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A delightfully wicked romp through a demonic carnival run by a deadpan necromancer who just wants his soul back. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Johannes Cabal the necromancer.
- carnivalesque
- gothic
- delightfully sinister
- eccentric
- 01
The Brothers Cabal
Jonathan L. Howard
A delightfully macabre romp where an affable vampire and his amoral necromancer brother team up to thwart an occult conspiracy.
- 02
The Necromancer's House
Christopher Buehlman
An emotionally resonant occult fantasy where fierce loyalty and the enduring love for a pet anchor a battle against dark magic.
- 03
Practical Demonkeeping
Christopher Moore · 1992
A chaotic, laugh-out-loud romp through a quirky coastal town besieged by a very hungry, very inconvenient monster.
- 04
The death of the necromancer
Martha Wells · 1998
A shadowy, gaslamp-lit romp where a gentleman thief's quest for vengeance collides with ancient, creeping horrors.
- 05
Libriomancer
Jim C. Hines
A love letter to sci-fi and fantasy nerds wrapped in a fast-paced, popcorn-action urban fantasy.
- 06
The devil's detective
Simon Kurt Unsworth
A grim, supernatural noir where a weary investigator must navigate the ultimate corrupt bureaucracy to solve an escalating string of murders.
- 07
The Portable Door
Tom Holt · 2003
A delightfully absurd collision of soul-crushing corporate bureaucracy and chaotic magical realism.
- 08
The damnation game
Clive Barker
A lush, blood-soaked descent into a Faustian nightmare where the stakes are eternal and the house always wins.
- 09
The Lesser Dead
Christopher Buehlman
A gritty, unapologetic plunge into the grimy, nocturnal underworld of 1970s New York, where even the monsters have something to fear.
- 10
Prosper's Demon
K. J. Parker
A delightfully cynical plunge into the grimy business of exorcism, led by a narrator who might just be worse than the demons he hunts.
- 11
The Wheel of Osheim
Mark Lawrence
A darkly hilarious, apocalyptic thrill ride where a self-serving coward is dragged kicking and screaming into saving the world.
- 12
Half-resurrection blues
Daniel José Older
A shadowy, supernatural mystery that explores the eerie, liminal space between the living and the dead.
