Jim Butcher Books In Order
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Storm Front | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Fool Moon | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Grave Peril | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Summer Knight | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Death Masks | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Blood Rites | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Dead Beat | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Proven Guilty | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
White Night | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Small Favor | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Turn Coat | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Changes | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Ghost Story | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Cold Days | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Skin Game | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Peace Talks | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Battle Ground | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Law | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Dresden Files Collections
Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Working for Bigfoot | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Brief Cases | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of The Dresden Files Short Stories/Novellas
Love Hurts | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Christmas Eve | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Codex Alera Books
Furies of Calderon | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Academ's Fury | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Cursor's Fury | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Captain's Fury | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Princep's Fury | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
First Lord's Fury | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of The Cinder Spires Books
The Aeronaut's Windlass | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Warriorborn | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Olympian Affair | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of The Dresden Files Graphic Novels
Welcome to the Jungle | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Backup | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Gathering Storm | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Maelstrom | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Fool Moon, Vol. 1 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Fool Moon, Vol. 2 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Ghoul Goblin | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
War Cry | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Down Town | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Wild Card | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Dog Men | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Bigfoot | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Anthologies
My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Many Bloody Returns | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Blood Lite | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Mean Streets | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Strange Brew | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Dark and Stormy Knights | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Songs of Love and Death | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Hex Appeal | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Lightspeed Magazine, December 2012 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Dangerous Women | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Magic City: Recent Spells | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Beyond the Pale | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Unbound | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Shadowed Souls | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Unfettered II: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Straight Outta Tombstone | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Urban Enemies | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Parallel Worlds: The Heroes Within | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Heroic Hearts | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Instinct: An Animal Rescuers Anthology | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Well known fantasy author Jim Butcher is highly regarded thanks to his popular series of novels ‘The Dresden Files’ as well as the ‘Codex Alera’ saga. All this has helped secure him a place as a New York Times best-selling author.
Early and Personal Life
Jim Butcher gained an interest in the fantasy and science-fiction genres at an early age after being bedridden by strep throat as a child. It was then that his sisters happened to introduce him to ‘The Hans Solo Adventures’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ as a way of passing the time and from that moment on his fate was secured. With an interest in C.S. Lewis, Tolkein and Lloyd Alexander he sought inspiration for his material as his career began to grow.
Born in 1971 on the 26th of October in Independence Missouri he still lives there today with his dog. Being the youngest of three children he is a father himself with one son. He’s also known to be a keen gamer largely dealing with the role-playing fantasy genre both online and off. This has helped to inspire a number of properties built from his own backlog of material. With a degree in English he began his literary career back in college when he created the now infamous character of Harry Dresden as part of a class writing exercise. This was then how he would make his name as he soon found himself reaching number 2 in The New York Times best-seller list.
Writing Career
The Dresden Files were to be the first books that Jim Butcher was to have published, with ‘Storm Front’ being released on the first of April, 2000. Over the course of the Dresden Files series there has been fifteen novels released to date. Chronicling the exploits of wizard and private investigator Harry Dresden, they follow him as he goes about his day-to-day business in Chicago. Incorporating both fantasy and science-fiction, they have become his most successful franchise so far. With a short-lived television series that received cult appeal after its cancellation, graphic novels, role-playing games and even a rumored movie at one point, this has now more than proven to be the case. It also appears that he’s not finishing this series any time soon.
After seeing the success that the Dresden franchise brought him, Jim Butcher decided to opt for a more traditional fantasy setting for his next series. The Codex Alera series was first presented to the public with the ‘Furies of Calderon’ novel, which was published in 2004. With six novels in the series, it has also proven to be popular as it charts a young man, Tavi, who comes of age and his place within a fantasy land that’s in turmoil. Whilst maybe not as successful as Harry Dresden, it still retains a loyal following with its rich and vibrant world.
Next in store from Jim Butcher is ‘The Cinder Spires’ trilogy, which he says will incorporate elements of the steam-punk genre as it charts a fictional war set in an alternate universe. The first novel set to be published will be titled ‘The Aeronaut’s Windlass’.
Storm Front
Taking place within modern Chicago, this is the first novel to introduce Harry Dresden of ‘The Dresden Files’. Here he is hired by a woman who is looking to track down her husband, who is also a magician like Harry named Victor Sells. Soon after he’s called up by Lieutenant Karrin Murphy along with her partner, as they inform him he’s the prime suspect in a murder case involving two people who have had the hearts ripped out. Being a magician is what places him under the suspicion of the Special Investigations Unit as he protests his innocence.
Over the course of the novel he comes into contact with a variety of different supernatural creatures, such as vampires and warlocks, whilst discovering the truth of the situation. As it turns out there’s a drug being manufactured which, going by the name of ‘ThreeEye’, allows humans to get ‘the sight’ giving them powers, but also turns them insane. It then turns out to be Victor Sells who’s creating the drug. He’s doing this so as to bring down a mob boss name Johnny Marcone so he can take over the drug trade himself, which he’s managing through the power of storms. It is then up to Dresden to come face-to-face with sells. Will he be able to manage it? Will he regain his name and prove his innocence? This was the book that introduced so many to the world and characters of Harry Dresden.
Furies of Calderon
This was the book where Jim Butcher brought his readers into the Codex Alera series and the world of the Aleran Empire. In it there are ‘crafters’ who are able to control the elements by using their fury. This is where Amara comes in, a young woman who happens to be on the way to her graduation as she is traveling with Fidelias, her mentor, as she is a ‘cursori’ in training. Soon he betrays her though as she finds herself infiltrating a camp of mercenaries, but not before she escapes making her way to the First Lord Gaius who tells her to head to the city of Garrison.
After this Bernard is introduced as he controls a steadholt. With the rest of his family gone, he now resides with Isana, his sister, and Tavi, his furyless nephew. After they are attacked, they’re then propelled into a new world whereby Tavi meets up with Amara when he’s attacked by a furystorm. Heading back to the steadholt Tavi and Amara come into contact with her original captors from the mercenary camp and she makes her escape once again, this time with Tavi and a slave named Fade.
Over the course of the rest of the novel they form bonds and friendships as they overcome obstacles and find their way. With battles fought against proud warrior tribes, such as the Marat, will Tavi get to truly prove himself? Will they overcome evil and reunite the lands defending the city of Garrison in the process? The world of the Aleran Empire was brought to life here by Jim Butcher as the overall tone of the series was set.
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I have enjoyed all of your series and was not disappointed with The Aeronaut’s Windlass. I was very glad to hear that this was part of a trilogy. When will The Olympian Affair be released? I think that you are going into new territory with your characters and their development. I hope that this second book will be published.