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5[[caption-width-right:349:Fighting the good fight.[[note]]From left to right: [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampires Thomas]] [[TheLancer Raith]], [[IntrepidReporter Susan]] [[VampireRefugee Rodriguez]], [[MasterOfIllusion Molly]] [[ActionGirl Carpenter]], [[KnightInShiningArmor Michael]] [[TheParagon Carpenter]], [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Toot-]][[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass toot]], [[BadassNormal Karrin]] [[PintsizedPowerhouse Murphy]], [[TheHero Harry]] [[KnightInSourArmor Blackstone]] [[BlueCollarWarlock Copperfield]] [[HeroicWillpower Dresden]] and [[MagicalComputer Bob]] [[TheSmartGuy the]] [[ServileSnarker Skull]]. Not pictured: everyone else.[[/note]]]]
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7->''"My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. When things get strange, when what goes bump in the night flicks on the lights, when no one else can help you, give me a call. I'm in the book."''
8-->-- '''Harry Dresden'''
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10%% One quote is sufficient. Please place additional entries on the quotes tab.
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12An UrbanFantasy/mystery series of novels by Creator/JimButcher. Harry Dresden is a [[OccultDetective wizard and private detective]] operating out of modern day UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} (he's in the phone book under "wizards"; surprisingly, he's the only entry), and reluctantly hired by a special police task force as a consultant on supernatural crimes. The GenreSavvy protagonist cracks jokes about the UrbanFantasy-DungeonPunk setting and the tropes it uses.
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14Harry meets a wide variety of characters in the series, including Karrin Murphy, the ActionGirl cop who's [[BrokenMasquerade aware of the city's supernatural underworld]]; Bob, [[SealedBadassInACan a spirit of intellect who lives in a skull]]--human-shaped ghost in the television series--is Harry's literal MagicalComputer; Michael Carpenter, a modern-day [[ThePaladin paladin]] wielding a [[CoolSword holy sword]]; Billy the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolf]] and his pack of Alphas (a group of young [[HeroicWannabe heroic wannabes]]); Thomas Raith, the LoveableRogue [[strike:incubus]] [[SuccubiAndIncubi White]] [[DecadentCourt Court]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]]; Harry's on-and-off love interest reporter Susan Rodriguez; and Molly Carpenter, Michael's oldest daughter and Harry's [[TheApprentice apprentice]]. Like many detective stories, Harry meets a ridiculous number of [[FemmeFatale femmes fatales]], [[TheDon crime bosses]], and [[{{Mooks}} hired goons]], which is frequently [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the series.
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16There are currently seventeen published novels in the series, with the last book, ''Battle Ground'', having been released [[https://www.tor.com/2020/03/24/jim-butcher-announces-new-dresden-files-book-battle-ground/ on September 29, 2020]]:
17[[index]]
18# ''Literature/{{Storm Front|DresdenFiles}}'' (April 1, 2000)
19# ''Literature/FoolMoon'' (January 1, 2001)
20# ''Literature/GravePeril'' (September 1, 2001)
21# ''Literature/SummerKnight'' (September 3, 2002)
22# ''Literature/DeathMasks'' (August 5, 2003)
23# ''Literature/BloodRites'' (August 3, 2004)
24# ''Literature/DeadBeat'' (May 3, 2005)
25# ''Literature/ProvenGuilty'' (May 2, 2006)
26# ''Literature/WhiteNight'' (April 3, 2007)
27# ''Literature/SmallFavor'' (April 1, 2008)
28# ''Literature/TurnCoat'' (April 7, 2009)
29# ''Literature/{{Changes}}'' (April 6, 2010)
30# ''Literature/GhostStory'' (July 26th, 2011)
31# ''Literature/ColdDays'' (November 27, 2012)
32# ''Literature/SkinGame'' (May 27, 2014)
33# ''Literature/PeaceTalks'' (July 14, 2020)
34# ''[[Literature/BattleGround2020 Battle Ground]]'' (September 29, 2020)
35%%%# ''Twelve Months'' (TBA)
36%%%# ''Mirror Mirror'' (TBA)
37[[/index]]
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39Novels 1 - 9 have been collected in 4 different omnibus editions; books one and two have additionally been adapted into graphic novels.
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41There are also forty shorter pieces of fiction set in the Dresdenverse. Most of them have been published or republished in Dresden-exclusive collections. The collections and stories are:
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43[[index]]
44# ''Literature/SideJobs'', a collection containing eleven Dresdenverse short stories.
45## [[http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/side-jobs/restoration "A Restoration of Faith"]]
46## [[http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/side-jobs/vignette "Publicity and Advertising"]] (listed as "Vignette" in ''Side Jobs'' and the website)
47## "Something Borrowed" (originally published in ''My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding'')
48## "It's My Birthday, Too" (originally published in ''Many Bloody Returns'')
49## "Heorot" (originally published in ''My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon'')
50## "Day Off" (originally published in ''Blood Lite'')
51## "Backup" (originally published by itself)
52## "The Warrior" (originally published in ''Mean Streets'')
53## "Last Call" (originally published in ''Strange Brew'')
54## "Love Hurts" (originally published in ''Songs of Love and Death'')
55## "Aftermath" (originally published in ''Side Jobs'')
56# ''Literature/BriefCases'', a collection containing twelve Dresdenverse short stories.
