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American Gods: A Novel

From #1 New York Times
bestselling author Neil Gaiman, a contemporary masterpiece combing mythology,
adventure, and illusion―one of ten classic Gaiman works repackaged with elegant
original watercolor art by acclaimed artist Henry Sene Yee

Released from
prison, Shadow finds his world turned upside down. His wife has been killed; a stranger offers him a
job and Shadow, with nothing to lose, accepts. But a storm is coming. Beneath the placid surface of
everyday life, a war is being fought – and the prize is the very soul of
America.


An inspired combination of mythology,
adventure, and illusion, American Gods is a dark and kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth and across an
America at once eerily familiar and utterly alien. It is, quite simply, a
contemporary masterpiece.
“Piercingly observed, jaggedly
poetic, ruthlessly cutting a path through graveyards of dead stars and dead
money and dead feelings, this novel is the map back to dawn.”  — 
Steve Erickson
American Gods manages to reinvent, and reassert, the enduring
importance of fantastic literature itself in this late age of the world. Dark
fun, and nourishing to the soul.” — 
Michael
Chabon





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Published Mar 16, 2021

560 pages

Average rating: 7.65

275 RATINGS

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Readers say *American Gods* offers a richly imaginative story blending myth and modern life, with engaging characters like Shadow and Mr. Wednesday. M...

Bam_trot
Oct 19, 2025
10/10 stars
This would be my first sci-fi novel and I get it now. The author took my mind to places it couldn't travel alone since I was a kid! I'd read this one again
Scott Posey
Feb 05, 2025
10/10 stars
Easily one of the best books I have ever read in a long while. I can't wait for the sequel that Neil Gaiman alluded to in 2011. Plus, this is supposed to be an HBO series sometime in the future. Can't wait for both!
yogawithcierra
Nov 08, 2024
7/10 stars
Banned for "obscene content", this was a wild read. Author is now canceled.
Eshawswan
Sep 12, 2024
10/10 stars
Horribly graphic and fascinating work of art. It took me a year to read this but add a six month hiatus in between because a certain sex scene shocked me so much I put it down for that long.
JT Penguin
Aug 07, 2024
1/10 star
Could not finish.

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