Book Series Urban Fantasy

It s not much older than i am either the first book considered to be urban fantasy was moonheart published in 1984 by charles de lint with terri windling following close behind with her borderlands series in 1986 and the term itself was coined in 1997.

Book series urban fantasy. In this world a magic apocalypse has left all systems totally unpredictable neither technology nor magic functions as it should and when one works the other inevitably fails not unlike in the borderland universe but to an even greater extreme. Text is available under the creative. Stand alone uf novels such as neverwhere or war for the oaks should not be added to this list.

The dresden files by jim butcher 16 books wizard harry dresden is the king of urban fantasy and the dresden files are the gold standard for the gene. It s one of the most well known well loved series running and for damn good reasons. Contrary to popular belief urban fantasy didn t start with the dresden files although it did help contribute to the popularity of the genre.

However you define it it s been a wildly popular field for some time and there s lots of great books out there. Check out all of the new urban fantasy book releases 2020 2021 and beyond. Atticus o sullivan last of the druids lives peacefully in arizona running an occult bookshop and shape shifting in his spare time to hunt with his irish wolfhound.

November 19 2012 this page was last edited on 25 november 2020 at 14 11 utc. 25 great urban fantasy series urban fantasy is a slippery sort of sub genre but to me calling a book urban fantasy means it is set in a modern urban society with an overlay of fantasy elements e g magic monsters etc. The 10 best urban fantasy series posted.

The hollows by kim harrison 13 books another recently completed cornerstone of urban fantasy is the rachel morgan series. 1 only urban fantasy books. All things urban fantasy paranormal picks.

Ilona andrews gritty magic series has been one of the most prominent in urban fantasy over the past few years and it all kicked off with magic bites. Rachel starts out as a klutzy witch and grows into a supernatural force to be reckoned with as over the course of 13 books she faces vampires elves and world destroying plots. Urban fantasy must be set in a specific contemporary city in which the flavour of that city strongly influences the story.