Books like Snow, Glass, Apples
12 books with a reading profile close to Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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1
The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House
by Neil Gaiman
horror, narrative
Dream, the personification of sleep, tracks down four rogue nightmares that escaped his realm during his long imprisonment.
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2
The Changeling
horror, narrative
Apollo Kagwa is a rare-book dealer in New York who marries Emma Valentine, a librarian.
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3
The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
by Neil Gaiman
horror, narrative
In 1916, an occultist seeking immortality mistakenly captures Morpheus, the personification of dreams, instead of Death.
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4
Kiss Kiss
by Roald Dahl
horror, narrative
In this collection of eleven short stories, characters navigate domestic traps, professional rivalries, and cruel coincidences.
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5
The Ballad of Black Tom
horror, narrative
Tommy Tester is a young Black hustler in 1920s Harlem who earns a living with a guitar and a few small cons.
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6
Ghost Wall
by Sarah Moss
horror, narrative
Seventeen-year-old Silvie joins her father, Bill, on a historical reenactment camp in the Northumbrian wilderness.
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7
The Spear Cuts Through Water
narrative, literary
In the Strangled Empire, three oppressive princes rule through terror and magical birthrights under their father, the Old Emperor.
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8
The Salt Grows Heavy
horror, literary
In this horror novella set on a bleak island, a pregnant woman named Rue flees her abusive husband Hal and finds shelter with a plague doctor who lives by the shore and uses a bird mask.
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9
The Snow Child
by Eowyn Ivey
narrative, literary
In 1920s Alaska, homesteaders Jack and Mabel struggle with the isolation of the frontier and the grief of their childless marriage.
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10
Once Upon a River
narrative, literary
On a winter night at the Swan Inn along the Thames, a wounded stranger staggers through the door carrying the lifeless body of a small girl.
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11
Swamplandia!
narrative, literary
Set in the sinking geography of the Florida Everglades, this novel follows the Bigtree family, a clan of alligator wrestlers struggling to maintain their failing theme park.
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12
Who Fears Death
narrative, literary
In a post-apocalyptic Sudan, the light-skinned Nuru people systematically oppress the dark-skinned Okeke.
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