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The Curse WorkersSeries
series3 books2010
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 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 Dark EliteSeries
series3 books2009
About magic schools, set in our world.
“Lily's parents have sent her to a fancy boarding school in Chicago filled with the ultra-rich.”
from the catalogue
Start with Firespell →
The Morganville VampiresSeries
series40 books2006
completed
About vampires, set in small town.
“The novels feature Claire Danvers, a student at Texas Prairie University, and her housemates in the vampire-controlled city of Morganville, Texas.”
from the catalogue
Start with Glass Houses →
Alchemy of SecretsSeries
series1 book2025
Mystery & detective, 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Alchemy of Secrets →
The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse
universe70 books2007
Fantasy and 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 →
includes The Dark Artifices, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, Magnus Bane, The Infernal Devices, The Last Hours, The Eldest Curses, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy