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Harry meets a wide variety of characters in the series, including Karrin Murphy, the [[Action Girl]] cop who's [[Broken Masquerade|aware of the city's supernatural underworld]]; Bob, [[Sealed Badass in a Can|a spirit of intellect who lives in a skull]] -- human-shaped ghost in the television series -- is Harry's literal [[Magical Computer]]; Michael Carpenter, a modern-day [[The Paladin|paladin]] wielding a [[Cool Sword|holy sword]]; Billy the [[Our Werewolves Are Different|Werewolf]] and his pack of Alphas (a group of young [[Heroic Wannabe|heroic wannabes]]); Thomas Raith, the [[Loveable Rogue]] <s>incubus</s> [[Horny Devils|White]] [[Deadly Decadent Court|Court]] [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampire]]; Harry's on-and-off love interest Susan Rodriguez; and Molly Carpenter, Michael's oldest daughter and Harry's [[The Apprentice (trope)||apprentice]]. Like many detective stories, Harry meets a ridiculous number of [[Femme Fatale|femmes fatale]]<!-- it's French; the plural noun "femmes" comes before the adjective "fatale" -->, [[The Don|crime bosses]], and [[Mooks|hired goons]], which is frequently [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in the series.
 
ThereAs areof currentlySeptember 29, 2020, there are 1517 novels in the series:
 
# ''[[The Dresden Files/Storm Front|Storm Front]]'' (2000)
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# ''[[The Dresden Files/Cold Days|Cold Days]]'' (2012)
# ''[[The Dresden Files/Skin Game|Skin Game]]'' (2014)
# ''[[The Dresden Files/Peace Talks|Peace Talks]]'' (2020)
# ''[[The Dresden Files/Battle Ground|Battle Ground]]'' (2020)
 
Novels 1 - 9 have been collected in 4 different omnibus editions, ''Wizard for Hire, Wizard by Trade, Wizard at Large'' and ''Wizard Under Fire''.
 
Additionally, there are 1231 short stories published in various collections:
# "Something Borrowed" (published in ''My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding'' and ''Side Jobs'')
# "A Restoration of Faith"
# "It's My Birthday, Too" (published in ''Many Bloody Returns'' and ''Side Jobs'')
# "Publicity and Advertising"
# "Something BorrowedHeorot" (published in ''MyMany BigBloody FatReturns'' Supernaturaland ''Side WeddingJobs'')
# "ItHarry's MyDay Birthday, TooOff" (published in ''ManyBlood BloodyLite'' and ''Side ReturnsJobs'')
# "HeorotBackup" (published in ''MySide Big Fat Supernatural HoneymoonJobs'')
# "DayThe OffWarrior" (published in ''BloodMean LiteStreets'' and ''Side Jobs'')
# "TheLast WarriorCall" (published in ''MeanStrange StreetsBrew'' and ''Side Jobs'')
# "LastAAAA CallWizardry" (published in the ''Our World'' RPG Book and ''StrangeBrief BrewCases'')
# "AAAAEven WizardryHand" (published in the ''OurDark Worldand Stormy Knights'' RPGand Book''Brief Cases'')
# "EvenRestoration Handof Faith" (published in ''Dark and StormySide KnightsJobs'')
# "LovePublicity Hurtsand Advertising" (published in ''Songs of Love andSide DeathJobs'')
# "CursesAftermath" (published in ''TheSide Naked CityJobs'')
# "BigfootLove on CampusHurts" (Publishedpublished in ''HexSongs of Love and Death'' and ''Side AppealJobs'')
# "Curses" (published in ''The Naked City'' and ''Brief Cases'')
# "I Was a Teenage Bigfoot" (published in ''Working for Bigfoot'' and ''Brief Cases'')
# "Bigfoot on Campus" (published in ''Hex Appeal'', ''Working for Bigfoot'', and ''Brief Cases'')
# "B is for Bigfoot" (published in ''Working for Bigfoot'' and ''Brief Cases'')
# "Bombshells" (published in ''Brief Cases'')
# "Jury Duty" (published in ''Brief Cases'')
# "Cold Case" (published in ''Brief Cases'')
# "Day One" (published in ''Brief Cases'')
# "A Fistful of Warlocks" (published in ''Brief Cases'')
# "Zoo Day" (published in ''Brief Cases'')
# "Christmas Eve"
# "Monsters"
# "Mike" (published on the author's website)
# "Journal" (published on the author's website)
# "Goodbye" (published on the author's website)
# "Job Placement" (published on the author's website)
# "Everything the Light Touches" (published on the author's website)
# "The Good People" (published on the author's website)
 
There are also two ''Dresden'' novellas:
# ''Backup''
# ''Aftermath''
 
Two comics have been released so far:{{when}}▼
All of the shorter material except for "AAAA Wizardry," "Even Hand," and "Curses" has been collected in an anthology called ''Side Jobs'' released October, 2010. As for the other three, Butcher has [[I Gave My Word|promised]] that all of the shorts would be available in collected form, so as he put it, he'll just have to write enough short stories to get another anthology.
 
▲Two comics have been released so far:
# ''Welcome to the Jungle'': A prequel to the series.
# ''Storm Front'': An adaptation of the first novel.
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Two adaptations and spinoffs have been made so far:
* A single season TV adaptation was produced in 2007 and can be viewed [https://web.archive.org/web/20120125005915/http://www.hulu.com/the-dresden-files?c=Science-Fiction here]; tropes specific to it go on [[The Dresden Files (TV series)|its own page]].
* A Tabletop RPG set in the world of the series. Trope Page [[The Dresden Files (game)|here]]
 
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