Jim Butcher

jim-butcher.com

Urban fantasy

Jim Butcher is the author of the Dresden Files, Codex Alera, and Cinder Spires series.
He resides in Independence, Missouri, and has a diverse range of skills more suited to earlier centuries.
Butcher is an avid gamer, enjoying tabletop, video, and live-action role-playing games.
He adopted the online moniker "Longshot" in the 1990s when pursuing his goal of becoming a published author, reflecting the slim odds of success in the field.
Despite achieving his dream and selling multiple series, Butcher has kept his nickname as a reminder of his journey.

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Storm Front

av Jim Butcher • 2000

When magic kills, a wizard detective faces a crime lord, a vampire, and a rogue sorcerer.

3.97

300 000+

🕵️ Occult Detective 🥃 Hardboiled Fantasy 🌃 Supernatural Noir

Storm Front

When magic kills, a wizard detective faces a crime lord, a vampire, and a rogue sorcerer.

av Jim Butcher 2000 372 sidor

3.97

300 000+ betyg

🕵️ Occult Detective 🥃 Hardboiled Fantasy 🌃 Supernatural Noir

Fool Moon

av Jim Butcher • 2001

Full-moon murders plague Chicago. A wizard detective has three nights to catch a cursed killer.

3.97

200 000+

🕵️ Wizard Detective 🌃 Werewolf Noir 🐺 Cursed Werewolf

Fool Moon

Full-moon murders plague Chicago. A wizard detective has three nights to catch a cursed killer.

av Jim Butcher 2001 432 sidor

3.97

200 000+ betyg

🕵️ Wizard Detective 🌃 Werewolf Noir 🐺 Cursed Werewolf

Grave Peril

av Jim Butcher • 2001

When Chicago's ghosts go berserk, a wizard traces the mayhem to a vampire queen's deadly invitation.

4.13

100 000+

🧙 Wizard Detective 🧛 Vampire Politics 👻 Vengeful Spirit

Grave Peril

When Chicago's ghosts go berserk, a wizard traces the mayhem to a vampire queen's deadly invitation.

av Jim Butcher 2001 378 sidor

4.13

100 000+ betyg

🧙 Wizard Detective 🧛 Vampire Politics 👻 Vengeful Spirit

Summer Knight

av Jim Butcher • 2003

Dresden must solve a faerie murder for the Winter Queen before the courts' war destroys Chicago.

4.26

100 000+

👑 Faerie Court Politics 🧙 Wizard Private Eye 🕶️ Noir Atmosphere

Summer Knight

Dresden must solve a faerie murder for the Winter Queen before the courts' war destroys Chicago.

av Jim Butcher 2003 446 sidor

4.26

100 000+ betyg

👑 Faerie Court Politics 🧙 Wizard Private Eye 🕶️ Noir Atmosphere

Death Masks

av Jim Butcher • 2003

Fallen angels plan a plague, a vampire demands a duel, and one wizard must survive both.

4.29

100 000+

🕵️ Wizard Detective 😈 Fallen Angels ⚔️ Holy Knights

Death Masks

Fallen angels plan a plague, a vampire demands a duel, and one wizard must survive both.

av Jim Butcher 2003 432 sidor

4.29

100 000+ betyg

🕵️ Wizard Detective 😈 Fallen Angels ⚔️ Holy Knights

Blood Rites

av Jim Butcher • 2004

A wizard detective investigates a curse that kills through freak accidents on an adult film set.

4.29

100 000+

🕵️ Wizard Detective 🧛 Vampire Politics 👥 Hidden Sibling

Blood Rites

A wizard detective investigates a curse that kills through freak accidents on an adult film set.

av Jim Butcher 2004 372 sidor

4.29

100 000+ betyg

🕵️ Wizard Detective 🧛 Vampire Politics 👥 Hidden Sibling

Dead Beat

av Jim Butcher • 2005

Blackmailed by a vampire, Dresden must stop necromancers from devouring Chicago's dead on Halloween.

4.41

100 000+

🕵️ Wizard Detective 💀 Dark Necromancy 🧚 Faerie Bargains

Dead Beat

Blackmailed by a vampire, Dresden must stop necromancers from devouring Chicago's dead on Halloween.

av Jim Butcher 2005 528 sidor

4.41

100 000+ betyg

🕵️ Wizard Detective 💀 Dark Necromancy 🧚 Faerie Bargains

Proven Guilty

av Jim Butcher • 2006

Fear-eating monsters attack a horror convention, and a wizard must trace them into the Winter Court.

4.39

100 000+

🧙‍♂️ Wizard Detective 🕵️ Urban Fantasy Noir 👹 Fear-Eating Monsters

Proven Guilty

Fear-eating monsters attack a horror convention, and a wizard must trace them into the Winter Court.

av Jim Butcher 2006 547 sidor

4.39

100 000+ betyg

🧙‍♂️ Wizard Detective 🕵️ Urban Fantasy Noir 👹 Fear-Eating Monsters

White Night

av Jim Butcher • 2007

A killer stalks Chicago's witches. The prime suspect is wizard PI Harry Dresden's own brother.

4.38

100 000+

🔮 Wizard Detective 🩸 Vampire Conspiracy 🌃 Noir Urban Fantasy

White Night

A killer stalks Chicago's witches. The prime suspect is wizard PI Harry Dresden's own brother.

av Jim Butcher 2007 407 sidor

4.38

100 000+ betyg

🔮 Wizard Detective 🩸 Vampire Conspiracy 🌃 Noir Urban Fantasy

Changes

av Jim Butcher • 2010

To save his daughter from the Red Court, a wizard bargains with the Queen of Winter.

4.51

100 000+

🕵️ Wizard Detective 🧛 Vampire Enemies 👨‍👧 Parental Rescue

Changes

To save his daughter from the Red Court, a wizard bargains with the Queen of Winter.

av Jim Butcher 2010 438 sidor

4.51

100 000+ betyg

🕵️ Wizard Detective 🧛 Vampire Enemies 👨‍👧 Parental Rescue

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