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The Library of Congress summary reads: "A modern-day mage and consultant to the police finds his stale life suddenly enlivened by the presence of a rival in the black arts." It is book 1 of the Dresden Files series, set in Chicago (Ill.), and listed for an audience of adults.
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Why: Both are urban fantasy books about murder.
What both books share
- urban fantasy
Storm Front: "Urban Fantasy" (OL subject); "urban fantasy" (WD genre)
Rosemary and Rue: "Urban fantasy" (OL subject); "urban fantasy" (WD genre) - murder
Storm Front: "Murder" (OL subject); "Murder -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
Rosemary and Rue: "Murder" (OL subject); "Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
- urban fantasy
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Why: Both are fantasy books about magic.
What both books share
- fantasy
Storm Front: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, contemporary" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, urban" (OL subject)
Fourth Wing: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy fiction" (LoC 655) - magic
Storm Front: "Magic -- Fiction" (Library of Congress)
Fourth Wing: "Magic -- Fiction" (Library of Congress)
- fantasy
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Why: Both are fantasy books about magic.
What both books share
- fantasy
Storm Front: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, contemporary" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, urban" (OL subject)
The Night Circus: "Fiction, romance, fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, historical" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy fiction" (LoC 655) - magic
Storm Front: "magic" (OL subject); "Magic -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
The Night Circus: "Magic" (OL subject); "magic" (WD main subject)
- fantasy
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What they share, at a glance
Storm Front next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Magic | Fantasy | Wizards | Murder | Urban fantasy |
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| Rosemary and Rue | not shared | not shared | not shared | shared | shared |
| Fourth Wing | shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Night Circus | shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| A Wizard of Earthsea | shared | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Name of the Wind | shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Skulduggery Pleasant | shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| A Great and Terrible Beauty | shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Shadow and Bone | shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| A Kingdom Besieged | shared | not shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Thursday Murder Club | not shared | not shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Lady of the Lake | shared | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Season of Storms | shared | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
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Storm Front: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published on April 1, 2000. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Edition checked
- The edition checked here is a 308-page paperback from ACE. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026.
9780593335154 ... pbk. ... 308 pages ... ACE
- Series
- It is book 1 of The Dresden Files. Source: jim-butcher.com, checked November 6, 2026.
The Dresden Files ... Storm Front
- Next in the series
- Book 2 is Fool Moon. Source: jim-butcher.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Storm Front ... Fool Moon
Where does Storm Front sit in its series? See the reading order.
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