#174 in Fantasy
Battle Ground
- 432
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 1 week on the list, peaked at #2
- Dragon Award for Best Fantasy Novel
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Our view
“Battle Ground” is one long battle for Chicago, the huge payoff to a story begun in the previous volume. Almost the whole cast turns up and a good deal changes for the series. Readers who miss the other elements of a Dresden novel, and some breathing space, may find the fighting relentless and, in places, hard to follow.
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About the book
Battle Ground is a novel by Jim Butcher and is the 17th novel in The Dresden Files. Battle Ground was published on September 29, 2020 by Little, Brown Book Group. In it Harry Dresden, the protagonist, attempts to stop the Titan Ethniu from destroying Chicago.
Reading order · The Dresden Files
Full order & progress →- Storm FrontStart here
7.57.5 / 10 - Fool Moon
7.57.5 / 10 - Grave Peril
7.97.9 / 10 - Summer Knight
8.28.2 / 10 - Death Masks
8.28.2 / 10 - Blood Rites
8.28.2 / 10 - Dead Beat
8.58.5 / 10 - Proven Guilty
8.58.5 / 10 - White Night
8.48.4 / 10 - Small Favor
8.58.5 / 10 - Turn Coat
8.68.6 / 10 - Changes
8.88.8 / 10 - Ghost Story
8.38.3 / 10 - Cold Days
8.78.7 / 10 - Skin Game
8.88.8 / 10 - Peace Talks
8.18.1 / 10 - Battle GroundThis book
8.48.4 / 10 - Twelve Months
8.48.4 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.5 across 470 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 76% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 23 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 8.5 | 447 | 95% |
Frequently asked
How long is Battle Ground?
It has 432 pages — shorter than 69% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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