Alex Verus
Books in Alex Verus Series (8)
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The Best of the Dresden Clones
All these books are in some way similar to The Dresden Files while still being completely unique. Butcher's Dresden seemingly created an entire subgenre of Urban Fantasy -- one of... Read more
Top 25 Best Fantasy Books Since 2010
Sometimes you don't want to wade through older books when picking out your next selection of best fantasy to read. As impacting and awesome as some of the older 'greats'... Read more
Top 50 Best Coming of Age Fantasy Books
Coming of age stories are one of the oldest themes in fiction, providing a sense of progression and growth that can't be rivaled. This is a theme that's as old... Read more
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Alex Verus
Alex Verus by Benedict Jacka A lot of the books on this list have a similarity. They may be in wildly different settings and various fantasy worlds, but most of... Read more
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Cursed with the ability to kill anyone who touches her, Ember McWilliams remains a loner until she becomes attracted to new boy Hayden, whose adopted father has a strange fascination... Read more
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After Jeff Manning suddenly dies, two women who loved him--his wife, Claire, and his co-worker, Tish--are both sent reeling and must figure out how to cope. Read more
Veiled
After identifying her best friend's remains, forensic odontologist Lacey Campbell becomes involved in the search for the serial killer who's murdering the witnesses who sent the so-called Co-Ed Slayer to... Read more
Taken
Fans of Incarceron by Catherine Fisher and Variant by Robison Wells won't want to miss this magnetic first book in a gripping dystopian sci-fi series. Marie Lu, New York Times... Read more
Choosen
It is said that when war threatens the world, one individual will be selected by prophecy to lead the Shadow Warriors out of the Land of Mist and reclaim the... Read more
Cursed
Alex Verus
If Harry Dresden has a doppelganger in the genre, it's probably Alex Verus. Take all the elements of Harry Dresden, then make the hero less powerful and lot more ruthless... Read more
Burned
Mage Alex Verus is back in the seventh in the “gorgeously realizedâ€Â* urban fantasy series from the national bestselling author of Veiled.  I’m used to people wanting me dead.... Read more
Bound
Bound, newest Alex Vera book, is a great continuation to what I like to call 'The Dresden Killer' series. It's a series that takes all the elements that Dresden Files... Read more
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