Whenever i describe the dresden files i tell people its like harry potter mixed with the avengers. And those that do enjoy playing with humans far too much. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Say you have read all of the harry dresden books and are looking for more. Harry dresden may be a bit like that at the start of the series, but for the most part he is taking down top guys. A dark noire fantasy story told from the perspective of a wizard private investigator. What to read if you like harry dresden by jim butcher.
If you like storm front, then these similar books, movies, tvshows and anime recommendations might interest you. Jim butcher announces surprise new dresden files book. The guy is an underdog and kinda at the mercy of many others. I found a somewhat close substitute in the joe ledger series, but i havent came close since i finished it. This book manages to be progressive on social issues without being inyourface about it. It writing style is a bit tough for some but a very interesting universe and magic system.
If you love the dresden files, youll love galleywampus. If you love author jim butcher, youve come to the right place. Skin game the dresden files, book 15 kindle edition by butcher. What to read if you like harry dresden by jim butcher 248. Butcher himself recommends this novel as being similar to the dresden files on the cover blurb. It isnt that similar to the dresden files, i think. Dresden lives in a world where magic and supernatural creatures exist.
From book 1 for harry dresden, chicagos only professional wizard, business, to put it mildly, stinks. Pick books that have helped you endure until the next dresden fix comes along. Proven guilty the dresden files, book 8 kindle edition by butcher, jim. What would you get if you crossed spenser with merlin.
It just keeps getting stronger and better as the books go on. The dresden files is the immensely popular fantasy series from bestselling author jim butcher. Dresden has really come into his own now, and this novel feels like a building crescendolike everything is swaying and threatening to topple right over. Jim butcher announces surprise new dresden files book, battle. With 16 volumes out, your binge will keep you busy for a long time. This is a story about the bonds the wizard has built over 10 books, and it sees harry reliant on his friends and allies more than ever. Hounded by kevin hearne, fated by benedict jacka, moon called by patricia briggs, rivers of london by. Book 17 in the dresden files series by jim butcher will be titled battle ground and is expected out this year, with a release date announced for a little more than two months after the release of. The out of the box followup series picked up right where the girl in the box left off in 2014 and currently consists of 20 books with book 21. If you are into action and fantasy, you would want to check out. Carters going to find out who did it, and hes going to make them pay.
Butcher can give us werewolves and still come out of it gleaming with originalityits an. So if you are hungering for some more dresdenlike action, feast on these reads. If so, then well, have i got a list for you, friend. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading. If you like the dresden files by jim butcher, then you. Maybe something new has come out recently that will blow me away but for most of these i get like 34 books into it and i get bored or the quality drops. Its not about the magic or the mystery, its the badass whitty charterers and the stories between them that i love. Turns out jim butcher fans can expect not just one but two new dresden files books this year. If you are looking for a book about the struggles people face due to the prejudices ingrained in our society, this isnt the book for you. Ive reread the dresden files myself several times over the years and it still never gets old storm front itself is a good book, but a couple more books down the line it starts to become a richer dresdenverse and the books become amazing.
My boyfriend loved it just like i knew he would, and has since then purchased each of the books in the series and consumed them at a very rapid pace. There are currently fifteen books in this magical urban fantasy series, which started in the year 2000. If you want to check out an older series of his that is not alternative world genre. So when the police bring him in to consult on a grisly.
I would second rivers of london more police oriented but very good probably the closest to dresden in quality imo. Harry dresden is the central character in the book series, which narrates his investigation of the supernatural. I cant give one thats in every way like the dresden books theyre among my. Think dresden but if dresden was an ex con, pissed off, more ruthless, and with. Im struggling to remember the last book and i loved the series. And that series by harry connolly, from reading the description, doesnt seem great either. Felt like reading a book version of a tv show on the. What to read if you like harry dresden by jim butcher 248 books.
As as investigator, dresden takes on cases for human and nonhuman clients. Jim butcher is the man behind the dresden files series a mysteryfantasy combo. Dresden files book 17 release date announced, battle. And with over 5 books out now, this series has proved itself.
Its one of the most wellknown, wellloved series running, and for damn good reasons. Demonreach, like practically every prison ever, was just as well suited to keeping visitors out as it was to keeping them in. Turns out jim butcher fans can expect not just one but two new dresden files. Which is the opposite of what butcher has been able to do with the dresden files.
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