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Mercy ThompsonUniverse
universe45 books2006
About werewolves.
“Patricia Briggs builds this world across two interlocking series.”
from the catalogue
Start with Alpha and Omega →
includes Alpha and Omega
Gale FamilySeries
series3 books2009
Set in our world.
“Tanya Huff's urban fantasy trilogy follows Alysha Gale, a member of a Canadian family whose charms can reshape reality, after she inherits her grandmother's junk shop in Calgary and discovers it doubles as a gateway into the fae world.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Enchantment Emporium →
InCryptidSeries
series53 books2012
Set in our world.
Start with Discount Armageddon →
The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse
universe70 books2007
Fantasy.
“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue
Start with City of Bones →
includes The Dark Artifices, The Eldest Curses, Magnus Bane, The Last Hours, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, The Infernal Devices, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
The Dresden FilesSeries
series56 books2000
About wizards, set in big city.
“The novels are narrated from the first-person perspective of Harry Dresden, a private detective and wizard, as he investigates supernatural disturbances in contemporary Chicago.”
from the catalogue
Start with Welcome to the Jungle →
The Morganville VampiresSeries
series40 books2006
completed
Paranormal, about vampires, set in small town.
“The novels feature Claire Danvers, a student at Texas Prairie University, and her housemates in the vampire-controlled city of Morganville, Texas.”
from the catalogue
Start with Glass Houses →