But I think that of all his work, the Dirk Gently series is the best comparison. If you’re looking for a book that captures a similar sense of whimsy and British humor as Good Omens, you can’t go wrong with literally anything by Douglas Adams. Spanning from Loki’s shunned childhood as a Jotun-born to the literal end of the world, this book explores the apocalypse in a similar tongue-in-cheek manner as Good Omens.ĭirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams But have you ever wondered what the Norse legends sound like from his perspective? The Gospel of Loki follows the rise of the Norse gods all the way to Ragnarok with a delightfully snarky narrator to tell you just what the myths got wrong about Asgard. Thanks to Marvel films, many of us are familiar with the trickster god Loki. These 7 books like Good Omens have a similar feel to Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s comedic portrayal of armageddon. But luckily, if you’re desperate for more books like Good Omens, you don’t have to go home from the library or bookstore unhappy. But once I’d read the book and finished the last episode, I felt a void in my TBR shelf that no book seemed to fill. I rarely find myself laughing so hard or caring so much about characters as I did during this series. On one hand, it was everything I could have wanted from a story. If you have the same book and television tastes as me, watching the Good Omens miniseries was bittersweet.
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