List of urban fantasy novels explained

This is a list of novels in the urban fantasy genre.

Youth

Series/titleAuthor
  1. of novels
PublicationSeries statusComments
Mary PoppinsP. L. Travers8 1934-88 completedLondon
Mr. WilmerRobert Lawson1 1945 completedNew York City
Stuart LittleE. B. White1 1945 completedNew York City
Twenty-One BalloonsWilliam Pène du Bois1 1947 completedSF-London
The Fabulous FlightRobert Lawson1 1949 completedNew York City
The BorrowersMary Norton5 1952-82 completedLeighton Buzzard
Tales of MagicEdward Eager7 1954-62 completedSuburban CT
Charlie booksRoald Dahl2 1964, 1972 completedunspecified location
Sally LockhartPhilip Pullman3 1985-94 completedLondon
J.K. Rowling7 1995-2007 completedGreat Britain
Percy JacksonRick Riordan5 2005-09 completedseveral related books
Dragons in a Bag Zetta Elliott3 2018-2022completedBrooklyn

Young adult

Series/titleAuthor
  1. of novels
Publication datesSeries statusComments
Chronicles of Kazam series 4 2010-2015 [1]
3 1995-2000 completed
3 2008-2010 completed
Darklight series 3 2012-2013[2]
3 2011-2013 completed
The Iron Fey 8 2010-2015[3]
6 2007-2014 completed
The Blue Girl 1 2004 completed
4 2008-2012 completed
Skulduggery Pleasant seriesDerek Landy92007-2014completed
4 2005-2008 completed
6 2007-2010 completed

Adult

Abbreviations used:

