Urban Fantasy

Urban fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy in which the narrative uses supernatural elements in a 19th-century to 21st-century (or equivalent) urban society. It usually takes place in the present day (or the equivalent of the "present day").

Works of urban fantasy may be set in an approximation of our world in which fantastic exists secretly or in a world (such as an alternative history) in which it occurs openly, or some combination of the above. Elements such as magic, paranormal beings, other worlds and so on, may exist here. Common themes include coexistence or conflict between humans and other
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Magic and Mischief at the Wayside Hotel
She Drinks the Light
No Man's Land
Wayward Souls (Harker & Moriarty #2)
Prodigal Tiger
Cabaret in Flames
Brighter Than Nine (Darker by Four, #2)
Charmed and Dangerous
Brutal Justice (The Other Detective #4)
Butterfly Effects (InCryptid, #15)
Wicked Wicche (The Sea Wicche Chronicles #4)
Tear Down Heaven (Tear Down Heaven #5)
Gorgon with the Wind (Ordinary Oregon Mystery #1)
The Monster Hunter Files, Volume 2
Half City (Harker Academy, #1)
This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying, #1)
Alchemy of Secrets (Alchemy of Secrets, #1)
Vale of Dreams (Fey Academy for Spies, #2)
Twelve Months (The Dresden Files, #18)
Snake-Eater
Magical Midlife Rogue (Leveling Up, #12)
The Wrath of the Fallen (Gods & Monsters, #4)
Clash of Claws (Shifter Guardians Academy, #1)
The Sun and the Star (The Nico di Angelo Adventures, #1)
Wrath of the Triple Goddess (Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Senior Year Adventures, #2)
Rising Reign (The Wolves of Crescent Creek, #3)
Spark the Flames (Secret of the Syphon, #1)
The Ex Hex (The Ex Hex, #1)
He Who Fights with Monsters 4 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #4)
He Who Fights with Monsters 5 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #5)
Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee JonesThe 5th Wave by Rick YanceyReal by Katy EvansBranded by Abi KetnerThe Law of Attraction by N.M. Silber
New Series (2013)
1,084 books — 2,324 voters
City of Bones by Cassandra ClareTouched by Elisa S. AmoreUnfaithful by Elisa S. AmoreMoon Called by Patricia BriggsTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
Best Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy
1,390 books — 2,174 voters


Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1)
Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, #1)
Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, #2)
Magic Burns (Kate Daniels, #2)
Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, #3)
Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4)
Magic Strikes (Kate Daniels, #3)
Magic Bleeds (Kate Daniels, #4)
Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson, #4)
Death Masks (The Dresden Files, #5)
Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson, #5)

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