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Jim Butcher

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Urban Fantasy

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Jim Butcher is the author of the Dresden Files, the Codex Alera, and a new steampunk series, the Cinder Spires. His resume includes a laundry list of skills which were useful a couple of centuries ago, and he plays guitar quite badly. An avid gamer, he plays tabletop games in varying systems, a variety of video games on PC and console, and LARPs whenever he can make time for it. Jim currently resides mostly inside his own head, but his head can generally be found in his home town of Independence, Missouri.

Jim goes by the moniker Longshot in a number of online locales. He came by this name in the early 1990′s when he decided he would become a published author. Usually only 3 in 1000 who make such an attempt actually manage to become publishe ...more

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	Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 352,499 ratings — published 2000 — 128 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 195,851 ratings — published 2001 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3) 4.14 avg rating — 166,120 ratings — published 2001 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 150,975 ratings — published 2002 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death Masks (The Dresden Files, #5) 4.29 avg rating — 138,396 ratings — published 2003 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, #6) 4.30 avg rating — 130,366 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, #7) 4.41 avg rating — 126,194 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files, #8) 4.39 avg rating — 121,347 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Night (The Dresden Files, #9) 4.38 avg rating — 119,689 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Changes (The Dresden Files, #12) 4.50 avg rating — 115,937 ratings — published 2010 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Freedom v Fear

I don't make statements like this a lot, and I don't really feel like engaging in a huge debate. But there's something I need to say regarding Charlie Hebdo.

God knows I have little in common with the folks who died. I doubt we'd have agreed on very much. Looking over some of their work, I find myself rolling my eyes a lot.

But I do agree on at least one matter with them--they should be free to spea Read more of this blog post »

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Series by Jim Butcher

Codex Alera (6 books)
by

Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)

4.30 avg rating — 442,793 ratings

The Cinder Spires (2 books)
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Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)

4.22 avg rating — 53,810 ratings

The Dresden Files Graphic Novels (11 books)
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Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author),

Mark Powers,

Carlos Gómez (Illustrations),

Stjepan Šejić (Illustrations)

4.18 avg rating — 47,819 ratings

Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle (5 books)
by

Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author),

Ardian Syaf (Illustrator)

4.12 avg rating — 17,789 ratings

Dresden Files: Storm Front (2 books)
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Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author),

Mark Powers (Adaptation),

Ardian Syaf (Illustrator),

Brett Booth (Illustrator)

4.34 avg rating — 16,590 ratings

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Fantasy literature is arguably the single oldest genre in all of storytelling. Contemporary fantasy has its roots, overtly or not, in world...

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Time to pick our next BOM!
Which science fiction book would you like to read in November?

This list was pulled from Authors After Dark's 2012 Bookie Awards ballot choices for "SciFi Novel of the Year"

Paradise 21 by Aubrie Dionne

7 votes, 33.3%

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Aftermath by Ann Aguirre

5 votes, 23.8%

Alien in the Family (Katherine "Kitty" Katt, #3) by Gini Koch

Alien in the Family by Gini Koch

3 votes, 14.3%

Hunting Kat by P.J. Schnyder

3 votes, 14.3%

Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13) by Jim Butcher

Ghost Story by Jim Butcher

1 vote, 4.8%

Born of Shadows (The League, #4) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Born of Shadows by Sherrilyn Kenyon

1 vote, 4.8%

The Slipstream Con (Ylendrian Empire, #2) by S. Reesa Herberth

The Slipstream Con by S. Reesa Herberth

1 vote, 4.8%

Naamah's Blessing (Kushiel's Legacy, #9) by Jacqueline Carey

Naamah's Blessing by Jacqueline Carey

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