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The Dresden Files

Eighteen novels in publication order, and a television series whose own pilot aired eighth.

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Where to start with The Dresden Files

Start with Storm Front and read in publication order. The series is too continuity dependent to enter anywhere else, and the internal chronology never diverges far enough from publication order to justify reordering the novels. Set your expectations though: books one and two are the weakest and were written early in Butcher's career.

  1. 1
    Storm Front Storm Front

    Short, self contained, and it establishes the rules of the world. If you are unsure, the standard advice is to commit through book three or four before deciding, because that is where the series changes gear.

  2. 2
    Side Jobs, after Changes Side Jobs

    Everything in it is set at or before Changes, and its closing story Aftermath is set immediately after Changes and bridges directly into Ghost Story. Reading it here is both spoiler safe and useful.

  3. 3
    Brief Cases, after Skin Game Brief Cases

    Most of its contents slot earlier, but the closer, Zoo Day, is set after Skin Game and before Peace Talks, so this is the spoiler safe slot. Working for Bigfoot is redundant if you read this.

  4. 4
    Peace Talks and Battle Ground, back to back Peace Talks

    These are two halves of one oversized manuscript released ten weeks apart. Battle Ground opens directly on the Peace Talks cliffhanger, so treat them as one book.

Then what? After Battle Ground come the novellas The Law and Out Law and a scattering of anthology stories, then Twelve Months. The next novel is titled Mirror Mirror and has no announced date. On screen, the 2007 series is a separate continuity by the author's own description, adapts only one novel, and runs twelve episodes with no resolution, so it is not a substitute for reading.

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