Before the Decade Ends, Here Are the Best Novels of the 21st Century

American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2017)

Shadow, the book’s protagonist, is released from prison early to mourn the tragic death of his wife. He soon falls in with a grifter known as Mr. Wednesday, who recruits Shadow as his bodyguard. As it turns out, Mr. Wednesday is actually a god.

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