Series/titleAuthorNovel countYearsSeries statusSupernatural speciesLocationGenresComments
Agent of Hel trilogy 3 2012-2015 completed Goddess, fairies, werewolves Pemkowet, fictional small American town [4] [5] [6] [7]
Alex Craft series 5 2010- ongoing Nekros City [8] [9]
Alex Verus series 11 2012- ongoing Wizards, magical creatures [10]
3 2011-2014 complete Witches, vampires Oxford, England [11] [12]
Allie Beckstrom series 9[13] 2008-2012
Alpha & Omega series 6[14] 2007- ongoing PR [15]
American Gods series 2[16] 2001- Gods [17] [18]
series 28[19] 1993- ongoing Vampires, werewolves PR
Anna Strong Chronicles 9 2006-2013 Vampires PR [20]
Black London series 6[21] 2009-2013
The Black Sun's Daughter series 5[22] 2008-2013
Bobby Dollar series 3[23] 2012- ongoing Angels, demons, demonic creatures
Boundary Magic series 3[24] 2015- ongoing Vampires, witches, werewolves
Broken Magic series 2[25] 2013-2014
10 2006-2015 [26]
10 2006- ongoing Mages, vampires [27]
4 2009-2012 [28]
Charley Davidson series 13 2011- ongoing Grim Reaper, demons PR [29]
Chicagoland Vampires series 13 2009-2014 completed Vampires, shape shifters, witches [30] [31]
Coyote Blue Christopher Moore[32] 1 2004 stand-alone Comedy
Dante Valentine series 5 2005-2008 Magical humans, demons, vampires, werewolves PR [33]
Dark Angel series 7[34] 2011- Angels, vampires
Dark Swan series 4 2008-2011 Fae PR [35]
Demon Accords series John Conroe22[36] 2010- ongoing Angels, demons, vampires, werewolves, witches
The Disillusionists series 3 2010-2011 Magical humans [37]
Dorina Basarab series 3 2008-2012 ongoing Vampires, mages [38]
Downside Ghosts series 5 2010-2012 Ghosts [39]
1 1897 Vampires London, England PR
17 2000- ongoing P.I. [40]
The Edge Series 4 2009-2012 [41]
Edge 2 [42]
Elemental Assassin series 19 2010- ongoing Magical humans, vampires, giants, dwarfs [43]
Elfhome series 5 2003-2014 ongoing [44]
Enchantment Emporium3 2009-2014 completed Canada
Fangborn series 2 2013-2014
Fever series 11[45] 2006- ongoing Fae Ireland
Garrett P.I. 14 1988-2013 Vampires, trolls, centaurs, gods, ghosts, &c. Tunfaire PI
Georgina Kincaid series 6 2007-2011 completed Succubus, demons, angels, vampires PR
Greywalker series 9 2006-2014 completed Greywalker, witches, vampires Seattle, WA Detective [46]
Grim Reaper series Christopher Moore[47] 2 2006-2015 Grim Reaper, ghosts[48] San Francisco, CA Comedy
Grimnoir Chronicles series 3[49] 2011-2013 completed Magical humans, demons USA [50]
Guild Hunters series 6 2009-2013
Half-Moon Hollow series 5[51] 2012- Vampires, witches, shape-shifters[52] Small town in Kentucky PR
Heartstrikers series 2 2014- ongoing Dragons, spirits Post-apocalypse [53]
The Hollows (Rachel Morgan) series 15 2004- ongoingWitches, demons, werewolves, vampires, pixies, faeries [54]
House Immortal series 3[55] 2014-
House of Comarré 5 2011-2013 Vampires, fae, shape-shifters, ghosts [56] [57]
InCryptid series 10 2012- ongoing Supernatural non-human creatures [58]
Indexing series 22012- Fairytale creatures [59]
Indigo Court 5 2010-2014 Vampires, fae, witches [60]
The Iron Druid Chronicles series 9 2011- ongoing Druids, fae, vampires, werewolves, gods
Jane Jameson series 4[61] 2019-2012 completed Vampires, shape-shifters Small town in Kentucky PR[62]
