Death Masks book cover by Jim Butcher

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Book 5 of The Dresden Files. See all The Dresden Files books in order
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Summer Knight
The book after
Blood Rites
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Other books in The Dresden Files

18 books listed so far

  1. Book 1: Storm Front
  2. Book 2: Fool Moon
  3. Book 3: Grave Peril
  4. Book 4: Summer Knight
  5. Book 6: Blood Rites
  6. Book 7: Dead Beat
  7. Book 8: Proven Guilty
  8. Book 9: White Night
  9. Book 10: Small Favor
  10. Book 11: Turn Coat
  11. Book 12: Changes
  12. Book 13: Ghost Story
  13. Book 14: Cold Days
  14. Book 15: Skin Game
  15. Book 16: Peace Talks
  16. Book 17: Battle Ground
  17. Book 18: Twelve Months

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