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The Legendborn CycleSeries
series3 books2020
“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 →
The Dresden FilesSeries
series56 books2000
About wizards.
“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 →
Elemental AssassinSeries
series28 books2010
Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.
Start with Spider's Bite →
Jaz ParksSeries
series11 books2007
completed
About vampires.
“Died there too, at the hand of his vampire wife, Liliana.”
from the catalogue
Start with Once Bitten, Twice Shy →
Anita BlakeSeries
series42 books1993
Dark in tone, about vampires.
“The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”
from the catalogue
Start with Guilty Pleasures →
The HollowsSeries
series39 books2004
About witches and demons.
Start with Of Vampires—Living and Not So Living →