Good fiction with Death?

Question

I'm looking for stuff that has something to do with death; like maybe the main character is dead, or there's a personification of Death somewhere in the story.

Answer 1

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

Answer 2

For the personification of Death, try:



* Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' series. Death is a character in nearly every book, but plays a larger part in several of the books, particularly 'Mort,' 'Reaper Man,' 'Soul Music.'



* Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett's 'Good Omens,' which features Death as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.



* Neil Gaiman's wonderful 'Sandman' graphic novels! The main character is an anthropomorphic personification of Dream; Death is one of his siblings (and one of the best characters in the series). In addition to playing a large part in the series, Death is also featured in two spin-off graphic novels, 'Death: The High Cost of Living' and 'Death: The Time of Your Life.'



(I cannot recommend these enough!!)



* Piers Anthony's 'On a Pale Horse,' the first book in his 'Incarnations of Immortality' series. Each book is about a different personification (Time, Fate, War), but the first is about Death.



For posthumously-narrated fiction, I second the recommendations for Alice Sebold's 'The Lovely Bones' and Audrey Niffenegger's 'The Time Traveler's Wife.'

Answer 3

The Lovely Bones is a great choice for that.



Maybe also Slaughterhouse Five, but that's a little less literal, more weird and craazy.



Dracula



Blood and Guts and High School (same concerns as Slaughterhouse Five, but to a greater degree)

Answer 4

The Master and Margerita by Michael Bulgakov

Faust by Goethe

Mephisto by Klaus Mann

Dr. Faustus by Marlowe

Answer 5

The Lovely Bones is absolutely fantastic. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows actually personifies Death as well.

Answer 6

The Lovely Bones, definitely.

Answer 7

..definitely Twilight!..haha..but it's too common. Try The Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket..



It doesn't bring any inspiration or hope for the reader. But it's a great book..It's a series..



..It's a pretty good story, if you like stories with really bad endings..



..Enjoy though..!.God Bless..c: