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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The Rainshadow Orphans (Rainshadow, #1)
Death's Daughter (Children of the Old Ones, #1)
Strange Familiars (Seamere College, #1)
A Curse of Beasts and Magic (Beautiful and Beastly, #1)
We Dance Upon Demons
Waiting on a Friend
Out Law (The Dresden Files #18.75)
The Arcane Arts
It's Hard to Be an Animal
Archangel's Eternity (Guild Hunter, #18)
Startup Hell
I Hear A New World (The Long London Quintet, #2)
Night Maze (The Cat Lady Chronicles #4)
Conquering Reality & Other Misconduct (The Guild Codex: Warped, #6)
Catch and Kill (Neon Meridian #1)
Clash of Claws (Shifter Guardians Academy, #1)
Alchemy of Secrets (Alchemy of Secrets, #1)
Calculated Whisk (Tales from the Dragon Diner #1)
Veiled Court (Legacy of Avalon #1)
Vale of Dreams (Fey Academy for Spies, #2)
Night Maze (The Cat Lady Chronicles #4)
The Sun and the Star (The Nico di Angelo Adventures, #1)
The 13th Zodiac
Wrath of the Triple Goddess (Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Senior Year Adventures, #2)
The Wrath of the Fallen (Gods & Monsters, #4)
He Who Fights with Monsters 4 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #4)
He Who Fights with Monsters 6 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #6)
He Who Fights with Monsters 5 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #5)
Tourner (Ironside Academy, #2)
Plier (Ironside Academy, #1)
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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)
Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson, #4)
Death Masks (The Dresden Files, #5)
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