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  • Cover of Anita Blake
    Anita BlakeSeries

    series · 42 books · 1993

    About vampires.

    “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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    The Morganville VampiresSeries

    series · 40 books · 2006

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    Paranormal, about vampires.

    “The novels feature Claire Danvers, a student at Texas Prairie University, and her housemates in the vampire-controlled city of Morganville, Texas.”

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    Start with Glass Houses →

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  • Cover of The Dresden Files
    The Dresden FilesSeries

    series · 56 books · 2000

    About wizards, set in big city.

    “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 →

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  • Cover of Mulengro: A Romany Tale
    Mulengro: A Romany TaleNovel

    Charles de Lint · standalone novel · 1985

    Mystery & detective and fantasy, mysterious in tone, set in big city.

    “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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  • Cover of Occult Crimes Unit Investigations
    Occult Crimes Unit InvestigationsSeries

    series · 3 books · 2011

    Mystery & detective.

    “Like the rest of America, Scranton's got an uneasy 'live and let unlive' relationship with the supernatural.”

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    Start with Hard Spell →

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  • Cover of Jerusalem's Lot
    Jerusalem's LotSeries

    series · 3 books · 1975

    Horror, about vampires and grief and loss, set in our world.

    “Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”

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    Start with 'Salem's Lot →

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