A genre of literature where fantasy is set against what can be considered an urban backdrop or a fantasy story that is set in a city or suburb… more often than not the urban setting becomes another character and provides a gritty nature/aesthetic to the story that readers of urban fantasy have come to love and seek out (Jericho Writers)
The name of the series is given following the title. Titles are first books in the series, unless otherwise noted.
Adams, Cat. Blood Song [Blood Singer]
Andrews, Ilona. Burn for Me [Hidden Legacy]
Andrews, Ilona. Magic Bites [Kate Daniels]
Arent, Nicole. Vamps: Fresh Blood [Vamps]
Armstrong, Kelley. Bitten [Women of the Otherworld]
Arthur, Keri. Darkness Unbound [Dark Angels]
Bardugo, Leigh. Ninth House [Alex Stern]
Bishop, Anne. Written in Red [Courtyards of the Others]
Black, Holly. Book of Night
Blackmore, Stephen. Dead Things [Eric Carter]
Blake, Olive. The Atlas Six [Atlas]
Briggs, Patricia. Cry Wolf [Alpha and Omega]
Briggs, Patricia. Moon Called [Mercy Thompson]
Chace, Karen. Death’s Mistress [Midnight’s Daughter #2]
Frost, Jeaniene. Halfway to the Grave [Night Huntress]
Galenorn, Yasmine. Witchling [Sisters of the Moon]
Hamilton, Laurell K. Guilty Pleasures [Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter]
Harris, Charlaine. Midnight Crossroad [Midnight, Texas]
Harrison, Kim. Dead Witch Walking [The Hollows]
Heid, Rhiannon. Silver [Silver]
Henry, Veronica G. The Quarter Storm [Mambo Reina]
Jacka, Benedict. An Inheritance of Magic [Stephen Oakwood]
Jemisin, N.K. The World We Make [Great Cities Trilogy]
Kadry, Cassandra. The Dead Take the A Train [Carrion City Duology]
Kohda, Claire. Woman Eating
Maas, Sarah J. House of Earth and Blood [Crescent City]
McGuire, Seanan. Discount Armegeddon [InCryptid]
Mead, Richelle. Storm Born [Dark Swan]
Murphy, C.E. Urban Shaman [Walker Papers]
Neill, Chloe. Some Girls Bite [Chicagoland Vampires]
Neill, Chloe. Wild Hunger [Heirs of Chicagoland]
Novik, Naomi. A Deadly Education [Scholomance]
O’Malley, Daniel. The Rook [Checquy Files]
Piper, Hailey. No Gods for Drowning
Robb, J.D. Naked in Death [In Death]
Roth, Veronica. When Among Crows
Saintcrow, Lilith. The Grendel Affair [Spi Files]
Shearin, Lisa. Magic Lost, Trouble Found [Raine Benares]
Singh, Nalini. Angel’s Blood [Guild Hunter]
Stein, Jeanne C. The Becoming [Anna Strong]
Stross, Charles. The Atrocity Archives [Laundry Files]
Therin, Allie. Liar City [Sugar and Vice]
Turnbull, Caldwell. No Gods, No Monsters [Convergence Saga]
Vaughn, Carrie. Kitty and the Midnight Hour [Kitty Norville]
Vincent, Rachel. Stray [Shifters]