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Jim Butcher

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in Independence, Missouri, The United States

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http://www.jim-butcher.com/

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Urban Fantasy

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October 2011

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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) 3.97 avg rating — 381,967 ratings — published 2000 — 99 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) 3.97 avg rating — 213,151 ratings — published 2001 — 80 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) 4.13 avg rating — 179,880 ratings — published 2001 — 91 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 — 162,708 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	Death Masks (The Dresden Files, #5) 4.29 avg rating — 148,620 ratings — published 2003 — 59 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) 4.29 avg rating — 140,028 ratings — published 2004 — 2 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 — 135,277 ratings — published 2005 — 3 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 — 129,837 ratings — published 2006 — 46 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 — 127,954 ratings — published 2007 — 4 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) 4.51 avg rating — 123,538 ratings — published 2010 — 3 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

The Dresden Files (19 books)
by

Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)

4.24 avg rating — 2,662,223 ratings

Codex Alera (6 books)
by

Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)

4.30 avg rating — 466,244 ratings

The Cinder Spires (2 books)
by

Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)

4.23 avg rating — 65,505 ratings

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

Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author),

Ardian Syaf (Illustrator)

4.12 avg rating — 18,202 ratings

The Dresden Files Omnibus (9 books)
by

Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author),

Джим Батчер,

Николай Кудряшов (Translator),

Михаил Вершовский (Translator)

4.55 avg rating — 6,116 ratings

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Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day, according to early...

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Which September New Release would you like to read in November?

Books were randomly chosen from Goodreads' "Most Popular Books Published In September" list.

** Write-ins are allowed. If you do so, please include title, author and series name.

The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1) by Jim Butcher

The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher
(The Cinder Spires, #1)

4 votes, 44.4%

The Drafter (The Peri Reed Chronicles, #1) by Kim Harrison

The Drafter by Kim Harrison
(The Peri Reed Chronicles, #1)

2 votes, 22.2%

Menagerie (Menagerie, #1) by Rachel Vincent

Menagerie by Rachel Vincent
(Menagerie, #1)

1 vote, 11.1%

Archangel's Enigma (Guild Hunter, #8) by Nalini Singh

Archangel's Enigma by Nalini Singh
(Guild Hunter, #8)

1 vote, 11.1%

Gatefather by Orson Scott Card (write-in)

1 vote, 11.1%

Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4) by Sarah J. Maas

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
(Throne of Glass, #4)

0 votes, 0.0%

Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1) by Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
(Six of Crows, #1)

0 votes, 0.0%

Blood and Salt (Blood and Salt, #1) by Kim Liggett

Blood and Salt by Kim Liggett
(Blood and Salt, #1)

0 votes, 0.0%

Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1) by Zen Cho

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
(Sorcerer Royal, #1)

0 votes, 0.0%

A Red-Rose Chain (October Daye, #9) by Seanan McGuire

A Red-Rose Chain by Seanan McGuire
(October Daye, #9)

0 votes, 0.0%

Spiral of Need (The Mercury Pack, #1) by Suzanne Wright

Spiral of Need by Suzanne Wright
(The Mercury Pack #1)

0 votes, 0.0%

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