I am looking for books about wizards/sorcerers/necromancers. I would be especially interested in the journey from novice to apprentice to acolyte to journeyman to master to grandmaster. Tell me about all your favorite tropes. Do NOT suggest Harry Potter or any sort of twee children's book. Also do not suggest LOTR (which is awesome, Gandalf is awesome, Saruman is awesome, Witch King of Angmar is awesome, Radagast and Beorn are meh but acceptable) because I've read it a few times already. Tell me about scrying, about summoning demons, about abjuration & conjuration, about traveling the infinite planes, about somatic & material & verbal components of spells, about incantations and charms and glamours. I'm looking for the greatest wizard books of all time.
by sneaky_imp