Neil Gaiman bibliography
This is a list of works by Neil Gaiman.
Nonfiction
- Duran Duran: [The First Four Years of the Fab Five]
- Ghastly Beyond Belief
- Don't Panic: The Official [Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion|Don't Panic]
- Adventures in the Dream Trade
- Kirby: King of Comics
- Make Good Art
- The View from the Cheap Seats The Neil Gaiman Coloring Book
- ''Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World''
Comics
UK publishers
Titles published by various British publishers include:- Fleetway:
- *2000 AD :
- **The Best of Tharg's Future Shocks includes:
- *** "You're Never Alone with a Phone"
- *** "Conversation Piece"
- *** "I'm a Believer"
- *** "What's in a Name?"
- *Judge Dredd Annual '88: "Judge Hershey: Sweet Justice"
- *Revolver Horror Special: "Feeders and Eaters"
- *The Comic Relief Comic
- Violent Cases
- * This edition is printed in black-and-white; the "restored" colored version was first published as Violent Cases
- * McKean later updated the coloring of the book, and the new version was first published as Violent Cases
- Knockabout:
- *Outrageous Tales from the Old Testament featured several stories written by Gaiman:
- ** "The Book of Judges"
- ** "Jael and Sisera"
- ** "Jephitah and His Daughter"
- ** "Journey to Bethlehem"
- ** "The Prophet Who Came to Dinner"
- ** "The Tribe of Benjamin"
- *Seven Deadly Sins: "Sloth"
- Blaam!: "The Great Cool Challenge"
- AARGH!: "From Homogenous to Honey"
- The Adventures of Luther Arkwright #10: "Villanelle"
- * The poem was reprinted without any illustrations as "Luther's Villanelle" in Gaiman's first collection of short prose and poetry.
- * An "adaptation" of this poem was published in Wiindows #16
- Redfox #20
- The Face vol. 2 #9–15: "Signal to Noise"
- * The strip was subsequently revised and expanded, and the new edition of the story was first published as Signal to Noise
- * The 1992 edition, along with a new short story created in 2000 and other additional material, was reprinted as Signal to Noise
- Trident #1: "The Light Brigade"
- A1 :
- * "Heartsprings and Watchstops" collected in Mister X Archives
- * "Cover Story"
- Taboo :
- * "Babycakes"
- ** Collected in Born to be Wild
- ** Reprinted without any illustrations in Gaiman's first collection of short prose and poetry.
- * "Blood Monster"
- * "Sweeney Todd (prologue)"
- Sou'Wester: The 1994 [Eastercon Programme Book]: "An Honest Answer"
- It's Dark in London: "The Court"
DC Comics
Titles published by DC Comics include:- Black Orchid #1–3 collected as Black Orchid
- The Sandman:
- *The Sandman vol. 2, Mike Dringenberg, Chris Bachalo, Michael Zulli, Kelley Jones, Charles Vess, Colleen Doran, Matt Wagner, Stan Woch, Bryan Talbot, Shawn McManus, Duncan Eagleson, John Watkiss, Jill Thompson, P. Craig Russell, Alec Stevens, Mike Allred, Shea Anton Pensa, Gary Amaro, Marc Hempel, Glyn Dillon and Dean Ormston, Teddy Kristiansen and Jon J. Muth collected as:
- ** Preludes and Nocturnes
- ** The Doll's House
- *** This was the first Sandman collection that led to the other volumes being printed in chronological order.
- *** The first printing of this volume included issue #8, which was later moved to Preludes and Nocturnes.
- ** Dream Country
- ** Season of Mists
- ** A Game of You
- ** Fables and Reflections
- *** Includes The Sandman Special
- *** Includes the "Fear of Falling" short story from Vertigo Preview
- ** Brief Lives
- ** Worlds' End
- ** The Kindly Ones
- *** Includes "The Castle" short story from Vertigo Jam
- ** The Wake
- *** Includes the "Three Lost Pages from The Wake" segment from The Dreaming #8
- *Shade, the Changing Man vol. 2 #32 / Hellblazer #62 / The Sandman vol. 2 #46: "Death Talks About Life"
- ** An 8-page AIDS awareness story published in three pre-Vertigo titles with a February 1993 cover date; released as a giveaway pamphlet in 1994.
- ** Collected in Death: The High Cost of Living
- *9-11 Volume 2: "The Wheel"
- The DC Universe by Neil Gaiman collects:
- *Batman:
- **Secret Origins :
- *** Secret Origins vol. 2 #36: "Pavane"
- *** Secret Origins Special :
- **** "Original Sins"
- **** "When is a Door: The Secret Origin of the Riddler"
- **Batman: Black and White #2: "A Black and White World"
- **Batman #686 and Detective Comics #853: "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?"
- *** All of the Batman-related stories were collected separately as Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?
- *** "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?" was published in pencil form among other Kubert-drawn Batman stories as part of Batman Unwrapped: Andy Kubert
- *Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame
- *Solo #8: "On the Stairs" also collected in Solo
- *Wednesday Comics #1–12: "Metamorpho" also collected in Wednesday Comics
- Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days collects:
- * "Jack in the Green"
- *Swamp Thing vol. 2 Annual #5: "Brothers" and "Shaggy God Stories"
- *Hellblazer #27: "Hold Me" also collected in John Constantine, Hellblazer Volume 4
- *Sandman Midnight Theatre
- *Welcome Back to the House of Mystery
- The Books of Magic #1–4, Scott Hampton, Charles Vess and Paul Johnson
- * Collected as The Books of Magic
- * Collected in ''The Books of Magic Omnibus Volume 1''
Vertigo
Titles published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint include:- The Sandman-related works:
- *Death :
- ** Death: The High Cost of Living #1–3 collected as Death: The High Cost of Living
- ** Death: The Time of Your Life #1–3 collected as Death: The Time of Your Life
- *Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers, 1989–1997
- ** The collection of Dave McKean's covers for The Sandman and related art with commentary by both Gaiman and McKean.
