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by Jim Butcher

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  1. 01Cover of Moon called

    Moon called

    Patricia Briggs

    Like Harry Dresden, Mercy Thompson navigates a modern supernatural world where magic and investigation collide.

    • urban fantasy
    • paranormal mystery
    • shape-shifters
    • moody
  2. 02Cover of Rivers of London

    Rivers of London

    Ben Aaronovitch

    A London police constable discovers he can practice magic and joins investigations involving supernatural crimes.

    • urban fantasy
    • police procedural
    • magic
    • London
  3. 03Cover of Dead Witch Walking

    Dead Witch Walking

    Kim Harrison

    A witch working as a supernatural bounty hunter takes on cases in a contemporary city full of magical beings.

    • urban fantasy
    • paranormal mystery
    • witches
    • wry
  4. 04Cover of The Tainted Cup
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    The Tainted Cup

    Robert Jackson Bennett

    A brilliant investigator and her assistant solve an impossible murder in a fantastical empire shaped by living biology.

    • fantasy mystery
    • detective duo
    • biopunk
    • intricate
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    Magic Bites

    Ilona Andrews

    Mercenary Kate Daniels investigates a murder amid a volatile Atlanta where magic disrupts modern life.

    • urban fantasy
    • paranormal investigation
    • magic
    • action
  6. 06Cover of Something from the nightside

    A private investigator enters London's hidden supernatural district to pursue a dangerous case.

    • urban fantasy
    • noir mystery
    • occult
    • dark
  7. 07Cover of The Devil You Know

    Exorcist and investigator Felix Castor works cases involving ghosts and other uncanny forces in modern London.

    • urban fantasy
    • occult mystery
    • private investigator
    • dark
  8. 08Cover of The Justice of Kings
    An unexpected connection

    An imperial magistrate and his clerk investigate a murder that exposes dangerous political and supernatural forces.

    • epic fantasy
    • legal mystery
    • investigation
    • grim
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  1. 09Cover of Hounded

    Hounded

    Kevin Hearne

    An ancient druid living in modern Arizona faces supernatural trouble with a mix of spellcraft and dry humor.

    • urban fantasy
    • mythology
    • magic
    • wry
  2. 10Cover of The Atrocity Archives

    The Atrocity Archives

    Charles Stross

    A government computational demonologist investigates occult threats through a blend of procedural work and strange magic.

    • urban fantasy
    • occult espionage
    • cosmic horror
    • wry
  3. 11Cover of The Dirty Streets Of Heaven

    A Los Angeles angel detective investigates a missing soul in a contemporary supernatural underworld.

    • urban fantasy
    • supernatural mystery
    • angels
    • noir
  4. 12Cover of Hexologists
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    Hexologists

    Josiah Bancroft

    A married pair of magical investigators take on a case that tests their talents and their partnership.

    • fantasy mystery
    • detective partnership
    • magic
    • witty
  5. 13Cover of The Rook

    The Rook

    Daniel O'Malley

    A woman with lost memories discovers she works for a secret British agency that handles supernatural dangers.

    • urban fantasy
    • paranormal thriller
    • secret organization
    • wry
  6. 14Cover of The last smile in Sunder City

    A hard-drinking investigator searches for a missing professor in a city where magic has abruptly vanished.

    • fantasy noir
    • private investigator
    • urban fantasy
    • melancholy
  7. 15Cover of The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant

    An unassuming accountant's supernatural life leads into episodic cases involving a hidden community of monsters.

    • urban fantasy
    • paranormal mystery
    • vampires
    • comic
  8. 16Cover of The Curse of Chalion
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    The Curse of Chalion

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    A weary former soldier becomes entangled in court intrigue where divine forces shape the fate of a kingdom.

    • fantasy
    • political intrigue
    • divine magic
    • hopeful
  9. 17Cover of The golden city

    The golden city

    J. Kathleen Cheney

    A police inspector and a shape-shifting investigator pursue a killer in an alternate-history Lisbon.

    • historical fantasy
    • mystery
    • supernatural beings
    • Portugal
  10. 18Cover of Night Watch

    Night Watch

    Sergei Lukyanenko

    A Moscow agent in a supernatural policing organization investigates threats within a hidden magical society.

    • urban fantasy
    • supernatural investigation
    • moral tension
    • Moscow
  11. 19Cover of The Man With the Golden Torc

    A modern secret agent discovers his family legacy and is drawn into cases involving magic and hidden powers.

    • urban fantasy
    • occult espionage
    • secret societies
    • adventure
  12. 20Cover of City of Stairs
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    City of Stairs

    Robert Jackson Bennett

    A diplomat investigates a scholar's murder in a city where the vanished gods may not be entirely gone.

    • fantasy mystery
    • political intrigue
    • fallen gods
    • atmospheric
  13. 21Cover of Madness of Angels

    Madness of Angels

    Kate Griffin

    A magician returns to London and investigates a web of occult forces threaded through the city.

    • urban fantasy
    • magical mystery
    • London
    • atmospheric
  14. 22Cover of The City & The City

    The City & The City

    China Miéville

    An inspector investigates a murder across two cities that occupy the same physical space but must remain separate.

    • speculative mystery
    • police procedural
    • surreal
    • urban
  15. 23Cover of Neverwhere

    Neverwhere

    Neil Gaiman

    An ordinary Londoner falls into a hidden magical city and must navigate its dangers to find his way back.

    • urban fantasy
    • quest
    • underground London
    • darkly whimsical
  16. 24Cover of Golem and the Jinni
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    Golem and the Jinni

    Helene Wecker

    Two supernatural outsiders form an uneasy connection while navigating the immigrant neighborhoods of turn-of-the-century New York.

    • historical fantasy
    • magical realism
    • immigrant experience
    • New York

About the book

Published in 2000, Storm Front is a fantasy mystery featuring wizard Harry Dresden, by Jim Butcher.

About the author

Jim Butcher is an American fantasy author best known for The Dresden Files, a series that blends urban fantasy with detective fiction.