4.19 avg rating — 591,978 ratings

"I found the idea of the True Source interesting, despite the gender based methods of reaching it. The evolution of a culture and its reactions to magic, as well as very clear limitations (I'm thinking of the three oaths, everyone knows they can't be broken, but it makes people more distrustful rather than less"

4.01 avg rating — 360,194 ratings

3.97 avg rating — 377,796 ratings

"Magic should have consequences, and in Butcher's universe, the characters have to deal with consequences from different directions, and often opposite consequences from different people for the same action."

4.04 avg rating — 60,798 ratings

"The basis of magic, in any system is the idea that a person can make changes in accordance with their will- the differences in system amount to the the who and the how. In this series, the concept is writ large- the entire series of worlds is all reflections of a single magically created world, and the decendents of its creator can manipulate the reflections"

4.10 avg rating — 990,123 ratings

"Belief is a common theme in stories about magic- but American Gods explores the power of our beliefs when we don't even think we have them"