Jane True series 6 2009-2013 ongoing Fae-like humanoids
Jane Yellowrock series 6 2009- ongoing Skinwalkers, vampires, weres
8 2007-2011
Jill Kismet series 6 2008-2011 Completed Hellbreed, Sorrows, Scurf, weres
The Jinni series 1 2015 PR [63]
Joe Pitt series 5 2005-2009 completed Vampires
John Justin Mallory Mystery series 3 1987-2009 [64]
Kate Daniels series 10[65] 2007-2018 completed Mages, witches, weres, gods Post-apocalypse, PR [66]
Keeper Chronicles 3 1998-2003 completed Keepers, imps, cats Canada
Kitty Norville series 14[67] 2005-2015 completed Weres,[68] vampires, gods
Magic 2.0 series 3[69] 2013- Wizards England
Magic Ex Libris series 2 2012-2013 ongoing Magical humans, vampires, magic-created creatures [70]
The Magicians series 3 2009-2014 completed Magicians, magic creatures
Marla Mason series 10 2009-2017 Sorcerers, gods San Francisco, CA
fictional city on the US East Coast[71]
[72] [73]
12[74] 2006- ongoing Shape-shifters, werewolves, witches, fae
Merry Gentry series 9 2000-2014 Fae [75]
Midgard series 2 [76]
Miriam Black series 3 2012-2013 ongoing Clairvoyants [77]
Monster Hunter International series 8 2007- ongoing Vampires, supernatural monsters [78]
Mookie Pearl Chuck Wendig[79] 2 2013- Goblins, nagas, underworld creatures New York city
1 1996 stand-alone Novelization of Neverwhere TV series[80]
Newford stories24 1990-2021 ongoing beings from European & Native American mythology fictional Canadian city (Ottawa?)
Night Huntress series 7 2007-2014 Vampires
13 2003-2012 completed Magical humans, demons, angels, gods, monsters Nightside (parallel to London)
October Daye series 15 2009- ongoing [81]
Ordinary Magic series 3[82] 2016- Ordinary (fictional town), Oregon, USA
The Others series 2 2013-2014 ongoing Precognate, shape-shifting and elemental non-human Similar to east coast of USA [83]
Outcast Season series 4 2009-2012
Parasol Protectorate series 5 2009-2012 [84] [85]
Prospero's War series 2 2014 Ongoing Magical adepts [86] [87]
Retrievers series 6 2004-2009 Mages, demons [88]
Rivers of London series, aka Peter Grant series 8 2011- ongoing Magical humans, ghosts, gods [89] [90]
3 2004-2007 completed Post-apocalypse [91] [92]
Sabina Kane series 5 2009-2012 ongoing Vampires, mages [93] [94]
Sandman Slim series 6 2002- ongoing Magicians, vampires, demons, angels [95] [96]
Scarlett Bernard series 3 2012-2014 Vampires, witches, werewolves [97]
12 2007-2018 Magical humans [98]
Shadows Fall 1 1994 stand-alone [99]
Shadowspawn 3 [100]
Shame and Terric series 1[101] 2015-
Shifters series 6 2007-2010 completed [102]
Signs of the Zodiac [103]
Simon Canderous series 4 2008-2011
Southern Witch series 5 2009- Witches, werewolves, vampires [104]
The Southern Vampire Mysteries series (The Sookie Stackhouse Novels) 13 2001-2013 completed Vampires
Special Circumstances series 2[105] 2006- ongoing Demons[106] Southern USA
Strange Angels 5 2009-2011
The Tome of Bill series Rick Gualtieri 8[107] 2011-Vampires[108] New York City[109] Comedy
4[110] 2007- ongoing Zombies, wraiths, gargoyles, mages, witches PR
Twenty Palaces series 3 2009-2011 canceled [111] [112]
Vicki Nelson series 5 1991-1997 completed [113]
The Walker Papers series 9 2005-2014 completed Shaman, gods, witches Seattle, WA
Watch series 5 1998-2012 completed

