Best ADULT Urban Fantasy, Fantasy and Paranormal Romance
For those of us who don't fancy reading YA, OR just want a list which differentiates between the two.
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Feel free to add it Gretchen! =-D

So can anyone suggest a paranormal series without the typical awful hero or heroine? Someone that is a bit more confident and kind so they don't need to raise their voice, or hit anyone just because they get mad? Or make up silly names for the big bads to try to discredit them? Or run away without hearing the whole story because they are so upset and thus further the plot?
Where its a bit more us against them and less good vs evil?
Any ideas? Or is it all exactly the same?

-The MGMT

Sounds like your talking about the Anita Blake series.. I really like the Kim Harrison Halllows Series. Also the Women Of The Otherworld by Kelly Armstrong. Another good one with more realistic strong female characters is the Zodiac series with Vicki Pettersson. Oh, and Sookie in the Charlaine Harris series isn't ugly, and she's not annoying either, but the supernaturals do all love her... but at least she's supposed to be hot, so it makes more sense. OH and I'm reading Under Witch Moon by Maria E. Schneider and it's pretty good, so far with a very likeable, and realistic relationship evolving and a female main who's not annoying but very down to earth and normal.

Try the kitty norville series.

1. Demons
2. Angels
Where the male lead is one of those, and the female lead is either human or maybe a different "species" of mythical creature or paranormal ... entity... without the female being .. how can I say it... independent? Lol, I'm a male-chauvinistic girl xP




442 is Young Adult
592 is Young Adult
the 50 shades books are not Urban Fantasy or Paranormal Romance
584 is young adult
do people just add any book they like to every list now?

Don't get me wrong, I love all 3 but consider them YA (let my oldest niece borrow) as opposed to Kresley Cole's IAD series (NFW right now).

Unbelievable that they would crop up here as well. WTF?

1. Demons 2. Angels
Where the male lead is one of those, and the female lead is either human or maybe a different species..."
I didn't see them on the above list (in fact, maybe I need to add them), but try the ARCHANGEL series by Sharon Shinn. Ooooh, gorgeous! Angels are real, but they're not exactly "angelic".... This book is more a fantasy (sf?) book (hence, extremely well written too) - wasn't marketed as ROM, but oooh, the love stories that are at the heart of each of these books are so exquisite. Mmmmmmm, just dreamy, sweet but piquante too. Enjoy! (I'm gonna have to re-read it myself!)

OMG!!! You are SO dead on about that! I've read so many bad PNR books where that happens. Hate that!

I can't comment on the rest, but I'd absolutely class the Sookie Stackhouse books as adult. In fact, it never once occurred to me to consider them YA. I mean, I know teens read a TON of really adult (and racy!!!) stuff nowadays, but some of the stuff that gets called YA .... YIKES!!!
('Course I may be an old foggie now - when I was a young teen, we had to sneak the V.C. Andrews books and the "adult" Judy Blumes to read something "racy." LOL!)

LOL! Talyn, not sure what your definition of "independent" is but take a look at Nalini Singh's Guild Hunter series. Mostly vamps and angels (interesting twist on them, btw). Only thing is, female lead used to be human but now also an angel. Singh is a pretty strong writer who writes fairly substantive stories.

Mari, if you haven't read any yet, highly recommend Kresley Cole's IAD series. Sounds like exactly what you're describing. Snarky, strong (yet vulnerable in some way), and all are warriors in one way or another. Plus, in some books, I like the paranormal/action better than the romance!

Initially, I didn't consider the Sookie series YA either until my sis brought me up to speed. Apparently, the genre has expanded its targeted age range, thus having some books like Sookie series straddle the old max age of 18. Don't get me wrong, I hand the Sookie books to my sis first with certain....ah...pages clipped. So far, though, she's only censored one book (not entirely, just those pages). She tells me that Sookie books are tame compared to some of the stuff available to teens these days. And I can't dispute that, knowing what I was doing at that age ;-)
And there were "adult" Judy Blumes??? Damn, how did I miss them?!


Thank you!!! Last time I posted something like that I got a nasty comment from a girl I'm assuming was 13 yo who waxed on for thirty or so lines about Edwards 'dark side'...barf.

Thank you!!! Last time I posted something like that I got a nasty com..."
Oh god I loathed Mortal Instruments. I do admit to having some Twilight affection though. However in my defense I was 14 years old when I read it. Looking back as a 22 year old I think wtf was wrong with me...

Ofcourse I promise not to wax on about my love for Edwards dark good looks hah


Have you read the Order of the Black Swan series by Victoria Danann? It has a little bit of everything. Love, action, murder, mystery, demons, angels, and the lot, and the whole while building the characters into complete beings, that you come to feel a part of.


Hi Shamiela! Thanks for the rec. I'm gonna check it out now! Haven't read any paranormal lately so this might be just what I need.

This is a great list by the way!! I'm always looking for more UF and Paranormal books to read!!


It doesn't come out until May! I've been not so patiently awaiting it's release lol. I absolutely LOVE Reyes...Yum right? It's a fantastic series, one of my faves!



Katie MacAlister is good too. Some of her books are paranormal, but there are a few that are not, but they are all good with normal looking girls.

I'm thinking Kim Harrison's "The Hallows" series. She's not indescriminately adored (she seems to annoy most people), and the people who love her are as flawed as she is. One of my alltime fave series. I've also recently been charmed by Charley Davidson series Darynda Jones), and whilst some men seem to fall all over her, how could you not with a heroine who names her 'girls' Danger, and Will Robinson? Plus, she annoys as many people as she charms. She's a tremendous breath of fresh air if you're stagnant with paranormal romances. Oh, and she's the grim reaper. ;)

Glad I found this list for the same reason. I hate when I look up other books on lists and then I am disappointed to find that it is a YA novel. I know there are some good ones out there but I just have to be in the mood and that is extremely rare. I'd only read them for my kids.




I thought so to! I definitely think of outlander as historical fiction, not paranormal!

Read Molly Harper, she is the queen of gentle sarcasm and "tongue in cheekiness " The Nice Girls Don't..." series is totally hilarious.
Possessive hero, rings a bell for me, but all that is coming to mind at the moment is "the Chicagoland Vampires" set. And "the Southern Witch" has a possessive ex, but the heroine is not the sharpest tack in the box.

-The MGMT"
The YA are slipping in. from 101-200
Vampire Academy currently ranked 101, Frostbite book 2 at 196, Blood Promise book 4 at 198
Twilight currently ranked 128
Angelfall by Susan Ee ranked 146
Hunger Games ranked 170

I absolutely LOVE the Charley Davidson series by Darynda Jones. The female lead is quite adorable and it's easy to understand why others are charmed by her. Excellent writing, good story line, well developed characters.
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