- ** Features the short semi-autobiographical story titled "The Last Sandman Story"
- *Vertigo: Winter's Edge :
- ** "Desire: The Flowers of Romance"
- ** "Death: A Winter's Tale"
- ** "Desire: How They Met Themselves"
- *The Sandman: The Dream Hunters
- ** The novel was later published in the form of a comic book as The Sandman: The Dream Hunters #1–4
- ** The comic adaptation was collected as The Sandman: The Dream Hunters
- *Endless Nights">Endless (comics)">Endless Nights consisting of seven chapters:
- ** "Death and Venice"
- ** "What I've Tasted of Desire"
- ** "Dream: The Heart of a Star"
- ** "Fifteen Portraits of Despair"
- ** "Delirium: Going Inside"
- ** "Destruction: On the Peninsula"
- ** "Destiny: Endless Nights"
- * In 2006, DC Comics began reprinting The Sandman in a series of comprehensive Absolute Editions with recolored and partially remastered art :
- ** The Sandman: Absolute Edition Volume 1
- ** The Sandman: Absolute Edition Volume 2
- *** Includes the Sandman: A Gallery of Dreams one-shot featuring pin-ups of Morpheus created by various artists and an afterword written by Gaiman.
- ** The Sandman: Absolute Edition Volume 3
- *** Includes the Endless Gallery one-shot featuring pin-ups of characters from the Endless created by various artists and an introduction written by Gaiman.
- ** The Sandman: Absolute Edition Volume 4
- ** Death: Absolute Edition
- *** Includes the A Death Gallery one-shot featuring pin-ups of Death created by various artists and an introduction written by Gaiman.
- ** The Sandman: Absolute Edition Volume 5
- *The Sandman: Overture #1–6 collected as The Sandman: Overture
- *Dream States: The Collected Dreaming, Sandman Presents and Overture Covers, 1997–2014
- ** The collection of Dave McKean's covers for various The Sandman spin-off titles with commentary by both Gaiman and McKean.
- ** Features a short story titled "Fish Out of Water"
- The Children's Crusade #1–2 and Peter Snejbjerg
- * These issues were initially created to serve as the bookends for the eponymous crossover among Vertigo's ongoing series published within five Annual specials.
- * In 2012, Vertigo commissioned Toby Litt to write a new middle chapter in place of the Annuals and rework the second issue to fit the new storyline.
- * The new version was published as Free Country: A Tale of the Children's Crusade
- The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch
- Stardust #1–4 collected as ''Stardust''
Spin-offs by other authors
''The Books of Magic''
Titles starring characters introduced or re-introduced by Gaiman in The Books of Magic include:- Mister E #1–4
- Vertigo Visions: Doctor Occult
- Arcana: The Books of Magic Annual
- The Books of Magic vol. 2 #1–75, Annual #1–3, Peter Gross and Peter Hogan, drawn by Gary Amaro, Peter Gross, Peter Snejbjerg, John Ridgway, Mark Buckingham, Jill Thompson, Jamie Tolagson, Linda Medley, Kelley Jones and Michael Lark
- * During the series' run, several short stories have appeared in various anthology titles published by Vertigo:
- ** Vertigo Rave: "The Lot"
- ** Vertigo: Winter's Edge:
- *** "Thanks for Nothing"
- *** "We Three Things"
- *** "Waiting for Good Dough"
- * The success of the ongoing Books of Magic series led to a number of spin-off limited series:
- ** The Books of Faerie:
- *** The Books of Faerie #1–4
- *** The Books of Faerie: Auberon's Tale #1–4
- *** The Books of Magic vol. 2 #57–59, 62: "Tales form the Books of Faerie", Hermann Mejia, Andrew Chu and Linda Medley
- *** The Books of Faerie: Molly's Story #1–4
- ** Hellblazer/The Books of Magic #1–2
- ** The Trenchcoat Brigade #1–4
- Names of Magic #1–5
- Hunter: The Age of Magic #1–25
- Books of Magick: Life During Wartime #1–15
''The Sandman''
- Sandman Mystery Theatre #1–70, Annual #1 and Steven T. Seagle with issues #13–60 and Annual #1 co-written by both Wagner and Seagle, drawn by Guy Davis, John Watkiss, R. G. Taylor, Vince Locke, Warren Pleece, Matthew Dow Smith and Michael Lark accompanied by one crossover with The Sandman, two short stories in the Vertigo Christmas anthology title and a sequel limited series:
- *Sandman Midnight Theatre
- *Vertigo: Winter's Edge :
- ** "Spirit of the Season"
- ** "In the City of Dreams"
- *Sandman Mystery Theatre: Sleep of Reason #1–5
- Witchcraft :
- *Witchcraft #1–3, Michael Zulli and Steve Yeowell
- *Witchcraft: La Terreur #1–3
- The Dreaming #1–60 and The Dreaming Special, Peter Hogan, Alisa Kwitney, Bryan Talbot, Jeff Nicholson, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Al Davison, Len Wein and Bill Willingham, drawn by Peter Snejbjerg, Steve Parkhouse, Michael Zulli, Dave Taylor, Peter Doherty, Jill Thompson, Jeff Nicholson, Gary Amaro, D'Israeli, Al Davison, Paul Lee, Chris Weston, Duncan Fegredo, Brian Apthorp, Jamie Tolagson, Shawn McManus, Scott Hampton, John Totleben, Marc Hempel, Rebecca Guay, Christian Højgaard, Bo Hampton, Charles Vess, Steve Leialoha accompanied by three short stories in the Vertigo Christmas anthology title:
- *Vertigo: Winter's Edge :
- ** "Deck the Halls"
- ** "Marble Halls"
- ** "Borealis"
- * With issue #22, The Dreaming abandoned its initial anthology format in favor of a unified storyline by a single writer.
