The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman is excellent. I just finished listening to the audiobook recording (which happens to be narrated by the author himself – and that proves to be a perk, as Mr. Gaiman sounds like Snape from Harry Potter and his voice suits the tone of the book perfectly).
The book (written for children but certainly enjoyable for adults, as well) is about a boy named Nobody (“Bod”) Owens whose parents were murdered when he was a baby. Somehow, he ends up in a cemetery, and he grows up in the company of ghosts and other fantastical beings. Bod’s life is a wonderfully strange experiment in straddling the worlds of the living and the dead, and some surprisingly sincere and heartwarming relationships emerge from his adventures. I found myself feeling distinctly sad and nostalgic when the story ended.
(I should mention that this is only the second audiobook I’ve listened to. But I think I’m becoming addicted. It was such a comforting thing to listen to a story as I lay in bed at night, on the cusp of dreams.)
Highly recommended.