#48 in Fantasy
Cold Days
- 640
- Pages
- about 12 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 1 week on the list, peaked at #2
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Our view
“Cold Days”, the fourteenth Dresden Files novel, rarely slows down and pulls together threads laid over many books. Some long-time readers count it among the best of the series. Others feel how far the series has moved from its lone-detective beginnings, with ever greater powers, a huge cast and cosmic stakes, and find the humour strained; some see mainly a bridge to what follows. Strictly for readers already deep in the series.
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About the book
Cold Days is a 2012 bestselling novel by Jim Butcher and the 14th book in the ongoing The Dresden Files series. The book was first published on November 27, 2012 through Roc Hardcover and continues the adventures of wizard detective Harry Dresden.
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 DaysThis book
8.78.7 / 10 - Skin Game
8.88.8 / 10 - Peace Talks
8.18.1 / 10 - Battle Ground
8.48.4 / 10 - Twelve Months
8.48.4 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.8 across 680 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 82% of the weight and the score stays at 8.7 — the Fantasy average of 8.0 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.8 | 24 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 8.8 | 656 | 97% |
Frequently asked
How long is Cold Days?
It has 640 pages — longer than 65% 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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