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   1. The Devil You Know

   by Carey, Mike

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   Read Mike Carey's Felix Castor series for something just like Dresden in style and form, yet completely different. The blurb states it's 'every bit as good as Jim Butcher' and...

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   2. Sandman Slim

   by Kadrey, Richard

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   Of all the books on this list, Sandman Slim is probably the darkest and most brutal. But it's disturbingly good a story about a sort of Harry Dresden character who...

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   3. Rivers Of London

   by Aaronovitch, Ben

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   Ah, detective urban fantasy but with a decidedly police procedural bent. If you like the idea of Dresden but hate the over-the-top, break all magical rules on a whim aspect...

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   4. Child Of Fire

   by Connolly, Harry

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   I quite liked this one. I think it's probably the best next It’s dark, gritty, and it dose new things in the genre. Yes, it’s got some of the elements...

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   5. Something From The Nightside

   by Green, Simon R.

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   An interesting concept. A dark gritty hidden part of London that functions as a sort of universal septic tank -- home to gods, demons, angles, humans, misfits and every sort...

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   6. Garrett, P.i. Series

   by Cook, Glen

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   Gritty detective fantasy in a warzone - this is The Dresden Files before Dresden. Garrot PI has been vastly overshadowed by Cook’s The Black Company, but these are actually some...

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   7. Hounded

   by Hearne, Kevin

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   The Iron Druid Chronicles is one of those series you either really like or you are completely ambivalent about. I fall into the later category; for the most part, Hearne...

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   8. Libriomancer

   by Hines, Jim C.

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   Many feel a sense of wonder when they’re absorbed in a novel, but in Libromancerthis feelingtakes on a physical form. Mages are able to reach into works of fiction and...

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   9. Codex Born

   by Hines, Jim C.

   • Same author

   Hugo winner Jim C. Hines's hilarious and clever Magic ex Libris series, where books come alive and libriomancer Isaac Vainio combats magical threats that spring from the page Five hundred...

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    10. Unbound

    by Hines, Jim C.

    • Same author

    For those who struggle with the same sins time and again, a strategy to overcome Satan's influence in your life.

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    11. Revisionary

    by Hines, Jim C.

    • Same author

    In this precise and provocative treatise, Julie Jung augments the understanding and teaching of revision by arguing that the process should entail changing attitudes rather than simply changing texts. Revisionary...

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    12. Unbound

    by Hines, Jim C.

    • Same author

    Stone is pulled into a lethal game of vengeance when an old buddy, CIA operative-turned film producer Teddy, seeks revenge on a man who recently helped to cover up a...

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    13. Revisionary

    by Hines, Jim C.

    • Same author

    When Isaac Vainio helped to reveal magic to the world, he dreamed of a utopian future, a new millennium of magical prosperity, but things aren't going as he planned. Surrounded...

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    14. Alex Verus

    by Jacka, Benedict

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    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...

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    15. Dirty Streets Of Heaven

    by Williams, Tad

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    This one by Tad Williams, a master at writing well plotted, rich fantasy tales.This is his second foray into urban fantasy territory (first being War of the Flowers - another...

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