019) | |
| Mythic Journeys: Retold Myths and Legends | (2019) | |
| Terrifying Tales to Tell at Night | (2019) | |
| Dark Tides | (2019) | |
| War on Christmas | (2020) | |
| Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases | (2020) | |
| Marvel Comics #1000 | (2020) | |
| Relics, Wrecks and Ruins | (2021) | |
| Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes | (2022) | |
| Black is the Night: Stories inspired by Cornell Woolrich | (2022) | |
| Twice Cursed | (2023) | |
| Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering | (2024) | |
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Notes: Book of Dreams is co-edited with Ed Kramer. The Sandman Companion was written by Hy Bender, based on Neil Gaiman’s work. The InterWorld series is co-authored with Michael Reaves (Eternity’s Wheel was also written by Mallory Reaves). Good Omens is co-authored with Terry Pratchett. Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things… also contains contributions from Jonathan Safran Foer, Nick Hornby and Jon Scieszka. Sweet Justice also contains contributions by Dan Abnett, Alan Grant, Andy Lanning, Mark Millar, Peter Millgan and Ian Rimmer. All Star Future Shocks is co-authored by Simon Furman, Alan Grant, Mark Millar, Peter Milligan and Grant Morrison. The play Murder Mysteries is co-authored with P. Craig Russell. A Walking Tour of the Shambles was co-authored with Gene Wolfe.
The anthology Ghastly Beyond Belief was edited with Kim Newman. The anthologies Temps and Euro Temps were co-edited by Alex Stewart. The Werde Book 1 was edited with Mary Gentle and Roz Kaveney. Now We Are Sick was edited with Stephen Jones.
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