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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Twelve Months (The Dresden Files, #18)
We Who Have No Gods (The Acheron Order, #1)
City of Others (The DEUS Files, #1)
Beast Business (Hidden Legacy #6.5)
The Regicide Report (Laundry Files, 14)
Squib (The Coldstream Chronicles, #1)
Ballad of the Bone Road
ダンダダン 22 [Dan Da Dan 22]
The Vampire and the Case of the Ghastly Golem (The Portlock Paranormal Detective #8)
Bia's Blade (Relic Hunters, #6)
Weird Magic (Lia de Croissets #2)
Specter (Blood Trails #18)
Secrets of the First School (Edinburgh Nights #5)
Arcane Justice (The Other Detective, #3)
Juniper Wiles Does Not Want to Be Queen (Juniper Wiles #3)
Stolen in Death (In Death, #62)
Twelve Months (The Dresden Files, #18)
Alchemy of Secrets (Alchemy of Secrets, #1)
The Wizard's Cat (The Wizard's Butler, #2)
Vale of Dreams (Fey Academy for Spies, #2)
Wrath of the Triple Goddess (Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Senior Year Adventures, #2)
Clash of Claws (Shifter Guardians Academy, #1)
The Things Gods Break (The Crucible, #2)
The Wrath of the Fallen (Gods & Monsters, #4)
Obsidian (Shadowbound Fae, #1)
Avalon Tower (Fey Academy for Spies, #1)
Snake-Eater
The Sun and the Star (The Nico di Angelo Adventures, #1)
The Ex Hex (The Ex Hex, #1)
Tourner (Ironside Academy, #2)
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
1,433 books — 2,017 voters
Winter by Marissa MeyerQueen of Shadows by Sarah J. MaasA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasThe Darkest Frost, Vol. 1 by Tanya HolmesLady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
Can't Wait Books of 2015 (official)
724 books — 1,919 voters

Storm Front by Jim  ButcherHounded by Kevin HearneChanges by Jim  ButcherSummer Knight by Jim  ButcherDead Beat by Jim  Butcher
Urban Fantasy With Male Lead Characters
1,027 books — 1,417 voters
A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboAngelfall by Susan EeThe Immortal Rules by Julie KagawaThe Zombie Room by R.D. RonaldThe Elephant Tree by R.D. Ronald
Best Unknown but must be Known books
9,082 books — 8,314 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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