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The Dresden FilesSeries
series56 books2000
“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.”
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Start with Welcome to the Jungle →
Rivers of LondonSeries
series32 books2011
Mysterious in tone, set in british isles.
“The author Ben Aaronovitch has subsequently written nine books in the Peter Grant Series, plus accompanying novellas, short stories, comics and graphic novels.”
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Start with Rivers of London →
Drusilla Jaco / Sentinels of New OrleansSeries
series8 books2012
Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and big city.
“As the junior wizard sentinel for New Orleans, Drusilla Jaco's job involves a lot more potion-mixing and pixie-retrieval than sniffing out supernatural bad guys like rogue vampires and lethal were-creatures.”
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Start with Royal Street →
The HollowsSeries
series39 books2004
About witches and demons.
Start with Of Vampires—Living and Not So Living →
Chicagoland Vampires UniverseSeries
series25 books2009
Paranormal romance, about vampires.
Start with Some Girls Bite →
The Detective & The UnicornNovel
Michael Angelstandalone novel2011
Set in otherworld.
“When a warlock from the magical world of the Morning Land murders Derek Ridder's friend, the LAPD detective gets a new partner.”
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