Books like “Anansi Boys”

What to read after “Anansi Boys” by Neil Gaiman: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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1
American Gods
Neil Gaiman · 2001
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling” and “Urban Fantasy”
Fresh out of prison, Shadow Moon takes a job with the smooth-talking Mr. Wednesday. Their road trip across America draws him into a quiet war between the old gods brought by immigrants and the new gods of media and technology, with Shadow caught in the middle.
2
The Spirit Thief
Rachel Aaron · 2010
Similar atmosphere: “Whimsical”
- Whimsical
- Trickster
Eli Monpress is a wizard and a thief who would rather have a larger bounty than a heavier purse. To raise it he kidnaps a king, which brings the Spirit Court's envoy Miranda Lyonette after him. Eli's easy charm hides a plan that puts more than his own bounty at stake.
3
Bridge of Birds
Barry Hughart · 1984
Similar atmosphere: “Whimsical”
In an ancient China that never was, a plague falls on the children of a village. Number Ten Ox seeks the sage Master Li, a scholar with 'a slight flaw in his character', and the two set off through ghosts, gods and bandits to find the one cure that can save the children.
4
A Touch of Darkness
Scarlett St. Clair · 2019
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling” and “Urban Fantasy”
- Mythology Retelling
- Urban Fantasy
Persephone is a young journalist who wants an ordinary life, away from her mother Demeter's plans. At a nightclub she meets Hades, the god of the dead, and loses a wager that binds her to his realm. She must learn to grow life in the underworld, or surrender to a love she was warned against.
5
The Last Unicorn
Peter S. Beagle · 1968
Similar atmosphere: “Whimsical”
- Whimsical
A unicorn learns she may be the last of her kind and leaves her forest to search for the others. With a bumbling magician and a sharp-tongued woman she travels to a king's castle, where love and loss wait at the end of the road.
6
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Sue Lynn Tan · 2022
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- Mythology Retelling
Xingyin grows up alone on the moon, hidden from the emperor who exiled her mother for stealing an elixir of immortality. When her magic is discovered she flees, conceals her identity at the celestial court and trains as a warrior to win her mother's freedom.
7
The Colour of Magic
Terry Pratchett · 1983
Similar atmosphere: “Whimsical”
- Whimsical
Rincewind, a wizard who failed out of magic school, is saddled with guiding Twoflower, the Discworld's first tourist, on a chaotic tour. Their journey drags a naive optimist, a walking luggage chest and a very unwilling hero through one disaster after another.
8
The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan · 2005
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling” and “Urban Fantasy”
- Mythology Retelling
- Urban Fantasy
Percy Jackson, a twelve-year-old who keeps getting expelled, learns he is a demigod and is accused of stealing Zeus's master bolt. With Annabeth and Grover he crosses America to return it, facing monsters and gods to stop a war on Olympus.
9
Her Majesty's Royal Coven
Juno Dawson · 2022
From the same world: “Urban Fantasy”
- Urban Fantasy
Four friends once swore an oath to Her Majesty's Royal Coven, the secret department of witches protecting Britain. Decades on, one runs the coven and one has left it, and whispers of a prophecy and a young warlock of frightening power force them to choose between tradition and what is right.
10
Legendborn
Tracy Deonn · 2020
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling” and “Urban Fantasy”
- Mythology Retelling
- Urban Fantasy
After her mother's death, Bree Matthews joins an early college program at UNC and witnesses a demon attack that no one else remembers. Pulled into a secret society descended from King Arthur's knights, she hunts for the truth behind the magic that erased her memory.
11
The Darkest Night
Gena Showalter · 2008
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling” and “Urban Fantasy”
- Mythology Retelling
- Urban Fantasy
Cursed to carry the demon of Violence, the immortal warrior Maddox has spent lifetimes in torment. Every night he dies at the hands of the gods, and every dawn he wakes. Rescuing a mortal woman named Ashlyn from his enemies throws them both into a conflict that could free or destroy him.
12
Ariadne
Jennifer Saint · 2021
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
- Mythology Retelling
Princess Ariadne helps Theseus escape the labyrinth, then is abandoned on a shore where Dionysus finds her. She must decide how much of her story to give away to a god, and what freedom is worth.