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Horror

Neverwhere

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  • 1996 first published
  • 388 pages
  • ★ 4.1 (129 ratings)
  • 46 editions
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Neverwhere is a 1996 horror novel by Neil Gaiman. Much of the action takes place in London, England and England. Key subjects include underground areas, underground homeless persons, Businessmen and subways.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.1 out of 5 from 129 ratings, and 308 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 46 editions across 8 languages. It appeared on the New York Times E-Book Fiction bestseller list in 2012.

At about 388 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours.

About Neverwhere

"Richard Mayhew is an ordinary young man with an ordinary life and a good heart. His world is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. This small kindness propels him into a dark world he never dreamed existed. He must learn to survive in London Below, in a world of perpetual shadows and darkness, filled with monsters and saints, murderers and angels. He must survive if he is ever to return to the London that he knew."
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Awards & lists

  • ✦Mythopoeic Awards 1998 — Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (nominee)
  • 📰New York Times bestseller list — E-Book Fiction, 2012

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Underground areas
  • Underground homeless persons
  • Businessmen
  • Subways
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Fantasy
  • London, England
  • Contemporary fantasy
  • Horror
  • London Below
  • Rats
  • FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary
  • FICTION / Fantasy / Urban Life
  • FICTION / Literary
  • Zones souterraines
  • Romans, nouvelles

Quick answers

Who wrote Neverwhere?

Neverwhere was written by Neil Gaiman and first published in 1996.

What genre is Neverwhere?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is Neverwhere?

The median edition has 388 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Neverwhere?

Readers who like it often enjoy Birdman, The Screaming Staircase and A Christmas Carol.

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