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Alchemy of SecretsSeries
series1 book2025
Fantasy, about magical artifacts.
“Pulled into a hidden magical Los Angeles alongside a stranger who claims her missing sister sent him to protect her, Holland has to work out who is lying to her before the clock runs out.”
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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.”
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Start with Welcome to the Jungle →
Mulengro: A Romany TaleNovel
Charles de Lintstandalone novel1985
Fantasy, dark in tone.
“The Gypsies live in the shadows of the city, blending in with Canadian society but never adapting to it, cling to the traditional Romany ways.”
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Rivers of LondonSeries
series32 books2011
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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Anita BlakeSeries
series42 books1993
Dark in tone.
“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 →
Hang WireNovel
Adam Christopherstandalone novel2014
About immortality, set in our world.
“Ted Hall worries when his sleepwalking seems to coincide with murders by the Hang Wire Killer, a very strange circus comes to town, and some immortals searching for an ancient power arrive in the city.”
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