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James Marsters is deep enough into the Dresden Files at this point that his of this 19-hour installment has the ease of someone who lives in the character — the faerie politics and near-apocalyptic stakes are delivered with exactly the right mix of tactical alertness and black humor. Six more picks are Butcher titles, one more features Marsters, and the list holds that same quality of urban fantasy where the genre machinery is well-oiled enough to disappear behind the voice.

10 books for fans of Cold Days

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    Heroic Hearts

    Alpha & Omega #6.5 Dating Terrors

    by Jim Butcher, Kerrie L. Hughes, Patricia Briggs, Charlaine Harris, Kelley Armstrong, Anne Bishop, Annie Bellet, Kevin Hearne, R.R. Virdi, Chloe Neill, Nancy Holder, Jennifer Brozek

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    Butcher, Briggs, Harris, and other urban fantasy heavyweights explore what happens when regular people run toward danger instead of away in these tales of reluctant heroism.

    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (4.1K ratings)
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    The Aeronaut's Windlass

    The Cinder Spires • Book 1

    by Jim Butcher

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    Jim Butcher trades urban fantasy for steampunk brilliance, crafting floating cities where noble houses wage war with crystal-powered technology and telepathic cats steal every scene.

    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (49.6K ratings)
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    Furies of Calderon

    Codex Alera • Book 1

    by Jim Butcher

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    In Butcher's Alera, citizens bond with elemental furies for magical power, but powerless Tavi must rely on strategy and courage when ancient enemies threaten the realm's thousand-year peace.

    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (114.0K ratings)
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    Annwn Cycle #The Dead's Revenant • Book 1

    by Shawn Speakman, Terry Brooks, Seanan McGuire, Mark Lawrence, Anthony Ryan, Tim Marquitz, Brian Staveley, Michael J. Sullivan, John Marco, Peter Orullian, Kat Richardson, Sam Sykes, Kristen Britain, Mazarkis Williams, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, Harry Connolly, Delilah S. Dawson, David Anthony Durham, Jason M. Hough, Mary Robinette Kowal, Joe Abercrombie

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    Complete creative freedom yields twenty-three original tales spanning fantasy's full emotional spectrum. Some stories will devastate you while others demand late-night page-turning in this unthemed anthology.

    ★ 3.96 Goodreads (1.0K ratings)
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    Unfettered II: New Tales

    Gunnie Rose #0.0 - The Gunnie

    by Shawn Speakman, Naomi Novik, Brandon Sanderson, Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris, Michael J. Sullivan, Janny Wurts, Bradley P. Beaulieu, Mark Lawrence, Seanan McGuire, Peter Orullian, Aidan Moher, Erin Lindsey, John A. Pitts, Anthony Ryan, Scott Sigler, Django Wexler, Rachel Caine, Sarah Beth Durst, David Farland, Terry Brooks

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    Fantasy's biggest names—Sanderson, Butcher, Brooks—donate original stories for charity, resulting in an anthology that reads like a who's who of modern genre fiction.

    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (1.1K ratings)
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    Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love

    Guardians #3.6 - The Demon Dancer

    by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Daniel Abraham, Jacqueline Carey, Lisa Tuttle, Linnea Sinclair, Mary Jo Putney, Tanith Lee, Peter S. Beagle, Yasmine Galenorn, Diana Gabaldon, Jo Beverley, Carrie Vaughn, M.L.N. Hanover, Cecelia Holland, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Robin Hobb, Neil Gaiman, Marjorie M. Liu, Jim Butcher

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    Love that defies gods, kings, and death itself—fantasy's biggest names craft original stories where passion and doom intertwine across impossible worlds.

    ★ 3.76 Goodreads (4.3K ratings)
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    My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding

    There Be Pirates #1 - Dead Man's Chest

    by P.N. Elrod, L.A. Banks, Jim Butcher, Esther M. Friesner, Rachel Caine, Lori Handeland, Charlaine Harris, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Sunsan Krinard, Elizabeth Rodgers, Eileen Stevens

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    Wedding bells ring for supernatural couples in stories by Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris, Sherrilyn Kenyon, and other paranormal romance stars. The collection balances humor and romance across werewolf, vampire, and other creature communities.

    ★ 3.79 Goodreads (14.1K ratings)
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    Waybound

    Cradle • Book 12

    by Will Wight

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    Lindon's journey from powerless Unsouled to cosmic warrior reaches its climax as he battles Dreadgods and rival Monarchs for Cradle's future—series finale delivered.

    ★ 4.62 Goodreads (23.6K ratings)
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    Crooked Kingdom

    Six of Crows • Book 2

    by Leigh Bardugo

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    Betrayed and broken after their heist, Kaz's crew faces enemies from all sides while planning their most impossible con yet. Bardugo's finale delivers emotional payoffs and explosive action sequences.

    ★ 4.57 Goodreads (779.9K ratings)
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    The Gate of the Feral Gods

    Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 4

    by Matt Dinniman

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    Four castles, fifteen days, and warrior gnomes in a floating fortress—what could go wrong? Dinniman amps up both danger and comedy as Carl faces his most challenging dungeon level yet.

    ★ 4.55 Goodreads (125.6K ratings)
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