- * As a result, Vertigo launched The Sandman Presents, a separate label for short-form spin-off works produced by various creators:
- ** The Sandman Presents: Lucifer #1–3
- *** The success of this limited series led to the launch of the Lucifer ongoing series which ran for 75 issues between 2000 and 2006.
- *** The ongoing series, also written by Mike Carey, was not a part of The Sandman Presents line and is listed below.
- ** The Sandman Presents: Love Street #1–3
- *** A sequel one-shot titled Marquee Moon, to be written by Peter Hogan and drawn by Peter Doherty, was announced but never released.
- *** In 2007, the script as well as the fully drawn and lettered art for the entire one-shot were posted online but have been taken down since.
- ** The Sandman Presents: Petrefax #1–4
- ** The Sandman Presents: Merv Pumpkinhead, Agent of D.R.E.A.M.
- ** The Sandman Presents: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Dreams... But Were Afraid to Ask
- ** The Sandman Presents: The Dead Boy Detectives #1–4
- ** The Sandman Presents: The Corinthian #1–3
- ** The Sandman Presents: The Thessaliad #1–4
- *** The success of this limited series led to a sequel limited series produced by the same creative team:
- **** The Sandman Presents: Thessaly, Witch for Hire #1–4
- ** The Sandman Presents: The Furies
- ** The Sandman Presents: Bast #1–3
- Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold #1–3, Scott Hampton and Rebecca Guay
- The Girl Who Would Be Death #1–4
- Lucifer #1–75 and the Lucifer: Nirvana one-shot, Warren Pleece, Peter Gross with Ryan Kelly, Dean Ormston, Jon J Muth, David Hahn, Ted Naifeh, P. Craig Russell, Marc Hempel, Ronald Wimberly, Colleen Doran, Michael William Kaluta and Zander Cannon
- The Little Endless Storybook :
- *The Little Endless Storybook
- *Delirium's Party: A Little Endless Storybook
- Lady Constantine #1–4
- Manga-style adaptations of Season of Mists :
- *Death: At Death's Door
- *Dead Boy Detectives
- God Save the Queen
- Dead Boy Detectives #1–12, Russ Braun, Ryan Kelly and Victor Santos with Emma Vieceli
- * The series was preceded by a short serial titled "Run Ragged", published in Ghosts + Time Warp + The Witching Hour anthology one-shots
- * Litt also wrote a story starring the Dead Boy Detectives for Free Country: A Tale of the Children's Crusade, the collected edition of The Children's Crusade 2-issue series
- Lucifer vol. 2 #1–19 and Richard Kadrey, drawn by Lee Garbett, Stephanie Hans and Marco Rudy with Ben Templesmith
- "The Dreaming" is written by Simon Spurrier and drawn by Bilquis Evely.
- "Books of Magic" is written by Kat Howard and drawn by Tom Fowler.
- "House of Whispers" is written by Nalo Hopkinson and drawn by Dominike Stanton.
- "Lucifer" is written by Dan Watters and drawn by Max Fiumara and Sebastián Fiumara.
- The Dreaming vol. 2 #1–20, Dani and Matías Bergara and Marguerite Sauvage
- House of Whispers #1–22
- * The series was canceled, and the last two issues ended up being released only in digital format.
- * Issues #21–22 were published in print as part of the House of Whispers: Watching the Watchers collection.
- Lucifer vol. 3 #1–18, Sebastián Fiumara, Kelley Jones, Leomacs and Fernando Blanco
- * The series has been solicited through issue #21 but these remaining issues ended up being cancelled, in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- * Stories intended for publication in later issues were eventually released in the Lucifer: The Wild Hunt and Lucifer: The Devil at Heart collected editions.
- Books of Magic #1–23 and David Barnett, drawn by Tom Fowler, Brian Churilla and Craig Taillefer
- The Sandman Universe Presents: Hellblazer
- * John Constantine, Hellblazer #1–12
- The Dreaming: Waking Hours #1–12
- Locke and Key/The Sandman: Hell and Gone #0–2
- Nightmare Country #1–6
- * Nightmare Country: The Glass House #1–6
- Dead Boy Detectives vol. 2 #1–6
- ''The Sandman Universe Special: Thessaly''
Marvel Comics
Titles published by Marvel and its various imprints include:- Clive Barker's Hellraiser #20: "Wordsworth"
- * Collected in Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Collected Best Volume 1
- * Collected in Clive Barker's Hellraiser Masterpieces Volume 1
- The Last Temptation #1–3 collected as The Compleat Alice Cooper
- * Published in duoshade sepia tones as The Last Temptation
- * Published with new "remastered" coloring as The Last Temptation 20th Anniversary Edition
- Heroes: "The Song of the Lost"
- Marvel 1602 #1–8 collected as Marvel 1602
- Eternals vol. 3 #1–7 collected as Eternals
- John Romita, Jr. 30th Anniversary Special: "Romita—Space Knight!"
- Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 #5–8
- Miracleman :
- *Miracleman by Gaiman and Buckingham #1–6 collected as Miracleman by Gaiman and Buckingham: The Golden Age
- *Marvel Comics #1000: "Miracleman: Prelude" collected in Marvel Comics 1000
- *Miracleman #0: "Apocrypha"
- *Miracleman by Gaiman and Buckingham: The Silver Age #1–7
- Amazing Fantasy #1000: "With Great Power..."
Other US publishers
Titles published by various American publishers include:- Miracleman :
- *Total Eclipse #4: "Screaming"
- *Miracleman #17–24
- ** Issues #17–22, along with the short story from Total Eclipse #4, are collected as Miracleman: The Golden Age
- ** Gaiman and Buckingham have completed issue #25 which ended up being unpublished due to Eclipse's collapse; some of the completed pages were published in Kimota! The Miracleman Companion.
- ** In 2015, Marvel began publishing the "remastered" versions of the Gaiman/Buckingham issues with the intention of continuing the run to its initially planned length of 18 issues over three 6-issue limited series.
- *Miracleman: Apocrypha #1–3 collected in Miracleman: Apocrypha
- Breakthrough: "Vier Mauern"
- Cerebus #147: "Being an Account of the Life and Death of the Emperor Heliogabolus"
- Image:
- *Spawn :
- ** "Angela"
- *** Collected in Spawn: Origins Collection Volume 2
- *** Collected in Spawn: Origins Collection Book One
- ** "The Dark"
- *** Collected in Spawn: Origins Collection Volume 4
- *** Collected in Spawn: Origins Collection Book Three
- *Angela #1–3 collected as Spawn: Angela
- *Liberty Comics #2: "100 Words" collected in CBLDF Presents: Liberty
- *Where We Live: A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas: "Words"
- Negative Burn :
- * "The Murders on the Rue Morgue" collected in Alan Moore's Songbook
- * "Neil Gaiman Sketchbook"
- * "The Old Warlock's Reverie: A Pantoum"
- Roarin' Rick's Rare Bit Fiends #2–3: "Celebrity Rare Bit Fiends"
- Bloodchilde #4: "Sweat and Tears"
- Neil Gaiman's Wheel of Worlds #0
- * The entire issue is plotted by Gaiman and John Ney Rieber, with various writers scripting each individual story:
- ** The framing sequence, "Adam Cain", is written by John Ney Rieber and drawn by Shea Anton Pensa.
- ** "Lady Justice" is written by C. J. Henderson and drawn by Michael Netzer.
- ** "Mr. Hero" is written by James Vance and drawn by Ted Slampyak.
- ** "Teknophage" is written by Rick Veitch and drawn by Bryan Talbot.
- * The issue served as a launchpad for a number of series based on concepts created by Gaiman that exist within a shared universe; the series were produced mostly by the creative teams behind the short stories:
- ** Neil Gaiman's Mr. Hero the Newmatic Man #1–17 and Martin Powell, drawn by Ted Slampyak, Seppo Makinen and José Delbo
- ** Neil Gaiman's Teknophage #1–10, drawn by Bryan Talbot and Al Davison
- ** Neil Gaiman's Lady Justice #1–11, drawn by Michael Netzer, Georges Jeanty, Greg Boone, Mike Harris and Steve Lieber
- * After the Tekno Comix brand was discontinued in 1996, the series were relaunched under its parent company, Big Entertainment:
- ** Neil Gaiman's Mr. Hero the Newmatic Man
- ** Neil Gaiman's Phage: Shadow Death #1–6
- ** Neil Gaiman's Lady Justice vol. 2 #1–9, Chris Marrinan and Mike Harris
- * In addition to these ongoing titles, two crossovers — one within the "Gaimanverse", the other with the Leonard Nimoy's Primortals series — were also published:
- ** Neil Gaiman's Wheel of Worlds #1
- ** Teknophage vs. Zeerus
- The Book of Ballads and Sagas #1: "The False Knight on the Road"
- * Collected in The Book of Ballads
- * Collected in The Book of Ballads and Sagas
- Cherry Deluxe: "The Innkeeper's Soul"
- The Spirit: The New Adventures #2: "The Return of the Mink Stole"
- * Collected in Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives Volume 27
- * Collected in Will Eisner's The Spirit: The New Adventures
- Dark Horse:
- *Harlequin Valentine
- *Dream Logic: "Words of Fire"
- The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore: "True Things"
- Little Lit Volume 3 collected in Big Fat Little Lit
- Deady the Evil Teddy Volume 3: "Deady and I" collected in The Book of Deady
- Hero Comics 2011: "My Last Landlady" collected in Hero Comics: A Hero Initiative Benefit Book
- Zombie Apocalypse! Fightback: "Down Among the Dead Men"
- Mine! (A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom for All Benefiting Planned Parenthood): "And There Was Joy"
- Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes: "Tear in Your Hand" and "Afterword"
Novels and children's books
Novels
The following table can be sorted to show Gaiman's novels in chronological order, or arranged alphabetically by title, or by co-author, or by series:| Year | Title | Co-author | Series | Publisher | ISBN | Notes and awards |
| 1990 | Good Omens | Terry Pratchett | Workman Publishing |
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| 1996 | Neverwhere | BBC Books |
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| 1999 | Stardust | William Morrow and Company |
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| 2001 | American Gods | William Morrow and Company |
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| 2002 | Coraline | HarperCollins | ||||
| 2005 | Anansi Boys | HarperCollins |
