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)
Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)
Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)
Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)
Lirael (Abhorsen, #2)
Abhorsen (Abhorsen, #3)
The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch, #1)
Alchemised
The Awakening (Darkest Powers, #2)
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal, #1)
The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer (Necromancer, #1)
The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1)
Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1)
The Reckoning (Darkest Powers, #3)
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
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

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
33 books — 27 voters
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

L.J. Stanton
“ When Merikh crouched down and carefully pulled the rug back, Loralee instinctively retreated a few steps. Green fog began to emanate from Merikh’s fingertips. It thickened as it touched the ground. After a moment, the fog completed a circle around the stain. Strange glyphs that resembled the ones from the raven scroll ran along the outside rim of the circle. “It would seem a history lesson is in order,” Merikh said...The room went cold. Not the sort of cold that happened when Merikh grew irrita ...more ”
― L.J. Stanton, The Dying Sun

Clare Urbanski
“ You must believe me that trying to bring back the dead is not worth the trouble. In any sense. And it’s not right, either—the dead don’t like to be disturbed. It’s like trying to wake someone from a wonderful dream and bring them back to an unpleasant, imperfect reality. For most of them, at any rate, but the flip side presents another score of problems. ”
― Clare Urbanski, Prince Niru

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