Necromancy

Necromancy is a claimed form of magic involving communication with the deceased – either by summoning their spirit as an apparition or raising them bodily – for the purpose of divination, imparting the means to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge. The term may sometimes be used in a more general sense to refer to black magic or witchcraft.

Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)
Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)
Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)
Lirael (Abhorsen, #2)
The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch, #1)
Abhorsen (Abhorsen, #3)
The Awakening (Darkest Powers, #2)
The Summoning (Darkest Powers #1)
Alchemised
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal, #1)
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer (Necromancer, #1)
The Reckoning (Darkest Powers, #3)
Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1)
The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1)
Cursed Legacy by Carissa AndrewsSoul Legacy by Carissa AndrewsHaunted Legacy by Carissa AndrewsSecret Legacy by Carissa Andrews
Sin-Eaters in Fiction
4 books — 1 voter
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirSecret Legacy by Carissa AndrewsMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsThe Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin  Starling魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī] by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
Necromancy in Fiction
30 books — 26 voters

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirThe Crack at the Heart of Everything by Fiona FennCemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī] by Mò Xiāng Tóng XiùThe Capital by A.H. Lee
Books About Gay Necromancers
35 books — 35 voters
魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī] by Mò Xiāng Tóng XiùMistress of Bones by Maria Z. MedinaThe Foxglove King by Hannah WhittenFelix Boni and the Reanimation of Craig Rotter by Caspian SirenoSabriel by Garth Nix
Let's Keep the Dead Down
18 books — 7 voters

Claude Lecouteux
The texts are unanimous on one point: the dead do not like being summoned back.
Claude Lecouteux, The Return of the Dead: Ghosts, Ancestors, and the Transparent Veil of the Pagan Mind

N.D. Stevenson
I don't know what's so scary about zombies. Reanimating the dead isn't that hard, but they make TERRIBLE minions. They can't move quickly and they fall to pieces in a matter of days. ...more
N.D. Stevenson, Nimona

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