About the Book

Hugo Award

Minnesota Book Award Finalist

Nebula Award Finalist

The Author's Preferred Text 10th Anniversary Edition of the New York Times-bestselling tour-de-force that USA Today called “a powerful, searing force that makes readers confront what is real and what is not.”

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.

Freshman Common Read: Western Michigan University

Critical Praise

“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

“Provocative yet fun . . . Gaiman has applied his vast breadth of knowledge about all things mythological to a truly high concept.” — Entertainment Weekly

“Gaiman returns to the fertile killing ground that nourished The Sandman: that peculiarly American crossroads where pop culture intersects with religion, violence and death.” — Village Voice Literary Supplement

“Immensely rewarding . . . . Suffused with . . . powerful imagery and deftly painted characters . . . . A finely crafted novel of weight and significance [with] poetic descriptions, sharp-eyed criticism, and first-rate storytelling. There is much to enjoy, to admire, and to ponder in this unforgettable tale.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer

“Pointed, occasionally comic, often scary, consistently moving and provocative . . . . American Gods is strewn with secrets and magical visions.” — USA Today

“Mystery, satire, sex, horror, poetic prose-American Gods uses all these to keep the reader turning the pages.” — Washington Post

“Original, engrossing, and endlessly inventive.” — George R. R. Martin

American Gods is sexy, thrilling, dark, funny and poetic." — Teller, of Penn & Teller

"American Gods is like a fast run downhill through a maze -- both exhilarating and twisted." — Jane Lindskold, author of Changer and

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Product Details

• ISBN: 9780063081918
• ISBN 10: 0063081911
• Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks
• On Sale: 03/16/2021
• Trimsize: 5.310 in (w) x 8.000 in (h) x 1.260 in (d)
• Pages: 560
• List Price: $19.99
• BISAC1 : FICTION / Action & Adventure
• BISAC2 : FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary
• BISAC3 : FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
• BISAC4 : FICTION / Literary