James J. Butcher Books In Order

Publication Order of The Unorthodox Chronicles Books

James J. Butcher is an American published author known for writing The Unorthodox Chronicles.

He was born on October 20, 1991 in Norman, Oklahoma. Butcher spends a lot of time in places that don’t exist in his mind and many of these places were made by himself. The free time that he can find he usually devotes to exercising or writing.

Butcher is the son of Jim Butcher, a famous New York Times bestselling author known for writing The Dresden Files. He was the one who introduced James to movies, books, and games. His mother is Shannon K. Butcher and the author is an only child. He describes himself as a lifelong gamer, geek, and nerd.

The author grew up in the type of house that was full of books all the time, something that was helped along by James’ father. From the start, the author was destined to come up with his own stories that are full of adventure, action, and the supernatural. From being surrounded by the magic of storytelling from a young age, it did not take too long before James start coming up with his own narratives.

Today James has his own unique personal writing style that is full of depth and is fast paced. He brings his own touch to the genre and proved this with the release of his first series, The Unorthodox Chronicles. It showed his ability to build strong characters as well as worlds and infuse them with magic and mystery, making him a new urban fantasy writer on the scene to watch out for.

His first book in The Unorthodox Chronicles (Dead Man’s Hand) was selected by Penguin Random House for publishing and the rest is history. The debut of the book was quickly followed by a sequel and more books in the series for a unique fantasy read that fans of the genre will not want to miss.

Even though his father has been such a large figure looming in the literary world, James has managed to establish a space for himself that is all his own. He is able to balance the familial influences that he has with his own unique voice. His characters are able to deal with moral dilemmas while doing their best to navigate complicated worlds, all while going on incredible adventures and pursuing personal discovery. The end result are books that are difficult to put down once you get started!

Today Butcher resides in Denver and is busy working on his next work. He is always busy refining his craft and doing his best to try and get better at what he does. He has brought new energy to the fantasy genre and when he isn’t writing he likes to try and get outdoors and get a workout in.

Dead Man’s Hand is the first book in The Unorthodox Chronicles by James J. Butcher. If you need more urban fantasy stories in your life, then this is the book for you. When a young man has to solve the murder of a mentor, will he find that he’s up to the job?

In the city of Boston, the world is split into two groups. These include the regular ‘Usuals’ and the paranormal ‘Unorthodox’. In the Department of Unorthodox Affairs, the Auditors qualify as the magical elite. They are witches who are sanctioned by the government who have spells at their fingertips as well as massive prestige and power.

When it comes to being one of those types of witches, Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby is definitely not one of their number. He tried to take the Auditor training program, but ended up flunking out. He was dismissed as being not material for the Department and decided that it was time for him to accept life living as a run of the mill witch, someone who was simply mediocre.

But he cannot help his hoping that he will somehow get another chance to prove how skilled he is. That chance comes along, but it also has a price attached to it. When his former mentor is killed not far away from where he works, it turns out that the top suspect is Grimsby. The Auditors seem to think that he was the one to murder the most dangerous witch alive.

Grimsby knows that he didn’t do it, but he’s got to do more than that. He’s got to go out there and find the evidence to back it up. He’s going to have to do some legwork in order to get things done and even forms an alliance with the Huntsman as well as a being from Elsewhere. It should be enough to get somewhere with all of this, and Grimsby needs to clear his name if he wants to avoid the consequences.

He didn’t contend on going on some type of grand adventure, but suddenly that is exactly what is happening. It’s his goal to try and find the true killer all while avoiding the Auditors who are following him. Can he stay alive long enough to clear his name and bring some type of justice around for his mentor? Read this book to find out.

Long Past Dues is the second book in The Unorthodox Chronicles by James J. Butcher. If you read the first book in this series and loved it, keep the adventures going with this urban fantasy sequel.

Grimsby has become an Auditor in the Department of Unorthodox Affairs at last. But he quickly discovers himself in trouble when he intercepts a friend’s case. He defied the odds to become an Auditor and now enforces magical laws, but soon starts to find that the job is not as glamorous as he would have pictured.

As he gets used to the daily grind of the job, he gets tired of being instructed to deal with boring magical troubles. So when he sees an exciting case meant for a friend, he sort of assigns it to himself. His goal is to solve the case and find out the origin of an unfinished ritual that seems to be the work of a foe that was put down by his unretired Huntsman partner Leslie Mayflower two decades prior.

As they contend with werewolves, a cursed artifact, and a journey to the land below Boston, they’re all about to find out the truth. Can Grimsby keep the ritual from going through or will he find that he is out of his depth? Read the second book in this series by James J. Butcher to find out!