Summer Knight
- 416
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 0 weeks on the list
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Our view
The fourth Dresden Files novel is a solid supernatural case tangled up with the faeries: quick, funny, easy entertainment. Some readers feel it takes a while to get going, with its wizard detective still low after the previous book, and others see the author improving from volume to volume. A few lose track of the growing cast, the faerie characters above all, or find the final confrontation weaker than the build-up.
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About the book
Summer Knight is a 2002 New York Times Bestselling contemporary fantasy novel by author Jim Butcher. It is the fourth novel in The Dresden Files, which follows the character of Harry Dresden, present-day Chicago's only professional wizard.
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 KnightThis book
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 Ground
8.48.4 / 10 - Twelve Months
8.48.4 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 1,060 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 88% of the weight and the score stays at 8.2 — the Fantasy average of 8.0 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.3 | 48 | 5% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 12 | 1% |
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 1K | 94% |
Frequently asked
How long is Summer Knight?
It has 416 pages — shorter than 73% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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