After V. E. Schwab

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

If you fell hard for the gritty ambition and moral ambiguity in 'Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil', where broken characters chase power through trauma and eternal grudges, you'll crave this rec's razor-sharp necromancers blurring hero-villain lines in visceral power plays. The unapologetic queerness fuels intense rivalries and desires, mirroring Schwab's authentic tension, while intricate world-building turns death into philosophical warfare with emotional gut-punches that linger. Dive into skeletal armies and betrayal as scripture—it's the intoxicating follow-up your dark fantasies demand.

The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

Addie LaRue captivated with its melancholic prose painting centuries of forgotten yearnings and subtle queer romance, resonating deeply for those feeling adrift in modern anonymity or creative struggles. Fans adore the emotional depth of supernatural isolation and historical vignettes that offer self-therapy through quiet rebellion against fate. Dive into a similar tale of mythical beings navigating identity and belonging in a lush, turn-of-the-century world, delivering that same bittersweet catharsis without the epic drama.