Jim Butcher Reading Order

25 books (2006–2023)

Jim Butcher edited this anthology series consisting of 23 books published between 2006 and 2023, with the complete list including titles such as My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding, Many Bloody Returns, Blood Lite, Mean Streets, and Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy. The series should be read in publication order and spans multiple genres including fantasy, science fiction, and horror. The series appears to be complete as of 2023.

Start with My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding, the first of 23 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Many Bloody Returns 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Blood Lite 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Mean Streets 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Strange Brew 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Dark and Stormy Knights 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Songs of Love and Death 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Hex Appeal 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Lightspeed Magazine, December 2012 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Dangerous Women 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Beyond the Pale 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Magic City: Recent Spells 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Shadowed Souls 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Unbound 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Unfettered II: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Straight Outta Tombstone 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Urban Enemies 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Parallel Worlds: The Heroes Within 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Heroic Hearts 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Instinct: An Animal Rescuers Anthology 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Collected RinthCon 2323 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2004–2008)

Codex Alera is a completed fantasy series by Jim Butcher comprising six books published between 2004 and 2008. The novels should be read in publication order, beginning with Furies of Calderon and concluding with Princep's Fury. Each successive installment builds directly on the events and character development of its predecessors, making sequential reading essential for following the story's progression.

Start with Furies of Calderon, the first of 6 books in the Codex Alera series.

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1	Furies of Calderon 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Academ's Fury 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Cursor's Fury 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Captain's Fury 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	First Lord's Fury 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Princep's Fury 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2010–2018)

The Dresden Files Collections consist of three short story compilations published between 2010 and 2018. These books should be read in publication order: Side Jobs, Working for Bigfoot, and Brief Cases. The series is now complete and offers supplementary tales set within Jim Butcher's urban fantasy universe featuring the wizard detective Harry Dresden.

Start with Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files and read in order.

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1	Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Working for Bigfoot 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Brief Cases 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2026–2026)

1 book (2006–2006)

#	Title
1	Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2015–2023)

Jim Butcher's Cinder Spires trilogy spans from 2015 to 2023 with three books: The Aeronaut's Windlass, The Olympian Affair, and Warriorborn. The series appears to be complete and should be read in publication order. This fantasy and science fiction blend delivers a self-contained story arc across its three installments.

Start with The Aeronaut's Windlass and read in order.

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1	The Aeronaut's Windlass 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Olympian Affair 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Warriorborn 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

18 books (2000–2026)

The Dresden Files is an ongoing fantasy series by Jim Butcher comprising 18 books published between 2000 and 2026. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Storm Front and continuing through the most recent installments. This sprawling urban fantasy saga follows a wizard navigating the hidden supernatural world beneath modern-day Chicago while solving crimes and uncovering dangerous conspiracies.

Start with Storm Front, the first of 18 books in the The Dresden Files series.

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1	Storm Front 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Fool Moon 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Grave Peril 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Summer Knight 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Death Masks 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Blood Rites 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Dead Beat 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Proven Guilty 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	White Night 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Small Favor 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Turn Coat 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Changes 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Ghost Story 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Cold Days 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Skin Game 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Battle Ground 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Peace Talks 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Twelve Months 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

12 books (2008–2022)

The Dresden Files Graphic Novels series consists of 12 books published between 2008 and 2022, adapting Jim Butcher's urban fantasy universe into graphic novel format. Most entries were illustrated by Mark Powers, with these visual adaptations covering stories from the original novels including Fool Moon and the Dresden Files canon. The series appears to be complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Backup and concluding with Bigfoot.

Start with Backup, the first of 12 books in the The Dresden Files Graphic Novels series.

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1	Backup 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Welcome to the Jungle 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Gathering Storm(By: Mark Powers) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Fool Moon, Vol. 1(By: Mark Powers) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Maelstrom(By: Mark Powers) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Fool Moon, Vol. 2(By: Mark Powers) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Ghoul Goblin(By: Mark Powers) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	War Cry(By: Mark Powers) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Down Town(By: Mark Powers) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Wild Card(By: Mark Powers) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Dog Men(By: Mark Powers) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Bigfoot(With: Mark Powers) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

26 books (2010–2026)

The Dresden Files Short Stories/Novellas is an ongoing series of 25 short fiction pieces by Jim Butcher, published between 2010 and 2026. These stories should be read in publication order, beginning with A Restoration of Faith and continuing through titles like Aftermath, Heorot, Last Call, Something Borrowed, and many others. The series complements Butcher's broader Dresden Files universe and spans multiple genres including fantasy, science fiction, and horror.

Start with A Restoration of Faith, the first of 25 books in the The Dresden Files Short Stories/Novellas series.

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1	A Restoration of Faith 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Aftermath 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Heorot 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Last Call 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Something Borrowed 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Vignette 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Love Hurts 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	A Fistful of Warlocks 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	AAAA Wizardry 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	B is for Bigfoot 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Bigfoot on Campus 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Bombshells 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Christmas Eve 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Cold Case 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Curses 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Day One 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Even Hand 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	I Was a Teenage Bigfoot 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Jury Duty 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Zoo Day 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Everything the Light Touches 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Mike 2020
23	Little Things 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Law 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Fugitive 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Out Law 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

15 books (2010–2024)

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror is an ongoing annual anthology series edited by Jim Butcher, collecting the finest dark fantasy and horror short fiction published each year. Fifteen volumes have been released from 2010 to 2024, with the first ten published as dated editions (2010–2019) followed by five numbered volumes. Read these anthologies in publication order to follow the chronological progression of curated dark fantasy and horror stories across more than a decade.

Start with The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition, the first of 15 books in the The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror series.

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1	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible