# The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

4 Hacker News commenters recommended The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a long-running series that people say keeps getting better, though the early books are often called weak.

## Why people recommend it

- Gets better as the series goes on (2 comments): "The early books were particularly weak, but they grow and get better and better." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46400128)) "Butcher has clearly become a better writer over time." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49912224))
- Long series still going strong (1 comments): "Another good one is the Dresden Files series, which is 26 books in and still going strong." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47278597))
- Favourite series for a reader (1 comments): "I think my favourite series, I'm a simple guy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46407482))

## What people warn about

- Early books are weak (1 comments): "The early books were particularly weak, but they grow and get better and better." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46400128))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Discworld by Terry Pratchett](https://hackerapproved.com/p/discworld-series.md): 33 recommend
- [Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling](https://hackerapproved.com/p/harry-potter-series.md): 28 recommend
- [The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wheel-of-time.md): 20 recommend
- [The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson](https://hackerapproved.com/p/stormlight-archive.md): 12 recommend
- [Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson](https://hackerapproved.com/p/malazan-book-of-the-fallen.md): 7 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Dresden+Files+by+Jim+Butcher&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher", https://hackerapproved.com/p/dresden-files/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).