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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Victorious (Villains, #3)
The Bookshop Book
From the Library of Jurgen Leitner (The Magnus Archives)
Dreamweaving
Devil's Advocate: The Anti-Divine Comedy
Sunderworld, Vol. 2: The Unfortunate Responsibilities of Leopold Berry
Backwoods Banshee (Adam Binder #5)
Grim Folk Tale (The Unorthodox Chronicles, #4)
The Vampire and the Case of the Ghastly Golem (The Portlock Paranormal Detective #8)
The Ferryman’s Rest Inn & Grogshop (Sam Quinn, #9)
Wilcza Jagoda (Wilcza Jagoda)
The Song of the Vampire: A Vampire Thriller
The Demon in the Pit (Arcanum Forensics Files, #1)
Espíritu (Cemetery Boys #2)
Wickhills
Dead Beat (Ninth House Trilogy, #3)
Bound and Unbound
Cursed City (Harker Academy, #2)
He Who Fights with Monsters 13
He Who Fights with Monsters 4 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #4)
The Wednesday Witches Book Club (Magic & Mystery, #2)
Cursed By Fate (Blind Fury, #3)
He Who Fights with Monsters 5 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #5)
He Who Fights with Monsters 6 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #6)
The Wild Zone (Camp Half-Blood, #1)
On the Cursed Day of Christmas (Zodiac Academy #10)
Alchemy of Secrets (Alchemy of Secrets, #1)
Night Witch (Weatherstone College, #2)
Wrath of the Triple Goddess (Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Senior Year Adventures, #2)
Rewitched (Selcouth, #1)
Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice DavidsonDead Until Dark by Charlaine HarrisFirst Grave on the Right by Darynda JonesDead to the World by Charlaine HarrisNice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper
Humorous Paranormal Books
1,532 books — 2,216 voters
City of Bones by Cassandra ClareMoon Called by Patricia BriggsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingMagic Bites by Ilona AndrewsVampire Academy by Richelle Mead
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,367 books — 13,078 voters

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

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