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| 2007 | InterWorld | Michael Reaves | InterWorld | HarperCollins | ||
| 2008 | The Graveyard Book | HarperCollins |
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| 2013 | The Silver Dream | Michael Reaves, Mallory Reaves | InterWorld | HarperCollins | ||
| 2013 | The Ocean at the End of the Lane | William Morrow and Company |
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| 2015 | Eternity's Wheel | Michael Reaves, Mallory Reaves | InterWorld | HarperCollins | ||
| 2017 | Norse Mythology | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Illustrated books
The following table can be sorted to show Gaiman's illustrated books in chronological order, or arranged alphabetically by title, or by illustrator, or by series:| Year | Title | Illustrator | Series | Publisher | ISBN | Notes |
| 1997 | The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish | Dave McKean | White Wolf Publishing | |||
| 2002 | Coraline | Dave McKean | HarperCollins |
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| 2002 | A Walking Tour of the Shambles | Randy Broecker | American Fantasy Press | Fictional tour guide co-written by Gaiman and Gene Wolfe | ||
| 2003 | The Wolves in the Walls | Dave McKean | HarperCollins | |||
| 2005 | Melinda | Dagmara Matuszak | Hill House | |||
| 2005 | MirrorMask | Dave McKean | HarperCollins | Based on the eponymous film written by Gaiman and directed by McKean | ||
| 2008 | Odd and the Frost Giants | Brett Helquist | Bloomsbury Publishing | |||
| 2008 | The Dangerous Alphabet | Gris Grimly | HarperCollins | |||
| 2009 | Blueberry Girl | Charles Vess | HarperCollins | |||
| 2009 | Crazy Hair | Dave McKean | HarperCollins | |||
| 2010 | Instructions | Charles Vess | HarperCollins | |||
| 2013 | Chu's Day | Adam Rex | Chu | HarperCollins | ||
| 2013 | Fortunately, the Milk | Skottie Young Chris Riddell Boulet | HarperCollins Bloomsbury Publishing Au diable vauvert | |||
| 2014 | Chu's First Day of School | Adam Rex | Chu | HarperCollins | ||
| 2014 | Hansel and Gretel | Lorenzo Mattotti | Bloomsbury Publishing | |||
| 2014 | The Sleeper and the Spindle | Chris Riddell | Bloomsbury Publishing | |||
| 2016 | Chu's Day at the Beach | Adam Rex | Chu | HarperFestival | ||
| 2017 | Cinnamon | Divya Srinivasan | HarperCollins | |||
| 2020 | Pirate Stew | Chris Riddell | Bloomsbury Publishing | |||
| 2021 | The Case of Death and Honey | Gary Gianni | Arete Editions | * 2012 Locus Award Winner | ||
| 2023 | What You Need To Be Warm | Cover Illustration by Oliver Jeffers. Interior illustrations by Chris Riddell, Benji Davies, Yuliya Gwilym, Nadine Kaadan, Daniel Egnéus, Pam Smy, Petr Horácek, Beth Suzanna, Bagram Ibatoulline, Marie-Alice Harel, Majid Adin and Richard Jones. | Bloomsbury Publishing | Fundraising book written as an illustrated poem, in Gaiman's role as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. |
Adapted to comics
- Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere #1–9 collected as Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere
- Coraline: The Graphic Novel
- The Graveyard Book initially released in two volumes:
- *Volume 1
- ** "1: How Nobody Came to the Graveyard"
- ** "2: The New Friend"
- ** "3: The Hounds of God"
- ** "4: The Witch's Headstone"
- ** "5: Danse Macabre"
- ** "Interlude"
- *Volume 2
- ** "6: Nobody Owens' School Days"
- ** "7: Every Man Jack"
- ** "8: Leavings and Partings"
- Neil Gaiman's American Gods :
- *American Gods #1–9, Colleen Doran and Glenn Fabry collected as American Gods: Shadows
- *American Gods: My Ainsel #1–9 and Galen Showman collected as American Gods: My Ainsel
- *American Gods: The Moment of the Storm #1–9 collected as American Gods: The Moment of the Storm
- Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology :
- *Norse Mythology #1–6, Mike Mignola, Jerry Ordway, Piotr Kowalski, David Rubín and Jill Thompson collected as Norse Mythology Volume 1
- *Norse Mythology II #1–6, Mark Buckingham, Gabriel Hernández Walta and Sandy Jarrell collected as Norse Mythology Volume 2
- *Norse Mythology III #1–6, Colleen Doran, Galen Showman and P. Craig Russell collected as ''Norse Mythology Volume 3''
Short fiction and poetry
Collected
| Smoke and Mirrors | - | - | - | - |
| The US, UK and eBook editions have some differences in the stories they contain † — not included in the US print version ‡ — not included in the eBook version | - | - | - | - |
| Title | Year | Originally published in | Originally published by | Notes |
| "Reading the Entrails: A Rondel" | 1997 | The Fortune Teller | DAW | |
| "The Wedding Present" Presented as part of the introduction | 1998 | Dark Terrors Volume 4 | Gollancz Ltd|Gollancz] | |
| "Chivalry" | 1992 | Grails: Quests, Visitations and Other Occurrences | Unnameable Press | |
| "Nicholas Was..." | 1990 | Drabble II: Double Century | Beccon Publications | |
| "The Price" | 1997 | Dark Terrors Volume 3 | Gollancz | |
| "Troll Bridge" | 1993 | Snow White, Blood Red | William Morrow and Company | |
| "Don't Ask Jack" | 1995 | Overstreet's Fan #3 | Gemstone Publishing | Published with a picture of a sculpture by Lisa Snelling |
| "The Goldfish Pool and Other Stories" | 1996 | David Copperfield's Beyond Imagination | Harper Prism | |
