The Dresden Files Books in Order
Jim Butcher's urban-fantasy series follows Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard and a sardonic private investigator, as he takes on vampires, faeries, demons, and worse. Each novel is a self-contained case that builds toward a larger supernatural war.
Publication order
In the order the books were originally released.
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Buy on Amazon2000 · Jim Butcher
Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard listed in the phone book, scrapes by taking consulting jobs for the police. When a brutal double…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · Jim Butcher
A string of savage killings around Chicago points to a werewolf, but Harry soon learns there are many kinds of shapeshifter, and several may be loose…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · Jim Butcher
Ghosts across Chicago are growing violent and tormented, something stirring them to attack the living. With his ally Michael Carpenter, a holy Knight…
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Buy on Amazon2002 · Jim Butcher
The faerie courts of Summer and Winter teeter on the brink of war, and the Winter Queen Mab calls in a debt, forcing Harry to investigate the murder…
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Buy on Amazon2003 · Jim Butcher
The vampire Red Court demands Harry settle the war he provoked through a ritual duel, while the Shroud of Turin is stolen and brought to Chicago by a…
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Buy on Amazon2004 · Jim Butcher
Harry agrees to help his vampire friend Thomas guard a movie producer whose associates are dying under a deadly entropy curse, leading him onto an…
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Buy on Amazon2005 · Jim Butcher
A necromancer blackmails Harry by threatening Karrin Murphy's life, forcing him to find a powerful, dangerous tome before a coven of death-mages…
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Buy on Amazon2006 · Jim Butcher
Fear-feeding creatures take the shape of horror-movie monsters and begin attacking people at a Chicago convention, and the trail leads disturbingly…
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Buy on Amazon2007 · Jim Butcher
A series of deaths among Chicago's lesser magical practitioners, staged to look like suicides, draws Harry into an investigation that points toward…
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Buy on Amazon2008 · Jim Butcher
The mischievous faerie lord known as the Summer Knight's adversaries and the demonic Denarians both make moves against Chicago, and Mab calls in…
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Buy on Amazon2009 · Jim Butcher
A senior member of the White Council's enforcement arm, the Wardens, arrives at Harry's door as a fugitive accused of murder and begs for help.…
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Buy on Amazon2010 · Jim Butcher
Harry learns he has a daughter, and that the vampire Red Court has taken her, forcing him to wage all-out war to get her back. To save his child, he…
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Buy on Amazon2011 · Jim Butcher
Harry awakens as a ghost, told he was murdered and must find his own killer to protect the friends he left behind. Trapped in an insubstantial…
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Buy on Amazon2012 · Jim Butcher
Bound to serve as the Winter Knight, Harry awakens under Mab's control and is given an impossible first assignment: to kill an immortal. As he…
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Buy on Amazon2014 · Jim Butcher
Mab loans Harry's services to his old enemy Nicodemus, who is assembling a crew for an impossible heist: robbing the vault of the Greek god of the…
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Buy on Amazon2020 · Jim Butcher
An ancient and monstrous power launches a full assault on Chicago, and Harry stands with every ally he can muster to defend the city against…
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Companion & related books
Short-story collections and companion titles in this series.
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Buy on Amazon2008 · Jim Butcher
Told from the perspective of Harry's half-brother Thomas, this short tale follows the White Court vampire as he undertakes a secret mission to…
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Buy on Amazon2018 · Jim Butcher
This collection gathers short stories set throughout the Dresden Files world, spotlighting characters from across the series in adventures that range…
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the The Dresden Files books in?
Publication order — Author Jim Butcher and his publishers list the novels in publication order, which matches the in-universe chronology for the main series Start with “Storm Front.”
How many books are in the The Dresden Files series?
We list 16 books by Jim Butcher , published between 2000–2020.
Where can I buy the The Dresden Files books?
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Reading order compiled from author/publisher guidance and verified bibliographic data. Spotted an error? We continuously correct the catalog.