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chronicles of Kazam series. Jasper Fforde. goodreads.com. 23 June 2015.
  2. Web site: Death and the Girl Next Door (Darklight #1). Darynda Jones. Goodreads. 17 May 2015.
  3. Web site: The Iron Fey series. Julie Kagawa. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  4. Web site: All Books. Jacqueline Carey. jacquelinecarey.com. 16 Dec 2018.
  5. Book: Dark Currents. 16 Dec 2018. 9781101615409. Carey. Jacqueline. 2012-10-02.
  6. Book: Poison Fruit. 16 Dec 2018. 9781101615409. Carey. Jacqueline. 2012-10-02.
  7. Web site: Jacqueline Carey. tor.com. 16 Dec 2018. 2013-11-26.
  8. Web site: The Alex Craft Novels. Kalayna Price. kalayna.com. 16 Dec 2018.
  9. Book: Grave Witch. Kalayna Price. 16 Dec 2018. 9781101464540. 2010-10-05.
  10. Web site: Alex Verus series. Benedict Jacka. benedictjacka.co.uk. 15 Dec 2018.
  11. Web site: Books by Deborah Harkness. deborahharkness.com. 16 Dec 2018.
  12. Web site: Deborah Harkness (Author). facebook.com. 16 Dec 2018.
  13. Web site: Allie Beckstrom series. Devon Monk. goodreads.com. 1 Sep 2017.
  14. Web site: Alpha & Omega series. Patricia Briggs. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  15. Book: Cry Wolf (Alpha and Omega, Book 1): Patricia Briggs: 9780441016150: Amazon.com: Books. 978-0441016150. Briggs. Patricia. 2008.
  16. Web site: American Gods series. Goodreads.com. 6 May 2016.
  17. Web site: Neil Gaiman - Neil's Work - Books - American Gods. neilgaiman.com. 17 May 2015.
  18. Web site: American Gods (American Gods, #1). Neil Gaiman. Goodreads. 17 May 2015.
  19. Web site: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series. Laurell K. Hamilton. goodreads.com. 7 May 2016.
  20. Web site: Anna Strong Chronicles series. Jeanne C. Stein. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  21. Web site: Black London series. P.N. Elrod. goodreads.com. 7 May 2016.
  22. Web site: The Black Sun's Daughter series. M.L.N. Hanover. goodreads.com. 7 May 2016.
  23. Web site: Bobby Dollar. Tad Williams. goodreads.com. 7 May 2016.
  24. Web site: Boundary Magic series. Melissa F. Olson. goodreads.com. 7 May 2016.
  25. Web site: Broken Magic series. Devon Monk. goodreads.com. 1 Sep 2017.
  26. Web site: Cal Leandros series. Rob Thurman. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  27. Web site: Cassandra Palmer series. Karen Chance. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  28. Web site: The Better Part of Darkness (Charlie Madigan, #1). Kelly Gay. Goodreads. 17 May 2015.
  29. Web site: Charley Davidson series. Darynda Jones. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  30. Web site: Books. New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Chloe Neill. 17 May 2015.
  31. Web site: Chicagoland Vampires series. Chloe Neill. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  32. Web site: Coyote Blue. goodreads.com. 2 March 2016.
  33. Web site: Dante Valentine series. Lilith Saintcrow. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  34. Web site: Dark Angel series . goodreads.com. 6 July 2016.
  35. Web site: Dark Swan series. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  36. Web site: Demon Accords series by John Conroe. goodreads.com.
  37. Web site: The Disillusionists series. Carolyn Crane. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  38. Web site: Dorina Basarab series. Karen Chance. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  39. Web site: Downside Ghosts series. Stacia Kane. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  40. Web site: The Dresden Files series. Jim Butcher. jim-butcher.com. 15 Dec 2018. 2010-12-26.
  41. Web site: The Edge series. Ilona Andrews. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  42. Web site: Edge series. Melinda M. Snodgrass. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  43. Web site: Elemental Assassin series. Jennifer Estep. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  44. Web site: Elfhome series. Wen Spencer. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  45. Web site: Fever series. goodreads.com. 29 Nov 2015.
  46. Web site: Greywalker Novels « Kat Richardson. katrichardson.com. 17 May 2015.
  47. Web site: Grim Reaper series. goodreads.com. 2 March 2016.
  48. Web site: Secondhand Souls (Grim Reaper #2). goodreads.com. 2 March 2016.
  49. Web site: Grimnoir Chronicles series. goodreads.com. 21 March 2016.
  50. Web site: Grimnoir Chronicles series. Larry Correia. goodreads.com. 11 Nov 2015.
  51. Web site: Half-Moon Hollow series. goodreads.com. 7 June 2016.
  52. Web site: A Witch's Handbook of Kisses and Curses (Half-Moon Hollow #2) . goodreads.com. 7 June 2016.
  53. Web site: Heartstrikers series . Rachel Aaron. goodreads.com. 11 Nov 2015.
  54. Web site: The Hollows series. Kim Harrison. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  55. Web site: House Immortal series. Devon Monk. goodreads.com. 1 Sep 2017.
  56. Web site: Urban Fantasy. Kristen Painter - Author. 17 May 2015.
