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series56 books2000

About wizards, set in contemporary and 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 →

Mick OberonSeries

series4 books2014

Urban fantasy.

Start with Hot Lead, Cold Iron →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Fantasy, set in contemporary.

“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, Magnus Bane, The Last Hours, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Eldest Curses, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, The Infernal Devices

The Charlatan DuologySeries

series2 books2022

Set in contemporary.

“Holly Black's adult urban fantasy duology follows Charlie Hall, a small-time criminal turned bartender who used to work for gloamists, magicians who manipulate human shadows, and can't quite outrun that past.”
from the catalogue

Start with Book of Night →

The Legendborn CycleSeries

series3 books2020

Tense in tone, set in contemporary.

“Tracy Deonn's Legendborn Cycle follows Bree Matthews, a Black teenager who enrolls in an early-college program and stumbles into a secret society descended from Arthurian legend operating alongside her North Carolina campus.”
from the catalogue

Start with Legendborn →

BlythewoodSeries

series3 books2013

Fantasy, about coming of age, set in our world.

Start with Blythewood →

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