New to Dresden Files, What order to read?

[Katy]

I would like to start reading Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, but I'm not exactly sure where to start. Of course I see there are 14 numbered novels, but I also have seen these short stories and graphic novels that I guess go between some of the novels (or even prequel them in the case of "Restoration of Faith" and "Welcome to the Jungle".)

So my ultimate question is should I read them in the order they were published (all the novels first?) or the way this site shows them chronologically: http://dresdenfiles.wikia.com/wiki/Ch...

[Elizabeth]

I'd start out with Storm Front. It's how I started the series,

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~, White Council]

You should really read the books in order. Reading before you read [bookcover:Ghost Story|8058301. It will explain where each story falls and how/why it's important to the series. Happy Reading!

[Darkcain11, Merlin]

i would read storm front first.

[[deleted user]]

I read them in number order, Storm Front, Fool Moon, etc etc, but I read the Side Jobs stories in their correct places, like I read A Restoration of Faith before Storm Front and Vignette between Death Masks and Blood Rites, and so on :) That way you read them all in order. I haven't read the graphic novels.

[Dorothy]

Yes, I agree, read them in order, but be prepared to read them again. Many Dresden fans read these books several times. Enjoy!
:D

[Adria]

I agree start at the beginning with Storm Front. I read Side Jobs before I read Ghost Story.

[Katy]

So from general consensus, I should read novels 1 - 12, then "Side Jobs, and continue with 13 and 14.

[Darkcain11, Merlin]

read storm front first to get used to the characters then restoration of faith. then read the side stories in order.

[Adria]

Katy wrote: "So from general consensus, I should read novels 1 - 12, then "Side Jobs, and continue with 13 and 14."

I think it would be the best way to go. Because even though Side Jobs has stories that take place between books, I would read it after changes because the last story takes place after changes and between Ghost Story.