Similar vein to Gaiman's 'American Gods'?

[Phillips101]

'Ello

Does anyone know of any books in a similar vein to 'American Gods' by Neil Gaiman? If you haven't read it it's about gods who were created by belief as their followers migrated to America, and then were left with no belief to fend for themselves. Other books which are somewhat similar in idea are Modern Magic, A calculus of magic, and Terry Pratchett's gods on Discworld. (Reccomendations need not be comedy).

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

 

[Hedrigall]

King Rat by China Mieville is very Neil Gaiman-esque, and to my mind is a bit of a mix between Neverwhere and American Gods by Gaiman. Instead of gods, it deals with kingdoms of animals. King Rat, for example, is the king of rats, but he's a human with ratlike features. Kind of like a personified rat. Other characters in the book are Anansi, king of spiders, and Lop Lop, king of birds.

The main character is a human drawn into their world (like Shadow is drawn into the world of gods), and the main villain is the Pied Piper from the old fable of Hamelin. Only, because it's set in modern London, the Pied Piper uses underground club music as his weapon instead of piping. It's a pretty great book, but nothing like China Mieville's other books.

 

[Werthead]

The Edge of Reason by Melinda Snodgrass has a strong Gaiman vibe to it.

 

[ravenus]

Having read both, I'm really not sure how King Rat's narrative and feel can be related to American Gods. More than anything else to me KR reads like a Batman book...only Batman is a rat here

 

[Hedrigall]

Having read both, I'm really not sure how King Rat's narrative and feel can be related to American Gods. More than anything else to me KR reads like a Batman book...only Batman is a rat here

I'm going off the whole regular-guy-gets-thrown-into-battle-between-mythical-and-supernatural-forces-who-have-been-anthropomorphised vibe

 

[ravenus]

Well then I include Cliver Barker's Coldheart Canyon to the mix.