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- Storm Front (Dresden Files) (2000)
- Fool Moon (Dresden Files) (2001)
- Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, Book 6) (2004)
- Skin Game (Dresden Files) (2015)
- Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, Book 3) (2001)
- Ghost Story (Dresden Files) (2012)
- Brief Cases (Dresden Files) (2019)
- Death Masks (Dresden Files) (2003)
- Cold Days (Dresden Files) (2013)
- Summer Knight (Dresden Files) (2002)
- Small Favor (The Dresden Files, Book 10) (2009)
- Turn Coat (The Dresden Files, Book 11) (2010)
Storm Front (Dresden Files) (2000)
As a professional wizard, Harry Dresden knows firsthand that the “everyday” world is actually full of strange and magical things—and most of them don’t play well with humans. And those that do enjoy playing with humans far too much. He also knows he’s the best at what he does. Technically, he’s the only at what he does. But even though Harry is the only game in town, business—to put it mildly—stinks. So when the Chicago P.D.
Fool Moon (Dresden Files) (2001)
You’d think there’d be a little more action for the only professional wizard listed in the Chicago phone book. But lately, Harry Dresden hasn’t been able to dredge up any kind of work: magical, mundane, or menial. Just when it looks like he can’t afford his next meal, a murder comes along that requires his particular brand of supernatural expertise. There’s a brutally mutilated corpse, and monstrous animal markings at the scene.
Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, Book 6) (2004)
Harry Dresden has had worse assignments than going undercover on the set of an adult film. Like fleeing a burning building full of enraged demon-monkeys, for instance. Or going toe-to-leaf with a walking plant monster. Still, there’s something more troubling than usual about his newest case. The film’s producer believes he’s the target of a sinister curse—but it’s the women around him who are dying, in increasingly spectacular ways.
Skin Game (Dresden Files) (2015)
As Winter Knight to the Queen of Air and Darkness, Harry Dresden never knows what the scheming Mab might want him to do. Usually, it’s something awful. Mab has traded Harry’s skills to pay off a debt. And now he must help a group of villains led by Harry’s most despised enemy, Nicodemus Archleone, to break into a high-security vault so that they can then access a vault in the Nevernever.
Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, Book 3) (2001)
Harry Dresden’s faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career. Giant scorpions. Oversexed vampires. Psychotic werewolves. It comes with the territory, when you’re the only professional wizard in the Chicago area phone book.But in all Harry’s years of supernatural sleuthing, he’s never faced anything like this: the spirit world’s gone postal.
Ghost Story (Dresden Files) (2012)
In his life, Harry’s been shot, stabbed, sliced, beaten, burned, crushed, and tortured. And after someone puts a bullet through his chest and leaves him to die in the waters of Lake Michigan, things really start going downhill.Trapped between life and death, he learns that his friends are in serious trouble.
Brief Cases (Dresden Files) (2019)
The world of Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard, is rife with intrigue—and creatures of all supernatural stripes. And you’ll make their intimate acquaintance as Harry delves into the dark side of truth, justice, and the American way in this must-have short story collection. From the Wild West to the bleachers at Wrigley Field, humans, zombies, incubi, and even fey royalty appear, ready to blur the line between friend and foe.
Death Masks (Dresden Files) (2003)
Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only practicing professional wizard, should be happy that business is pretty good for a change. But he also knows that whenever things are going good, the only way left for them to go is bad. Way bad.
Cold Days (Dresden Files) (2013)
Harry Dresden is no longer Chicago’s only professional wizard. Now, he’s Winter Knight to Mab, the Queen of Air and Darkness. Her word is his command. And her first command is the seemingly impossible: kill an immortal. Worse still, there is a growing threat to an unfathomable source of magic that could mean the deaths of millions.
Summer Knight (Dresden Files) (2002)
Ever since his girlfriend left town to deal with her newly acquired taste for blood, Harry Dresden has been down and out in Chicago. He can’t pay his rent. He’s alienating his friends. He can’t even recall the last time he took a shower. The only professional wizard in the phone book has become a desperate man. And just when it seems things can’t get any worse, in saunters the Winter Queen of Faerie.
Small Favor (The Dresden Files, Book 10) (2009)
Harry’s life finally seems to be calming down. The White Council’s war with the vampiric Red Court is easing up, no one’s tried to kill him lately, and his eager apprentice is starting to learn real magic. For once, the future looks fairly bright. But the past casts one hell of a long shadow. Mab, monarch of the Sidhe Winter Court, calls in an old favor from Harry.
Turn Coat (The Dresden Files, Book 11) (2010)
When it comes to the magical ruling body known as the White Council, Harry is thought of as either a black sheep or a sacrificial lamb. And none hold him in more disdain than Morgan, a veteran Warden with a grudge against anyone who bends the rules. But now, Morgan is in trouble. He’s been accused of cold-blooded murder—a crime with only one, final punishment. He’s on the run, wanting his name cleared, and he needs someone with a knack for backing the underdog.
Best Dresden Files Books You Should Enjoy
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The Dresden Files RPG: Volume 3 – Paranet Papers
Author(s): Evil Hat Productions
ID: 1440060, Publisher: Evil Hat Productions, Year: 2015, Size: 25 Mb, Format: pdf
Ghost Story
Author(s): Jim Butcher
ID: 797168, Publisher: Roc, Year: 2011, Size: 489 Kb, Format: epub
Summer Knight
Author(s): Jim Butcher
ID: 814906, Publisher: Roc, Year: 2011, Size: 355 Kb, Format: epub
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