Order of Jim Butcher Books
Jim Butcher is an American author who is best known for his fantasy and sci-fi novels. He is the author of The Dresden Files and Codex Alera series. His wife Shannon K. Butcher is also an author.
Butcher’s influences include J.R.R. Tolkien, Lloyd Alexander and C.S. Lewis – names that any self-respecting fantasy novelist should be more than well-aware of. After many years of trying but unable to make any waves in the industry, he finally got his break and got published in 2000 with Storm Front. Below is a list of Jim Butcher’s novels to date, in order of when they were released in their original form:
Publication Order of The Dresden Files Books
| Storm Front | (2000) |    |
| Fool Moon | (2001) | |
| Grave Peril | (2001) | |
| Summer Knight | (2002) | |
| Death Masks | (2003) | |
| Blood Rites | (2004) | |
| Dead Beat | (2005) | |
| Proven Guilty | (2006) | |
| White Night | (2007) | |
| Small Favor | (2008) | |
| Turn Coat | (2009) | |
| Changes | (2010) | |
| Ghost Story | (2011) | |
| Cold Days | (2012) | |
| Skin Game | (2014) | |
| Peace Talks | (2020) | |
| Battle Ground | (2020) | |
| The Law | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Dresden Files Collections
| Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files | (2010) | |
| Working for Bigfoot | (2014) | |
| Brief Cases | (2018) | |
Publication Order of Codex Alera Books
| Furies of Calderon | (2004) | |
| Academ's Fury | (2005) | |
| Cursor's Fury | (2006) | |
| Captain's Fury | (2007) | |
| Princep's Fury | (2008) | |
| First Lord's Fury | (2008) | |
Publication Order of The Cinder Spires Books
| The Aeronaut's Windlass | (2015) | |
| The Olympian Affair has not yet been released and may never be. | ||
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours | (2006) | |
Publication Order of The Dresden Files Graphic Novels
| Welcome to the Jungle | (2008) | |
| Backup | (2008) | |
| Storm Front, Vol. 1: The Gathering Storm | (2009) | |
| Storm Front, Vol. 2: Maelstrom | (2011) | |
| Fool Moon, Vol. 1 | (2011) | |
| Fool Moon, Vol. 2 | (2013) | |
| Ghoul Goblin | (2013) | |
| War Cry | (2014) | |
| Down Town | (2015) | |
| Wild Card | (2016) | |
| Dog Men | (2018) | |
| Bigfoot | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Mercy Thompson World Books
(with Kelley Armstrong, Patricia Briggs, Faith Hunter, Seanan McGuire, A.J. Hartley, , , , Alex Erickson, D.J. Butler, Hailey Edwards)
| Instinct: An Animal Rescuers Anthology | (2023) | |
Publication Order of Unfettered Books
| Unfettered II: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy | (2016) | |
| Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy | (2019) | |
| Anthology series. | ||
Publication Order of Vampire Files Books
| Lifeblood | (1990) | |
| Bloodlist | (1990) | |
| Bloodcircle | (1990) | |
| Art in the Blood | (1991) | |
| Fire in the Blood | (1991) | |
| Blood on the Water | (1992) | |
| A Chill in the Blood | (1998) | |
| The Dark Sleep | (1999) | |
| Lady Crymsyn | (2000) | |
| Cold Streets | (2003) | |
| Song in the Dark | (2005) | |
| Many Bloody Returns | (2007) | |
| The Devil You Know | (2009) | |
| Dark Road Rising | (2009) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Blood Lite | (2008) | |
| Mean Streets | (2009) | |
| Strange Brew | (2009) | |
| Dark and Stormy Knights | (2010) | |
| Songs of Love and Death | (2010) | |
| Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy | (2011) | |
| Hex Appeal | (2012) | |
| Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron | (2012) | |
| Dangerous Women | (2013) | |
| Magic City: Recent Spells | (2014) | |
| Beyond the Pale: A Fantasy Anthology | (2014) | |
| Unbound: Tales By Masters of Fantasy | (2016) | |
| Shadowed Souls | (2016) | |
| Heroic Hearts | (2022) | |
| Instinct: An Animal Rescuers Anthology | (2023) | |
Note: The graphic novel Ghoul Goblin was written by Mark Powers, based on Butcher’s work.
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WHEN (APPROX) WILL THE NEXT HARRY ADVENTURE BE RELEASED? MY NEPHEW SAYS THERE WILL BE 2 BOOKS AND HARRY GOES ON HIS WELL EARNED VACATION, IS THIS TRUE?
THANKS
Last I heard, book #18 will be called “Twelve Months” and “Mirror Mirror” will be book #19. Unfortunately no release dates have been announced yet.
Fun, though almost “young adult” material.
There is no discussion I just wanna know what Harry Molly and Murphy are doing.
And could this be fixed. Ghost Story has been redone, so what about Turn Coat – kind of an important case book in the overall story.
Can anyone tell me why Turn Coat is not available as an audiobook on ITunes?
has anyone heard when the next dresden book is slated for release?? (i believe this would be #16 tentatively titled “Skin Games”) many thanks!!
Jim is one of the best story tellers I’ve read. J.r. Tolkien, Stephen Donaldson, Steven King, I could go on, but it’s a comment. Read his stuff, time well spent
love the dresden series, GREAT books!!!