Books like The Necromancer's Apprentice
Loved The Necromancer's Apprentice by Icy Sedgwick? Here are 7 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.
About The Necromancer's Apprentice →7 books
- 1The Name of the Wind
The Name of the Wind
Patrick RothfussA young apprentice learns a demanding magical craft from a series of teachers, in a fantasy world built around study.
Books like it → - 2Gideon the Ninth
Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn MuirA necromancy-based fantasy with a strong student-and-teacher dynamic at its center.
- 3Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Susanna ClarkeTwo magicians and their rivalry and partnership shape a fantasy set in an alternate Regency England.
- 4Sorcerer to the Crown
Sorcerer to the Crown
Zen ChoA magic-trained protagonist works within the institutions of a politically tense English-style society.
- 5Uprooted
Uprooted
Naomi NovikA young woman is taken into the care of a powerful wizard, and their relationship is central to the story.
- 6The Magicians
The Magicians
Lev GrossmanA student enters a school of magic and deals with the costs and temptations of learning the craft.
- 7A Discovery of Witches
A Discovery of Witches
Deborah HarknessA scholar of magic becomes entangled with a hidden world of witches, vampires and daemons.
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