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  • Cover of Meredith Gentry
    Meredith GentrySeries

    series · 10 books · 2000

    Urban fantasy, about fae and court intrigue, set in contemporary.

    “The first book in the series, A Kiss of Shadows, was released by Del Rey on October 3, 2000.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Kiss of Shadows →

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  • Cover of The Dresden Files
    The Dresden FilesSeries

    series · 56 books · 2000

    Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and north america.

    “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 →

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  • Cover of Alex Stern
    Alex SternSeries

    series · 4 books · 2019

    Urban fantasy and dark fantasy, set in contemporary and big city.

    “The opening novel, Ninth House, establishes her as an outsider gifted with the ability to see ghosts; the sequels continue her investigation into the societies' abuses and the murder that first drew her into Lethe's world.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Ninth House →

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  • Cover of World of Ice and Fire
    World of Ice and FireUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1980

    Epic fantasy, about war, set in secondary world.

    “Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Game of Thrones →

    similar bypolitical intriguefantasydark

    includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History

  • Cover of Sword of Truth
    Sword of TruthUniverse

    universe · 27 books · 1994

    Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

    “Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Wizard's First Rule →

    similar byfantasy+2 more

    includes Richard and Kahlan, The Nicci Chronicles, The Legend of Magda Searus

  • Cover of The Mortal Instruments
    The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

    universe · 70 books · 2007

    Urban 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 →

    similar byfantasy

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