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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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Oathbound (The Legendborn Cycle, #3)
What Wakes the Bells
Lovely Dark and Deep
Aunt Tigress
The Vampire and the Case of the Hellacious Hag (The Portlock Paranormal Detective #6)
Installment Immortality (InCryptid, #14)
Kin of the Wolf (Magnetic Magic #3)
Splinter Effect (Splinter Effect, #1)
Night Owl Books (A Story in the World of the Sea Wicche #1)
Booked for Theft (Vigilante Magical Librarians, #3)
Twice as Dead
Royals of Nightfall: Dämonenfluch (Royal Shadows, #1)
A Deliberate Act of Violence: A Vampire Thriller
Wzgarda
Folkloric Trickery (Folkloric #4)
Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2)
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3)
The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4)
Dandadan, Vol. 1
Spark the Flames (Secret of the Syphon #1)
Wrath of the Triple Goddess (Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Senior Year Adventures, #2)
Crush (Crave, #2)
Oathbound (The Legendborn Cycle, #3)
Avalon Tower (Fey Spy Academy, #1)
Kin of the Wolf (Magnetic Magic #3)
Covet (Crave, #3)
Wizard of Most Wicked Ways (Whimbrel House, #4)
The Ex Hex (The Ex Hex, #1)
Waifs and Strays (The Cat Lady Chronicles Book 1)
나 혼자만 레벨업 2 (Solo Leveling, #2)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
YA Books Far Better than Twilight
3,166 books — 4,732 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanSabriel by Garth NixElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineGraceling by Kristin Cashore
Best Heroine in a Fantasy Book
1,471 books — 1,764 voters

Graceling by Kristin CashoreThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasAlanna by Tamora PiercePoison Study by Maria V. SnyderVampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,354 books — 17,952 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)
Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, #2)
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
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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