Gaiman, however, added a never-before-published story called “Black Dog” that was written exclusively for the book. Like most of his other books that are collections of short fiction stories, Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances is full of reprints from other sources. Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances The book is a favorite of many of his fans and is highly recommended to those who are interested in reading his work for the first time.ġ4. One thing that is constant in the short fiction stories is that they accurately bring to light Gaiman’s stellar imagination and his ability to illuminate the real and the fantastic. Selected from previously published works, M Is for Magic is a collection of eleven child-friendly stories by Neil Gaiman. List of Must Read Books By Neil Gaiman 15.
Including the aforementioned books, here are other works by Gaiman that we highly recommend you read. For The Graveyard Book, he became the first author to win both the Newbery and Carnegie medals for the same work. Gaiman is the author of novels like Stardust, American Gods, The Graveyard Book, and Coraline which have earned him numerous literary awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner awards. The renowned English writer began his career as a journalist before writing comic books and then becoming a New York Times bestselling author of novels. I adored this book and am so glad I bought it for my little cousin for Christmas.An excellent and imaginative writer described as one of the most entertaining storytellers of our time, no true fan of literary works in the fantasy, science fiction, horror, dark fantasy, and comedy genres would not have read any book by Neil Gaiman.
But it is definitely one of those books kids will enjoy reading over and over. Fine for kids who are happy to roll with a story, but not so much for the ones who want to know ‘why’ on every page. The only criticism I have is that in a couple of places the time travel elements were a little tricky to understand. The illustrations are exceptional, Chris Riddle seems to have a tap directly into Gaiman’s brain!
Kids will love the absurdity of it, and the knowing eyeroll they can have at the expense of clueless parents, while adults can laugh at the popular references and humour. There is so much to like about this book. The story is like ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ for the under 8’s and in 50 pages. The plot follows ‘Dad’ who goes out to get the milk and gets way-laid by aliens, disrupts the space/time continuim, takes a balloon ride with a talking stegosaurus, meets pirates and vamipes and Aztecs, and saves the world from remodelling. A delightfully whimsical tale that will delight young readers and adults alike.
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