| "Eaten " † | 1996 | Off Limits | St. Martin's Press | |
| "The White Road" | 1995 | Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears | William Morrow and Company | |
| "Queen of Knives" | 1994 | Tombs | White Wolf Publishing | |
| "The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch" †‡ | 1998 | Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated #3 | Quantum Cat | Published with illustrations by Tony Daniel |
| "Changes" | 1998 | Crossing the Border | Indigo Press | |
| "The Daughter of Owls" | 1996 | Overstreet's Fan #9 | Gemstone Publishing | Published with a picture of a sculpture by Lisa Snelling |
| "Shoggoth's Old Peculiar" | 1998 | The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy | Robinson | |
| "Virus" | 1990 | Digital Dreams | New English Library | |
| "Looking for the Girl" | 1985 | Penthouse UK vol. 20 #10 | Sightline Publications | Published with illustrations by Terry Pastor |
| "Only [the End of the World Again]" | 1994 | Shadows Over Innsmouth | Fedogan & Bremer | Published with illustrations by Martin McKenna |
| "Lawrence Talbot: Bay Wolf" | 1998 | Dark Detectives | Fedogan & Bremer | Published with illustrations by Randy Broecker |
| "Fifteen Painted Cards from a Vampire Tarot" † | 1998 | The Art of Vampire: The Masquerade | White Wolf Publishing | |
| "We Can Get Them for You Wholesale" | 1984 | Knave vol. 16 #7 | Knave Publishing | Published with illustrations by Russel Walker |
| "One Life, Furnished in Early Moorcock" | 1994 | Tales of the White Wolf | White Wolf Publishing | |
| "Cold Colors" | 1990 | Midnight Graffiti #6 | Midnight Graffiti Publishing | Published with illustrations by Stuart Clift |
| "The Sweeper of Dreams" | 1996 | Overstreet's Fan #8 | Gemstone Publishing | Published with a picture of a sculpture by Lisa Snelling |
| "Foreign Parts" | 1990 | Words without Pictures | Eclipse | Published with a caricature of Gaiman by John Bolton |
| "Vampire Sestina" | 1989 | Fantasy Tales vol. 10 #2 | Robinson Publishing | Published with illustrations by an uncredited artist |
| "Mouse" | 1993 | Narrow Houses Volume 2: Touch Wood | Little, Brown and Company | |
| "The Sea Change" | 1995 | Overstreet's Fan #6 | Gemstone Publishing | Published with a picture of a sculpture by Lisa Snelling |
| "How Do You Think It Feels?" †‡ | 1998 | In the Shadow of the Gargoyle | Ace Books | |
| "When We Went to See the End of the World by Dawnie Morningside, Age 11¼" | ||||
| "Desert Wind" | Written for Robin Anders of Boiled in Lead to accompany one of his tracks | |||
| "Tastings" | 1998 | Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers | HarperPrism | |
| "In the End" † Titled "Apple" in the eBook version | 1996 | Strange Kaddish | Aardwolf Publishing | Published with illustrations by William Shane D. Liddell |
| "Babycakes" | 1993 | Angels and Visitations | DreamHaven | |
| "Murder Mysteries" | 1992 | Midnight Graffiti | Warner | |
| "Snow, Glass, Apples" | 1994 | Snow, Glass, Apples | DreamHaven | Published with illustrations by Charles Vess |
| Fragile Things | - | - | - | - |
| Title | Year | Originally published in | Originally published by | Notes |
| "The Mapmaker" Presented as part of the introduction | 2003 | Ancient Emperor | Hill House | Available only to the subscribers of the Author's Preferred Edition series Written for American Gods but removed by Gaiman upon novel's completion |
| "A Study in Emerald" | 2003 | Shadows Over Baker Street | Del Rey Books | |
| "The Fairy Reel" | 2004 | The Faery Reel | Viking | Published as "The Faery Reel", with illustrations by Charles Vess |
| "October in the Chair" | 2002 | Conjunctions Volume 39 | Bard College | Published with illustrations by Gahan Wilson |
| "The Hidden Chamber" | 2005 | Outsiders | Roc | |
| "Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire" | 2004 | Gothic! | Candlewick Press | |
| "The Flints of Memory Lane" | 1997 | Dancing with the Dark | Vista | |
| "Closing Time" | 2002 | McSweeney's Quarterly Concern|McSweeney's Quarterly] #10 | McSweeney's | Published with illustrations by Howard Chaykin |
| "Going Wodwo" | 2002 | The Green Man | Viking | Published with illustrations by Charles Vess |
| "Bitter Grounds" | 2003 | Mojo: Conjure Stories | Warner Aspect | |
| "Other People" | 2001 | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction vol. 101 #4/5 | Spilogale Inc. | |
| "Keepsakes and Treasures" | 1999 | 999 | Hill House | |
| "Good Boys Deserve Favors" | 1995 | Overstreet's Fan #5 | Gemstone Publishing | Published with a picture of a sculpture by Lisa Snelling |
| "The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch" | 1998 | Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated #3 | Quantum Cat | Published with illustrations by Tony Daniel |
| "Strange Little Girls" | 2001 | Strange Little Girls Tour Book | Tori Amos | |
| "Harlequin Valentine" | 1999 | World Horror Convention 1999 Program Book | World Horror Convention | Published with a picture of a sculpture by Lisa Snelling |
| "Locks" | 1999 | Silver Birch, Blood Moon | Avon | |
| "The Problem of Susan" | 2004 | Flights | Roc | |
| "Instructions" | 2000 | A [Wolf at the Door (anthology)|A Wolf at the Door] | Simon & Schuster | |
| "How Do You Think It Feels?" | 1998 | In the Shadow of the Gargoyle | Ace Books | |
