17 best-selling fantasy books like The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

Cover of The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

By: Neil Gaiman

4.02

Format: 195 pages, Paperback

A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in…

"Words save our lives, sometimes."

-Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

"Words save our lives, sometimes."

-Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

"Adults follow paths. Children explore."

-Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

"Adults follow paths. Children explore."

-Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

1. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

By: Terry Pratchett , Neil Gaiman

4.26

Format: 491 pages, Mass Market Paperback

According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter - the world's only totally reliable g… read more

Similar categories in Terry Pratchett's Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch book and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It was a nice day."

-Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

"What’s your name, lad?"

-Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

"Woss the matter with you?"

-Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

"Never f*!k with the ineffable."

-Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Cover of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere by Mike Carey, Neil Gaiman, Glenn Fabry

2. Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere

By: Mike Carey , Neil Gaiman , Glenn Fabry

4.29

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Graphic adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere collects all nine issues of the Vertigo maxiseries. … read more

Similar categories in Mike Carey's Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere book and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"Richard put his head on one side. 'Excuse me,' he said. 'I know this is a personal question. But are you clinically insane?' 'Possible, but very unlikely. Why?' 'Well,' said Richard. 'One of us must …"

-Mike Carey, Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere

"The world seems to work in predictable ways, and you think you see the pattern. But that's fatal. Because it's only a pattern until you meet the first event that doesn't fit. And by then it's too lat…"

-Mike Carey, Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere

Cover of Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1) by Diana Wynne Jones

3. Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)

By: Diana Wynne Jones

4.29

Format: 329 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably … read more

Similar categories in Diana Wynne Jones's Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1) book and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Annoyed?"

-Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)

"I feel ill,"

-Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)

"Not likely!"

-Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)

"I only want to catch you,"

-Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)

Cover of Rivers of London (Peter Grant, #1) by Ben Aaronovitch

4. Rivers of London (Peter Grant, #1)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.12

Format: 29 pages, Hardcover

Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London's Metropolitan Police. Too… read more

Similar categories in Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London (Peter Grant, #1) book and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane

  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • fiction
Cover of Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For by Sara Pascoe

5. Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

By: Sara Pascoe

4.30

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

When you’re fourteen and life has been nothing but hurt and disappointment, maybe it’s time to stri… read more

Similar categories in Sara Pascoe's Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For book and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane

  • fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"What’s “ague?"

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"Like water around rocks, people streamed around them as though this sort of interaction, noisy and involving foreigners, was nothing unusual."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"Oscar looked up from his plate, and if a cat could laugh, he would have. ‘Boy, that’s ugly, even for a jinn. Looks like a cross between a rat, a frog and a bottlebrush."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

6. Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)

By: Seanan McGuire

3.74

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children No Solicitations No Visitors No Quests Children have alway… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1) book and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Cover of The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

7. The Ocean at the End of the Lane

By: Neil Gaiman

4.02

Format: 195 pages, Paperback

A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in… read more

Similar categories in Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane book and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane

  • adult fiction
  • magical realism
  • science fiction fantasy
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Words save our lives, sometimes."

-Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

"Adults follow paths. Children explore."

-Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

"Books were safer than other people anyway."

-Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

"I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else."

-Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

8. The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind #1)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.26

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent, bestselling novels have garnered him a revered position in… read more

Similar categories in Terry Pratchett's The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind #1) book and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane

9. We Have Always Lived in the Castle

By: Shirley Jackson , Jonathan Lethem

4.32

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Merricat Blackwood lives on the family estate with her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian. Not l… read more

Similar categories in Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle book and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane

10. Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)

By: Jim Butcher

4.07

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

HARRY DRESDEN -- WIZARD Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable… read more

Similar categories in Jim Butcher's Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) book and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Cover of Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

11. Tress of the Emerald Sea

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.40

Format: 483 pages, Kindle Edition

The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, w… read more

Similar categories in Brandon Sanderson's Tress of the Emerald Sea book and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane

  • science fiction fantasy
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"They supposedly had golden hair, like yours, the color of sunlight."

-Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

"It might be said that Tress had a way with words. In that her words tended to get in her way."

-Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

"Well, this isn't the part of the story where you ask questions. So kindly keep them to yourself."

-Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

"If we let it, memory can make shadows of the now, as nothing can match the buttressed legends of our past."

-Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

Cover of What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) by T. Kingfisher

12. What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

By: T. Kingfisher

3.89

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones comes a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edg… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) book and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane

  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You shouldn't joke about fairies."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"The dead don’t walk. Except, sometimes, when they do."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"Most of us go to the Devil without him having to personally oversee things."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"I had a strong urge to step back from them, and an even stronger urge to poke them with a stick."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

Cover of This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar

13. This Is How You Lose the Time War

By: Amal El-Mohtar

3.88

Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition

Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before … read more

Similar categories in Amal El-Mohtar's This Is How You Lose the Time War book and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Atlantis sinks. Serves it right."

