• Neverwhere

  • By: Neil Gaiman
  • Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
  • Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (41,401 ratings)

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Neverwhere

By: Neil Gaiman
Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
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Publisher's summary

National Best Seller

Selected as one of NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of All Time

The number one New York Times best-selling author's wildly successful first novel featuring his new Neverwhere tale, "How the Marquis Got His Coat Back".

Richard Mayhew is a young man with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. His small act of kindness propels him into a world he never dreamed existed. There are people who fall through the cracks, and Richard has become one of them. And he must learn to survive in this city of shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, murderers and angels, if he is ever to return to the London that he knew.

"A fantastic story that is both the stuff of dreams and nightmares" (San Diego Union-Tribune), Neil Gaiman's first solo novel has become a touchstone of urban fantasy and a perennial favorite of readers and listeners everywhere.

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Critic reviews

"Gaiman's gift for mixing the absurd with the frightful gives this novel the feeling of a bedtime story with adult sophistication. Readers will find themselves as unable to escape this tale as the characters themselves." ( Library Journal)
"Delightful…inventively horrific."( USA Today)
"[Gaiman] is, simply put, a treasure house of story, and we are lucky to have him in any media." (Stephen King)

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The Author's Narration Adds to the Magic

Fans of Neil Gaiman and the fantasy genre will love this. I especially enjoyed knowing that I was hearing the characters' voices and accents just as the author had imagined them himself. The dialogue between Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandermar is especially well written and read. Highly recommended overall.

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Very entertaining read!!

The story is well developed and the narration by the author himself was an added treat! You will not be disappointed!

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Brilliant

Neil Gaiman does a great job narrating this story. and it is a fantastic story. I highly recommend it.

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Neil Gaiman Doesn't Disappoint!

Such a wonderfully dark, Alice in Wonderland like adventure. I'm going to have to buy a hardcopy to pass on to pass on to a friend! #Tagsgiving #Sweepstakes #DarkFantasy #Steampunk

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So Cool

Who knew that London had an underground>>>ha.. and full of very cool characters. .Very cool book. Neil Gaiman writes the most interesting books.
magical, Clever, Mind-Bending, Thoughtful, Interesting #Tagsgiving #Sweepstakes

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What a great audio book!

Really fun to listen to the author read his own book. The story is also interesting as it anchors the reader in two worlds that are imaginable enough to be almost real .

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Sequel please!

I was drawn into this story immediately, and listened non stop for two days. I fell in love with Richard and Door, and desperately want a sequel to happen! It ended so openly - I am ready!

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The writing is so rich...

...with Gaiman's little morsals peppered amongst the story's meat.

"...on the edge of Soho, where the taudry and the Chic sit side by side to the benefit of both..."

Lush world building as always.

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Expect amazing

I adore Neil Gaiman and this book did not disappoint. Funny, frightening, imaginative to the utmost, I thoroughly enjoyed every minute ❤

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My new Favorite Book

This is a masterpiece of urban fantasy, well worth listening to. The author himself reads the book with such emotive passion that you can't help but be drawn in to the story.

Somehow a rich world of wonders is built by showing only small portions, like peering into a candy shop through a keyhole. I wish I were as articulate as Gaiman is just so I can describe how good of a book this is.

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