  57. Web site: House of Comarré series. Kristen Painter. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  58. Web site: InCryptid. seananmcguire.com. 16 Dec 2018.
  59. Web site: Indexing. seananmcguire.com. 16 Dec 2018.
  60. Web site: Indigo Court series. Yasmine Galenorn. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  61. Web site: Jane Jameson series. goodreads.com. 7 June 2016.
  62. Web site: Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors (Jane Jameson #4) . goodreads.com. 7 June 2016.
  63. Web site: Jinn and Juice. Nicole Peeler. 17 May 2015.
  64. Web site: John Justin Mallory Mystery. Mike Resnick . 23 June 2015.
  65. Web site: Kate Daniels series. goodreads.com. 6 May 2016.
  66. Web site: Magic Breaks (Kate Daniels, #7). Ilona Andrews. Goodreads. 17 May 2015.
  67. Web site: Kitty Norville series. goodreads.com. 6 May 2016.
  68. Web site: Kitty and the Midnight Hour (Kitty Norville #1). goodreads.com. 6 May 2016.
  69. Web site: Magic 2.0 series. Scott Meyer. goodreads.com. 6 July 2016.
  70. Web site: Magic Ex Libris series. Jim C. Hines. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  71. Web site: Marla Mason - Dramatis Personae. 11 Nov 2015.
  72. Web site: Marla Mason. marlamason.net. 17 May 2015.
  73. Web site: Marla Mason series. T.A. Pratt. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  74. Web site: Mercy Thompson series. 29 Nov 2015.
  75. Web site: Merry Gentry series. Laurell K. Hamilton. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  76. Web site: Midgard series. Rachel Caine. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  77. Web site: Miriam Black series. Chuck Wendig. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  78. Web site: Monster Hunter International series. Larry Correia. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  79. Web site: Mookie Pearl series. goodreads.com. 2 March 2016.
  80. Web site: Neverwhere. Neil Gaiman. Goodreads. 17 May 2015.
  81. Web site: October Daye series. Seanan McGuire. seananmcguire.com. 15 Dec 2018.
  82. Web site: Ordinary Magic series. Devon Monk. goodreads.com. 1 Sep 2017.
  83. Web site: Written in Red (The Others, #1). Anne Bishop. Goodreads. 17 May 2015.
  84. Web site: Parasol Protectorate Series. gailcarriger.com. 17 May 2015.
  85. Web site: Parasol Protectorate series. Gail Carriger. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  86. Web site: Prospero's War. jayewells.com. 17 May 2015.
  87. Web site: Prospero's War series. Jaye Wells. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  88. Web site: Retrievers series. Laura Anne Gilman. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  89. Web site: The Folly. https://web.archive.org/web/20110121001238/http://the-folly.com/. dead. 21 January 2011. the-folly.com. 17 May 2015.
  90. Web site: Peter Grant series. Ben Aaronovitch. goodreads.com. 15 Dec 2018.
  91. Web site: Rogue Mage Series. faithhunter.net. 17 May 2015. 2012-01-05.
  92. Web site: Rogue Mage series. Faith Hunter. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  93. Web site: Sabina Kane series. Trisha Telep. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  94. Web site: Sabina Kane. jayewells.com. 17 May 2015.
  95. Web site: Sandman Slim Series - Richard Kadrey. richardkadrey.com. 17 May 2015.
  96. Web site: Sandman Slim series. Richard Kadrey. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  97. Web site: Scarlett Bernard series. Melissa F. Olson. goodreads.com. 23 June 2015.
  98. Web site: The Man With the Golden Torc (Secret Histories, #1). Simon R. Green. Goodreads. 17 May 2015.
  99. Web site: Fiction Book Review: Shadows Fall by Simon R. Green. PublishersWeekly.com. 17 May 2015.
  100. Web site: Shadowspawn series. S.M. Stirling. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  101. Web site: Shame and Terric series. Devon Monk. goodreads.com. 1 Sep 2017.
  102. Web site: Rachel Vincent - Stray, Shifters Book I . 2014-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141016163132/http://rachelvincent.com/stray.html . 2014-10-16 . dead .
  103. Web site: Signs of the Zodiac series. Vicki Pettersson. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  104. Web site: Southern Witch series. Kimberly Frost. goodreads.com. 11 Nov 2015.
  105. Web site: Special Circumstances series. goodreads.com. 26 April 2016.
  106. Web site: Queen of Wands (Special Circumstances #2). goodreads.com. 26 April 2016.
  107. Web site: The Tome of Bill series. goodreads.com. 5 May 2016.
  108. Web site: Bill The Vampire (The Tome of Bill #1). goodreads.com. 5 May 2016.
  109. Web site: THE TOME OF BILL – gamer, geek, legendary vampire. 5 May 2016.
  110. Web site: Tristopolis series. John Meaney. goodreads.com. 16 November 2019.
  111. Web site: It's Official: The Twenty Palaces Series Has Been Cancelled (long). 14 October 2011.
  112. Web site: Twenty Palaces series. Harry Connolly. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.
  113. Web site: Vicki Nelson series. Tanya Huff. goodreads.com. 17 May 2015.

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