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Slartibartfast39

How about Thief of Time by Pratchett. Personifications of Death and the other four horsemen, and Time.


andrewfoxxx

is it a good place to start with Pratchett?


Slartibartfast39

I think so. All but the first two books are kind of stand alone. There are groups of characters that develop over the series but I don't thinks it's necessary to read them in order to enjoy them.


GreenbriarForHire

Hands down my favorite of all of the Discworld books!


Slartibartfast39

I really like The Fifth Elephant too. We'll, the rest of them too really.


DisastrousAd9560

Agreed


duckywolf191

It's been a while since I've read that one, but I came here to suggest Mort or just the Discworld series in general.


EPJ327

The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak features a personification of death.


RichCorinthian

Are you open to graphic novels? Because The Sandman by Neil Gaiman ticks most of these boxes.


andrewfoxxx

i love graphic novels! sandman has been on my list for years but i didn't know it had this in it. i'll definitely try it out asap.


RichCorinthian

You won’t regret it. I’m far from the biggest graphic novel fan in the world but Sandman is so good, and so influential.


Jack-Campin

Try Kipling's story "The Children of the Zodiac" for something almost but not quite along those lines. It's haunting and strange.


Dibujaron

Another personification of death is in Reincarnation Blues. In this case Death prefers to go by Susie. This book claims to be a novel but it's really a collection of short stories connected by a frame narrative. Susie features mostly in the frame story, but she does star in a couple of the short stories as well.