57## "A Fistful of Warlocks" (originally published in ''Straight Outta Tombstone'')
58## "B is for Bigfoot" (originally published in ''Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron'')
59## [[/index]]"AAAA Wizardry" (originally published in ''Our World'', a rulebook for the [[TabletopGame/TheDresdenFiles Dresden Files tabletop RPG]])[[index]]
60## "I Was a Teenage Bigfoot" (originally published in ''Blood Lite 3: Aftertaste'')
61## "Curses" (originally published in ''Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy'')
62## "Even Hand" (originally published in ''Dark and Stormy Knights'')
63## "Bigfoot on Campus" (originally published in ''Hex Appeal'')
64## "Bombshells" (originally published in ''Dangerous Women'')
65## "Cold Case" (originally published in ''Shadowed Souls'')
66## "Jury Duty" (originally published in ''Unbound'')
67## "Day One" (originally published in ''Unfettered II'')
68## "Zoo Day" (originally published in ''Brief Cases'')
69# One novella:
70## "The Law"
71# Six graphic novels:
72## ''ComicBook/WelcomeToTheJungle'' (set before ''Literature/{{Storm Front|DresdenFiles}}'')
73## ''ComicBook/GhoulGoblin'' (set after ''Literature/FoolMoon'')
74## ''ComicBook/WarCry'' (set after ''Literature/DeadBeat'')
75## ''ComicBook/DownTown'' (set after ''Literature/WhiteNight'')
76## ''ComicBook/WildCard'' (set after ''Literature/SmallFavor'')
77## ''ComicBook/DogMen'' (set after ''ComicBook/WildCard'')
78# Four short stories which have not been collected in Dresden-exclusive anthologies:
79## [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/12hNgNIqJM5jqHqC-J-jfLA0WNDG2zEW8TrK_uPzpUJg/edit "Christmas Eve"]] (also published at the end of ''[[Literature/BattleGround2020 Battle Ground]]'')
80## "Monsters" (originally published in ''Parallel Worlds'')
81## "Little Things" (originally published in ''Heroic Hearts'')
82## "Fugitive" (originally published in ''Instinct: An Animal Rescuers Anthology'')
83# Six microfiction vignettes which have also not been collected in Dresden-exclusive anthologies:
84## [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/side-jobs/microfiction-1-mike "Mike"]]
85## [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/posts/2020/morgan-microfiction-rpg-art-and-more "Journal"]]
86## [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/posts/2020/microfiction-3-con-swap-and-virtual-signing "Goodbye"]]
87## [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/side-jobs/microfiction-job-placement "Job Placement"]]
88## [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/side-jobs/microfiction-5 "Everything the Light Touches"]]
89## [[https://www.jim-butcher.com/the-good-people "The Good People"]]
90[[/index]]
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92The three Bigfoot stories were collected in a separate illustrated collection entitled ''Working For Bigfoot'' and were also made into a full graphic novel adaptation simply titled ''Bigfoot.'' The short story "A Restoration of Faith" and the microfiction vignette "Everything the Light Touches" were adapted into illustrated versions as well.
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94The Dresden Files have been adapted into a short-lived [[Series/TheDresdenFiles television series on the Sci Fi Channel]] and a [[TabletopGame/TheDresdenFiles tabletop RPG]], [[DirectLineToTheAuthor written from the characters' perspective]], using FATE Core, a second edition, using FATE Accelerated, ''Dresden Files Accelerated'', was released later. The series has also been the subject of a [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/evilhat/the-dresden-files-cooperative-card-game cooperative card game]] which funded on Kickstarter at over $500,000.
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96WordOfGod says that the series will have twenty-two "case" books like the ones already published, which will then be capped off by an apocalyptic trilogy for a total of twenty-five books.[[note]]This may now be twenty-six books, since "Peace Talks" was split into two volumes, adding "Battle Ground" to the list. Butcher has also said the exact number could vary a little, depending on whether his kid wants to go to grad school.[[/note]] Because, to quote the author, [[RuleOfCool "Who doesn't love apocalyptic trilogies?"]] In August 2011, he hinted that the titles of the final three books would be "Stars and Stones", "Hell's Bells", and "Empty Night", because "they're called curses for a reason." There is also a planned YoungAdultLiterature spinoff series to be co-written with at least one of Butcher's sisters centered on Dresden's daughter, Maggie, and dog, Mouse.
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98The [[Recap/TheDresdenFiles recap page]] is under major construction, so help with it would be appreciated. %%(Why is there a recap page when each book has its own page in the literature section?)
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101!!Due to length, the trope list has been split off to subpages:
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103[[index]]
104* TheDresdenFiles/TropesAToM
105* TheDresdenFiles/TropesNToZ
106[[/index]]
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