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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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Welcome to the Jungle →
The Great CitiesSeries
series3 books2016
Urban fantasy and fantasy, set in contemporary and north america.
“N. K. Jemisin's Great Cities duology imagines that great cities can awaken as living, sentient avatars defending themselves against extradimensional threats.”
from the catalogue
Start with The City We Became →
The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse
universe70 books2007
“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 →
includes The Dark Artifices, The Eldest Curses, The Infernal Devices, Magnus Bane, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, The Last Hours, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
TrollhuntersNovel
Guillermo Del Toro & Daniel Krausstandalone novel2015
About monster hunting, set in small town.
“Everything changes for San Bernardino teenage suburbanite Jim Sturges when a 45-year old mystery resurfaces, threatening the lives of everyone in his seemingly sleepy town.”
from the catalogue
The Curse WorkersSeries
series3 books2010
About family secrets and curses, set in our world.
“Holly Black's Curse Workers trilogy is set in an alternate America where 'curse work' — magic that harms or transforms through touch — is illegal, enforced through gloves and Prohibition-era-style crime families.”
from the catalogue
Start with White Cat →
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 →