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Ghost StoriesHorrorOccult Fiction

The Graveyard Book

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  • 2008 first published
  • 304 pages
  • ★ 4.2 (123 ratings)
  • 40 editions
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Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book (2008) is a ghost story and horror novel. Characters include Nobody Owens, Mr. Owens and Mistress Owens. Key subjects include cemeteries, Dead, orphans and death.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.2 out of 5 from 123 ratings, and 523 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 40 editions across 6 languages.

At about 304 pages, most readers finish it in 5–6 hours.

About The Graveyard Book

Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place—he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their ghostly teachings—such as the ability to Fade so mere mortals cannot see him. Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead? The Graveyard Book is the winner of the Newbery Medal, the Carnegie Medal, the Hugo Award for best novel, the Locus Award for Young Adult novel, the American Bookseller Association’s “Best Indie Young Adult Buzz Book,” a Horn Book Honor, and Audio Book of the Year.
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Awards & lists

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Characters

  • Nobody Owens
  • Mr. Owens
  • Mistress Owens
  • Silas
  • man Jack

Subjects

  • Cemeteries
  • Supernatural
  • Dead
  • Orphans
  • Death
  • Family
  • Alternative Family
  • Horror
  • Fantasy & Magic
  • Newbery Medal
  • Children's fiction
  • Ghosts
  • Hugo Award Winner
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Magic
  • Ghost stories

Quick answers

Who wrote The Graveyard Book?

The Graveyard Book was written by Neil Gaiman and first published in 2008.

What genre is The Graveyard Book?

It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories, Horror and Occult Fiction.

How long is The Graveyard Book?

The median edition has 304 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Graveyard Book?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Amityville Horror, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and The House of Seven Gables Readalong.

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