| "My Life" | 2002 | Sock Monkeys (200 Out of 1,863) | Ideal World | Published with a photograph by Arne Svenson |
| "Fifteen Painted Cards from a Vampire Tarot" | 1998 | The Art of Vampire: The Masquerade | White Wolf Publishing | |
| "Feeders and Eaters" | 2002 | Keep Out of the Night | PS Publishing | Published with illustrations by Randy Broecker |
| "Diseasemaker's Croup" | 2002 | The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases | Night Shade | Published with illustrations by John Coulhart |
| "In the End" | 1996 | Strange Kaddish | Aardwolf Publishing | Published with illustrations by William Shane D. Liddell |
| "" | 1999 | whatisthematrix.com | Warner Bros. | First published in print in The Matrix Comics Volume 1 |
| "Pages from a Journal Found in a Shoebox Left in a Greyhound Bus Somewhere Between Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Louisville, Kentucky" | 2002 | Scarlet's Walk Tour Book | Tori Amos | |
| "How to Talk to Girls at Parties" | ||||
| "" | 2006 | spiderwords.com | Rain Graves | |
| "Sunbird" | 2005 | Noisy Outlaws | McSweeney's | Published with illustrations by Peter de Sève |
| "Inventing Aladdin" | 2003 | Swan Sister | Simon & Schuster | |
| "The Monarch of the Glen" | 2004 | Legends II | Harper Voyager | Published as a standalone volume with illustrations by Daniel Egneus: The Monarch of the Glen |
| M is for Magic | - | - | - | - |
| Title | Year | Originally published in | Originally published by | Notes |
| "The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds" | 1984 | Knave vol. 16 #9 | Knave Publishing | Published with illustrations by Andrew Aloof |
| "Troll Bridge" | 1993 | Snow White, Blood Red | William Morrow and Company | |
| "Don't Ask Jack" | 1995 | Overstreet's Fan #3 | Gemstone Publishing | Published with a picture of a sculpture by Lisa Snelling |
| "How to Sell the Ponti Bridge" | 1985 | Imagine #24 | TSR UK | Published with illustrations by Keith Cooper |
| "October in the Chair" | 2002 | Conjunctions Volume 39 | Bard College | Published with illustrations by Gahan Wilson |
| "Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire" | 2004 | Gothic! | Candlewick Press | |
| "Chivalry" | 1992 | Grails: Quests, Visitations and Other Occurrences | Unnameable Press | |
| "The Price" | 1997 | Dark Terrors Volume 3 | Gollancz | |
| "How to Talk to Girls at Parties" | 2006 | Fragile Things | William Morrow and Company | |
| "Sunbird" | 2005 | Noisy Outlaws | McSweeney's | Published with illustrations by Peter de Sève |
| "The Witch's Headstone" | 2007 | Wizards | Berkley | An excerpt from The Graveyard Book |
| "Instructions" | 2000 | A Wolf at the Door | Simon & Schuster |
| Who Killed Amanda Palmer |
| Book of photographs related to the fictional death of Amanda Palmer accompanied by Gaiman-written short stories. |
| A Little Gold Book of Ghastly Stuff | - | - | - | - |
| Title | Year | Originally published in | Originally published by | Notes |
| "Before You Read This" | 2008 | Before You Read This | Todd Klein | Art print designed and lettered by Klein |
| "Featherquest" | 1984 | Imagine #14 | TSR UK | Published with illustrations by Ed Dovey |
| "Jerusalem" | A reading of this poem, performed by Alexander Morton, was broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on 29 November 2007 | |||
| "Feminine Endings" | 2007 | Four Letter Word | Chatto & Windus | Published as an untitled short story |
| "Orange" | 2008 | The Starry Rift | Viking | |
| "Orphee" | 2000 | Orphee | Project | Published as the liner notes for the compilation album |
| "Ghosts in the Machines" | 2006 | The New York Times | Op-ed with an illustration by Sam Weber | |
| "The Annotated Brothers Grimm: Grimmer Than You Thought" | 2004 | The New York Times | ||
| "Black House" | 2001 | The Washington Post | Published as "Nightcrawlers", a review of Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub | |
| "Summerland" | 2002 | The Washington Post | Published as "Team Spirit", a review of Summerland by Michael Chabon | |
| "The View from the Cheap Seats" | 2010 | The Guardian | Published as "A Nobody's Guide to the Oscars" | |
| "Once Upon a Time" | 2007 | The Guardian | Published as "Happily Ever After" | |
| "Dresden Dolls" | 2010 | Spin Online | SpinMedia | Published as "Neil Gaiman on Amanda Palmer and the Dresden Dolls" |
| "Introduction to Hothouse by Brian Aldiss" | 2008 | Hothouse | Penguin | Published as the introduction to the Penguin Modern Classics edition of the book |
| "" | 2009 | journal.neilgaiman.com | Neil Gaiman | |
| "" | 2008 | journal.neilgaiman.com | Neil Gaiman | |
| "2004 Harvey Awards Speech" | Transcript posted on Gaiman's blog | |||
| "2005 Nebula Awards Speech" | Transcript posted on Gaiman's blog | |||
| "Conjunctions" | 2009 | Mythic Delirium #20 | Published with illustrations by Tim Mullins |
| Trigger Warning | - | - | - | - |
| Title | Year | Originally published in | Originally published by | Notes |
| "Shadder" Presented as part of the introduction | ||||
| "Making a Chair" | Performed as a spoken word piece on the An Evening with Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer album | |||
| "A Lunar Labyrinth" | 2013 | Shadows of the New Sun | Tor Books | |
| "The Thing About Cassandra" | 2010 | Songs of Love and Death | Gallery Books | |
