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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Half City (Harker Academy, #1)
Strange Animals
Secondhand Luck (The Shadow Age, #2)
Live Love Lasso (Pine Gulch Ever After, #1)
Of Pixies and Pekoe (Owls, Tea Shops, and Other Magical Nuisances Book 2)
Magician First Class (Sparks and Recreation #1)
Twelve Months (The Dresden Files, #18)
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]
Bia's Blade (Relic Hunters, #6)
Weird Magic (Lia de Croissets #2)
Stolen in Death (In Death, #62)
First Witches Club
Twelve Months (The Dresden Files, #18)
Alchemy of Secrets (Alchemy of Secrets, #1)
Half City (Harker Academy, #1)
Clash of Claws (Shifter Guardians Academy, #1)
The Wrath of the Fallen (Gods & Monsters, #4)
Avalon Tower (Fey Academy for Spies, #1)
Vale of Dreams (Fey Academy for Spies, #2)
Wrath of the Triple Goddess (Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Senior Year Adventures, #2)
The Things Gods Break (The Crucible, #2)
Obsidian (Shadowbound Fae, #1)
The Wizard's Cat (The Wizard's Butler, #2)
Snake-Eater
The Sun and the Star (The Nico di Angelo Adventures, #1)
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
4,414 books — 12,588 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanMistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Fantasy Books Written for Adults
1,309 books — 1,625 voters
Angelfall by Susan EeSwitched by Amanda HockingMy Blood Approves by Amanda HockingThe Darkest Frost, Vol. 1 by Tanya HolmesHell's Teeth by James Fahy
Indie Books - Paranormal Fiction
3,162 books — 3,900 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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