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  • Cover of Anita Blake
    Anita BlakeSeries

    series · 42 books · 1993

    Urban fantasy, dark and tense in tone, about vampires, set in contemporary and north america.

    “The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”

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    Start with Guilty Pleasures →

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  • Cover of The Dresden Files
    The Dresden FilesSeries

    series · 56 books · 2000

    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 →

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  • Cover of Henry Fitzroy
    Henry FitzroySeries

    series · 29 books · 1991

    Urban fantasy, about vampires, set in contemporary and north america.

    “Henry Fitzroy, bastard son of Henry VIII and Vampire foils a spy's plan to betray England to Napoleon's forces.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Blood Price →

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  • Cover of Effective Engineering Solutions
    Effective Engineering SolutionsSeries

    series · 37 books · 1995

    Thriller & suspense.

    “Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child wrote it as a standalone techno-thriller in 2000; it later fed into their separate Gideon Crew series rather than getting a direct sequel of its own.”

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    Start with Thunderhead →

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  • Cover of Jack Nightingale
    Jack NightingaleSeries

    series · 39 books · 2010

    Set in contemporary.

    “Stephen Leather's series follows Nightingale as people around him start dying in increasingly inexplicable ways, forcing a skeptic into treating the occult threat as real.”

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    Start with Nightfall →

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  • Cover of Guardians Universe
    Guardians UniverseSeries

    series · 17 books · 2006

    About werewolves.

    Start with Full Moon Rising →

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