The Dresden Files Books In Order

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While there are many different book series that have captivated the imaginations of millions of people around the world most of them are historical fantasy genres and they follow rather straightforward epic storylines that often splinter into side stories and quests.
On the other side, we encounter a literary genre that is always evergreen and that became even more popular at the beginning of the 21st century. Nowadays, millions of people enjoy reading detective thrillers and nothing spells a good mystical detective thriller like Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files.
The Dresden Files conveniently merges the worlds of fantasy and detective telling a story about Harry Dresden, an investigator wizard working in Chicago.
 
The Main Storyline
The Dresden Files books merges the world of crime and the world in which magic in which humans live alongside vampires, werewolves, and all sorts of creatures of the night. ...
... In this version of Chicago, different magical creatures have their own magical and political agendas.
Harry Dresden, a consulting wizard, and detective at the Chicago PD Special Investigation Unit accept cases from all sides of the magical spectrum.
While Harry navigates through the complex landscape of the magical underworld of Chicago, he slowly starts to realize that his life is so much more important and that the delicate balance of the world hangs in his hands and that he must accept a much greater role to play.
 
The Reading Order of the Books
Although the publication history of the Dresden files is rather straightforward, Jim Butcher intended them to be fairly easy to follow, much more than having to figure out the Witcher books in order or Game of Thrones books in order. Besides a few standalone stories, the books can be read in the order they were published.
Here is the list of the Dresden files books:

Storm Front
Fool Moon
Grave Peril
Summer Knight
Death Masks
Blood Rites
Dead Beat
Proven Guilty
White Knight
Small Favor
Turn Coat
Changes
Ghost Story
Cold Days
Skin Game
Peace Talks
Battleground

There are two compilations of short stories that are connected to the main book series, and they consist of short stories that follow the Dresden files. The first one is Sidejobs, and it consists of 11 short stories while the other one is Brief Cases, and it consists of 12 short stories. Although they are not mandatory to be read in any way, they serve as interesting supporting material to the main books.
The Dresden Files is probably one of the richest magical storylines that changed the way we write stories about magical creatures by putting them in a contemporary setting against the backdrop of crime and politics. The Dresden Files manages to continuously captivate the imaginations of millions of readers around the world and there is no sign of stopping.
While nothing is ever certain we can safely assume that the Dresden files will continue to be published for the foreseeable future so start reading now and we hope you manage to catch up before the next book is published.