American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition: A Novel

By Neil Gaiman

“Mystery, satire, sex, horror, poetic prose….If you have enjoyed John Crowley’s Little, Big or Stephen King’s The Stand or the urbane horror fiction of Jonathan Carroll…then American Gods arrives just in time.” —Washington Post “Dark fun, and nourishing to the soul.” —Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay It has been a decade since #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book) rocked the literary world with American Gods—his breathtaking tale of the war on Earth between old gods and new. For those who have yet to experience Gaiman’s bestselling tour de force—a novel USA Today called “a powerful, searing force that makes readers confront what is real and what is not”—and for those eager to enter this astonishing world again, comes the Author’s Preferred Text 10th Anniversary Edition. Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Bram Stoker Awards, with a special introduction by the author, this is American Gods as Neil Gaiman always meant it to be.

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Published Jun 21, 2011

560 pages

Average rating: 7.74

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Bam_trot
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
Mast
8/10 stars
Interesting interpretation highly recommend.
Jonathan Willis
6/10 stars
I had a hard time with this book. Shadow is a fantastic character and if it was just about him traveling around and getting mixed up with different gods I feel like I would have liked it better. But, the book tried too hard to make the overall plot happen and a lot of those bits felt forced. I’m hemming and hawing over what to give the book and I wish I could do right down the middle, because I liked so much of it and then felt like the other bits just let me down.
Scott Posey
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
7/10 stars
Banned for "obscene content", this was a wild read. Author is now canceled.