Death Personified

Hello all, for August we've opted for books that feature the personification of Death.

The push for this theme seemed to be a few people wanting to read Discworld books 😆. However, could certainly fit into more serious fantasy or horror too if you wish to read a less comical approach to the grim reaper ☠️

Here are some examples to set the mood, but as always you are free to read whatever you wish and tell us on day what you thought of it.

Examples

• Reaper Man (1991) / Mort (1987), by Terry Pratchett
  (I'm not a Discworld reader - but these are the two titles being talked up around the table)
• Sandman, by Neil Gaiman (1989) (this is a comic series, but was recommended for those interested in graphic novels)
• The Book Thief, by Murkus Zusak (2006)
  (death is narrating the story of a little German girl living through WW2 - I read it long ago but can't recall anything about it 😜, but it did release to critical acclaim)
• On a Pale Horse, by Piers Anthony (1983)
  (a man accidentally kills death, and has to take over the job - inspired the tv show Dead Like Me and was near top of several goodread lists of this theme)
• Gods of Jade & Shadow, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2020)
  (I know nothing of this book, but wanted a recently published example and a user review called it "a Cinderella story where the fairy godmother is the Mayan God of Death", which caught my attention out of the other 100 books listed on goodreads 😀)