This week, we’re celebrating the release of The Necromancer’s House by Christopher Buehlman, out today! In the book, Andrew Ranulf Blankenship is a handsome, stylish nonconformist with wry wit, a classic Mustang, and a massive library. He is also a recovering alcoholic and a practicing warlock, able to speak with the dead through film. He has come into possession of a spell book previously owned by the storied Russian witch, Baba Yaga. With it, Andrews has summoned a demon he cannot control.

Here, Christopher has shared the top five books that inspired him to write his newest novel:

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Scary, gripping and deeply unsettling, American Gods takes a long, hard look into the soul of America. You’ll be surprised by what and who it finds there…

Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Jonathan L.Howard

A charmingly gothic, fiendishly funny Faustian tale about a brilliant scientist who makes a deal with the Devil, twice.

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

This uncensored translation of Bulgakov’s posthumously published masterpiece of black magic and black humor restores its sliest digs and sharpest jabs at Stalin’s regime, which suppressed it.

Storm Front by Jim Butcher

When Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard, is brought into consult on a grisly double murder committed with black magic, things start to get personal.

Savages by Don Winslow

A breakthrough novel that pits young kingpins against a Mexican drug cartel, Savages is a provocative, sexy, and sharply funny thrill ride through the dark side of the war on drugs and beyond.

Pinterest PS – Get in touch with your inner necromancer with this spooky Pinterest board!