-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

"And everyone is alive, somewhere in time."

-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

"All the stars are eyes here, always seeking."

-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

"I would rather break the world than lose you."

-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

Cover of A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) by Becky  Chambers

14. A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)

By: Becky Chambers

None

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

ASIN B08H831J18 moved to the more recent edition Centuries before, robots of Panga gained self-a… read more

Similar categories in Becky Chambers's A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) book and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

15. Piranesi

By: Susanna Clarke

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls … read more

Similar categories in Susanna Clarke's Piranesi book and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane

  • magical realism
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"In my mind are all the tides, their seasons, their ebbs and their flows."

-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

"May your Paths be safe, your Floors unbroken and may the House fill your eyes with Beauty."

-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

"The House is valuable because it is the House. It is enough in and of Itself. It is not the means to an end."

-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

"It does not matter that you do not understand the reason. You are the Beloved Child of the House. Be comforted. And I am comforted."

-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

Cover of Babel by R.F. Kuang

16. Babel

By: R.F. Kuang

4.18

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a historical fantasy epic that grapples with stu… read more

Similar categories in R.F. Kuang's Babel book and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane

  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It is astounding, in truth, how much of academia’s perceived resource scarcity is artificially constructed."

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

"Grief suffocated. Grief paralysed. Grief was a cruel, heavy boot pressed so hard against his chest that he could not breathe."

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

"languages aren't just made of words. they're modes of looking at the world. They're the keys to civiliation. And that's knowledge worth killing for"

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

"It revealed the sheer dependence of the British, who, astonishingly, could not manage to do basic things like bake bread or get safely from one place to another without words stolen from other countr…"

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

Cover of Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) by Travis Baldree

17. Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)

By: Travis Baldree

4.12

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time.The battl… read more

Similar categories in Travis Baldree's Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) book and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Never Fall for a Dragon (Mate Mountain, #1) by Lola Glass

18. Never Fall for a Dragon (Mate Mountain, #1)

By: Lola Glass

3.98

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

I'm trapped in a cabin with a gorgeous dragon shifter. Granted, I was the one who accidentally igni… read more

Similar categories in Lola Glass's Never Fall for a Dragon (Mate Mountain, #1) book and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • young adult
Cover of Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1) by Olivia Atwater

19. Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)

By: Olivia Atwater

4.09

Format: 304 pages, ebook

It's difficult to find a husband in Regency England when you're a young lady with only half a soul.… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Atwater's Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1) book and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"There is such a thing as evil in this world,"

-Olivia Atwater, Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)

"It may be true that you have only half a soul, Dora,"

-Olivia Atwater, Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)

"Every fish you throw back into the ocean is a triumph of the idea that human beings can be better. I do my best, every day, to throw at least one fish back into the ocean. I hope that you will join m…"

-Olivia Atwater, Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)

"I think that Elias has been angry now for so long that he is scared to let it go - I think he is scared that if would make him too complacent, and he might become all of those things which he so desp…"

-Olivia Atwater, Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)

Cover of Susan, You're The Chosen One (Welcome To Midlife Magic, #1) by Lauretta Hignett

20. Susan, You're The Chosen One (Welcome To Midlife Magic, #1)

By: Lauretta Hignett

4.38

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

Starting over isn’t easy when your whole world is a pile of rubble and everyone thinks you’re insan… read more

Similar categories in Lauretta Hignett's Susan, You're The Chosen One (Welcome To Midlife Magic, #1) book and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane

  • fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, #1) by Megan Bannen

21. The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, #1)

By: Megan Bannen

4.09

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Hart is a marshal, tasked with patrolling the strange and magical wilds of Tanria. It’s an unforgiv… read more

Similar categories in Megan Bannen's The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, #1) book and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane

  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Committing it to ink makes it truer."

-Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, #1)

"Mercy spent the rest of the day with a sinus headache and a mediocre novel."

-Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, #1)

"I face my own mortality every day. I can buy a fabulous blouse from a mail-order catalog, cook a terrible dinner, and go to bed with a good romance novel, but when I send the dead sailing across the …"

-Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, #1)

10 best-selling audiobook books like The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

Transform Your Habits

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Terry Pratchett , Neil Gaiman

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)

Diana Wynne Jones

4.29

Transform Your Habits

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Neil Gaiman

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Tress of the Emerald Sea

Brandon Sanderson

4.40

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20 Top fiction books like Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

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Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

Pierce Brown

4.27

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Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)

Pierce Brown

None

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The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)

Patrick Rothfuss

4.07

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Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

Travis Baldree

4.20

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