| "Down to a Sunless Sea" | 2013 | The Guardian | Guardian Media Group | |
| "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains..." | 2010 | Stories: All-New Tales | Headline | Published as a standalone volume with illustrations by Eddie Campbell: The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains |
| "My Last Landlady" | 2010 | Off the Coastal Path | PS Publishing | |
| "Adventure Story" | 2012 | McSweeney's Quarterly #40 | McSweeney's | |
| "Orange" | 2008 | The Starry Rift | Viking | |
| "" | 2013 | keepmoving.blackberry.com | BlackBerry | "January" published with an illustration by Niam "February"" published with an illustration by Kenneth Rodriguez "March" published with an illustration by Roland Hausheer "April" published with an illustration by Paul Francis "May" published with an illustration by Kit Seaton "June" published with an illustration by George Doutsiopoulos "July" published with an illustration by Svetlana Fictionalfriend "August" published with an illustration by Caia Matheson "September" published with an illustration by Gracjana Zielinska "October" published with an illustration by Maria Surducan "November" published with an illustration by Grace Hansen "December" published with an illustration by Shezah Salam |
| "The Case of Death and Honey" | 2011 | A Study in Sherlock | Bantam | Published as a standalone volume with illustrations by Gary Gianni:The Case of Death and Honey |
| "The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury" | 2012 | Shadow Show | William Morrow and Company | |
| "Jerusalem" | 2011 | A Little Gold Book of Ghastly Stuff | Borderlands Press | |
| "Click-Clack the Rattlebag" | 2013 | Impossible Monsters | Subterranean Press | |
| "An Invocation of Incuriosity" | 2009 | Songs of the Dying Earth | Subterranean Press | Published with illustrations by Thomas Kidd |
| "And Weep, Like Alexander" | 2013 | Fables from the Fountain | Newcon Press | |
| "Nothing O'Clock" | 2013 | Doctor Who: 11 Doctors, 11 Stories | Puffin | |
| "Diamonds and Pearls: A Fairy Tale" | 2009 | Who Killed Amanda Palmer | Eight Foot | |
| "The Return of the Thin White Duke" | 2004 | V #29 | Visionaire | Published with illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano |
| "Feminine Endings" | 2007 | Four Letter Word | Chatto & Windus | Published as an untitled short story |
| "Observing the Formalities" | 2009 | Troll's Eye View | Viking | |
| "The Sleeper and the Spindle" | 2013 | Rags and Bones | Little, Brown and Company | |
| "Witch Work" | 2012 | Under My Hat | Random House | |
| "In Relig Odhráin" | 2010 | In Reilig Oran | CBLDF | Art print illustrated by Tony Harris |
| "Black Dog" | Published as a standalone volume with illustrations by Daniel Egneus: Black Dog |
Adapted to comics
- Negative Burn #11: "We Can Get Them for You Wholesale" collected in Best of Negative Burn: Year One
- Elric: One Life: "One Life, Furnished in Early Moorcock" collected in Elric: Stormbringer
- Oni Double Feature #6–8: "Only the End of the World Again"
- * The black-and-white serial was colorized and collected as Neil Gaiman's Only the End of the World Again
- * Re-released by Dark Horse under the "Neil Gaiman Library" label as Only the End of the World Again
- A Distant Soil vol. 2 #25: "Troll Bridge"
- Most of the recent adaptations have been published by Dark Horse :
- *Murder Mysteries
- *Creatures of the Night
- *The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch
- *Dark Horse Presents vol. 2 #21: "The Day the Saucers Came" collected in The Problem of Susan and Other Stories
- *How to Talk to Girls at Parties
- *Troll Bridge
- *Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire
- *A Study in Emerald
- *Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
- *Snow, Glass, Apples
- *The Problem of Susan and Other Stories
- *Chivalry
- Shadow Show #2: "The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury" collected in Shadow Show
- Shock Volume 1: "Witch Work"
Audio and video recordings
- Warning: Contains Language
- Signal to Noise
- * Includes a 32-page booklet featuring a new chapter of the story subtitled "Millennium"
- Live at the Aladdin
- Two Plays for Voices
- Coraline
- Telling Tales
- Speaking in Tongues
- The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection
- The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish
- Stardust
- Fragile Things
- Where's Neil When You Need Him?
- M is for Magic
- Neverwhere (The Author's Preferred Text)
- The Graveyard Book
- Odd and the Frost Giants
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane
- Fortunately, the Milk
- The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains
- Trigger Warning
- The View from the Cheap Seats
- Norse Mythology
- Throughout his career, Gaiman has also contributed lyrics and songwriting to a number of releases, including:
- * The Flash Girls' The Return of Pansy Smith and Violet Jones, Maurice and I and Play Each Morning Wild Queen
- * Alice Cooper's The Last Temptation
- * Folk UnderGround's Buried Things and Get Y'er Hands Off Me Booty!
- * One Ring Zero's As Smart as We are
- * The MirrorMask soundtrack
- * Lorraine a' Malena's Mirror, Mirror
- * Olga Nunes' Maps for the Open Road
- * 8in8's ''Nighty Night''
Screen work
Film
Publications
Video games
- ''Wayward Manor''