Neil Gaiman: What Are Your Favorite Books?

Neil Gaiman gave a list of some of his favorite books on BN's site to promote the new 2-in-1 volume of American Gods and Ananzi Boys.  The List:

"The Biography of Manuel by James Branch Cabell -- Eighteen volumes of beautiful, worldly, wise writing by a forgotten American master.

The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe -- The best science fiction novel of the last century.

Lud in the... Mist by Hope Mirrlees -- My favourite fairy tale/detective novel/history/fantasy.

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa by Jan Potock -- A labyrinth inside a maze; also a wonderful film.

Viriconium by M John Harrison -- I could pick any Harrison book, though. It could as easily be Light, his recent sci-fi novel, or Climbers, his astounding mainstream novel. He's a master of prose and ideas.

Codex Seraphinianus by Luigo Serafini -- A guide to an alien world, in an alien language. The strangest book I own.

A Humument by Tom Phillips -- In which an artist works into a Victorian novel to create something perfectly new.

Archer's Goon by Diana Wynne Jones -- The best writer of magical children's fiction of our generation. I don't know if this is the best of her novels, but it's my favourite.

Nine Hundred Grandmothers by R.A. Lafferty -- The funniest, oddest short stories in this or any other world.

The Complete Newgate Calenda -- One of those books, like Henry Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor, that's almost a window into the past. In this case, an immersive and astonishing look at criminals and their often short and tragic lives. My set is four volumes, bound in red leather, and it smells like a bygone age. "

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