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A wisecracking, spell-slinging noir adventure through the shadowy, monster-infested underbelly of Chicago. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Jim Butcher's the Dresden files.
- gritty
- shadowy
- pulpy
- suspenseful
- 01
Proven Guilty
Jim Butcher
A snarky, spell-slinging noir where horror-movie nightmares bleed into reality, met by a battered detective who refuses to back down.
- 02
Grave Peril
Jim Butcher
A gritty, snark-fueled descent into a supernatural underworld where the stakes are high and the hero is perpetually outgunned.
- 03
Rivers of London
Ben Aaronovitch
A wry, geeky blend of supernatural mystery and police procedural set against the eerie backdrop of suburban London.
- 04
Hard magic
Larry Correia
A gritty, high-octane collision of 1930s noir and explosive magical combat.
- 05
Black magick
Greg Rucka
A tense, shadowy procedural where the mundane grit of detective work collides with the perilous secrets of the occult.
- 06
Dead Witch Walking (Rachel Morgan, Book 1)
Kim Harrison
A snarky, leather-clad romp through a gritty supernatural underworld where the magic is messy and the politics are deadly.
- 07
Fables
Bill Willingham
A gritty, hardboiled reimagining of childhood legends forced to navigate the shadows of modern-day New York.
- 08
Pale Demon
Kim Harrison
A high-octane supernatural road trip fueled by snark, ticking clocks, and forced proximity with dangerous allies.
- 09
Sandman Slim
Richard Kadrey
A whiskey-soaked, blood-spattered joyride through a grimy supernatural Los Angeles with a protagonist who literally crawled out of Hell.
- 10
Kill City blues
Richard Kadrey
A blood-soaked, neon-drenched joyride through the supernatural underbelly of Los Angeles with a chain-smoking antihero.
- 11
Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity
Mike Carey
A dark, meta-fictional thriller where the boundaries between a beloved children's fantasy and harsh reality violently collapse.
- 12
Agents of light and darkness
Simon R. Green · 2003
A gritty, neon-lit descent into a magical underworld where cynical noir meets apocalyptic urban fantasy.
