Most Popular Urban Fantasy Books

Explore the most popular Urban Fantasy books across decades, with reader ratings and discoveries from Risingshadow.

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The Primal Hunter #1

The Primal Hunter

Zogarth

Fantasy · Dystopia · LitRPG · Urban Fantasy

March 8, 2022

9.1/10 14 ratings

The Mortal Instruments #6

City of Heavenly Fire

Cassandra Clare

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves · Young Adult

May 22, 2014

8.7/10 189 ratings

Mercy Thompson #1

Moon Called

Patricia Briggs

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

2006

8.5/10 29 ratings

The Mortal Instruments #3

City of Glass

Cassandra Clare

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves · Young Adult

March 18, 2009

8.6/10 446 ratings

Crescent City #2

House of Sky and Breath

Sarah J. Maas

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Romance

February 15, 2022

8.5/10 38 ratings

Night Watch #4

The Last Watch

Sergei Lukyanenko

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Translation

October 31, 2008

8.4/10 37 ratings

The Mortal Instruments #5

City of Lost Souls

Cassandra Clare

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves · Young Adult

May 5, 2012

8.4/10 265 ratings

The Mortal Instruments #1

City of Bones

Cassandra Clare

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves · Young Adult

2007

8.2/10 658 ratings

The Mortal Instruments #2

City of Ashes

Cassandra Clare

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves · Young Adult

March 25, 2008

8.2/10 497 ratings

Night Watch #3

The Twilight Watch

Sergei Lukyanenko

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Translation

2007

8.1/10 52 ratings

The Mortal Instruments #4

City of Fallen Angels

Cassandra Clare

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves · Young Adult

April 2, 2011

8.1/10 348 ratings

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #4

Dead to the World

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

2004

8.2/10 231 ratings

Crescent City #1

House of Earth and Blood

Sarah J. Maas

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Romance

March 3, 2020

8.2/10 61 ratings

Neverwhere #1

Neverwhere

Neil Gaiman

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

1996

8.0/10 274 ratings

Shifters #1

Stray

Rachel Vincent

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

2007

7.9/10 52 ratings

American Gods

American Gods

Neil Gaiman

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Bram Stoker Award · Hugo Award · Locus Award

2001

8.0/10 217 ratings

Inkworld Trilogy #2

Inkspell

Cornelia Funke

Fantasy · Childrens · Urban Fantasy · Young Adult · Translation

2005

8.0/10 192 ratings

The Dark Artifices #1

Lady Midnight

Cassandra Clare

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Young Adult

March 4, 2016

7.9/10 63 ratings

Dresden Files #6

Blood Rites

Jim Butcher

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

August 2004

7.9/10 30 ratings

Dresden Files #4

Summer Knight

Jim Butcher

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

2002

7.9/10 37 ratings

The Twilight Saga #1

Twilight

Stephenie Meyer

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

2005

7.9/10 987 ratings

Inkworld Trilogy #3

Inkdeath

Cornelia Funke

Fantasy · Childrens · Urban Fantasy · Young Adult · Translation

2007

7.8/10 112 ratings

Night Watch #2

The Day Watch

Sergei Lukyanenko

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Translation

2007

7.8/10 60 ratings

Shifters #4

Prey

Rachel Vincent

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

June 24, 2009

7.8/10 27 ratings

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #7

All Together Dead

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

2007

7.8/10 179 ratings

Alex Stern #1

Ninth House

Leigh Bardugo

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

October 1, 2019

7.7/10 27 ratings

The Dark Artifices #2

Lord of Shadows

Cassandra Clare

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Young Adult

May 22, 2017

7.8/10 40 ratings

Dresden Files #5

Death Masks

Jim Butcher

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

2003

7.7/10 33 ratings

Paranormalcy #1

Paranormalcy

Kiersten White

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Young Adult

August 26, 2010

7.8/10 284 ratings

Odd Thomas #1

Odd Thomas

Dean Koontz

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Thriller

2003

7.7/10 38 ratings

The Thief Lord

Cornelia Funke

Fantasy · Childrens · Urban Fantasy · Translation · Mystery

2000

7.7/10 135 ratings

The Demon's Lexicon Trilogy #1

The Demon's Lexicon

Sarah Rees Brennan

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Young Adult

May 23, 2009

7.6/10 75 ratings

The Twilight Saga #3

Eclipse

Stephenie Meyer

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

August 2007

7.7/10 723 ratings

The Twilight Saga #4

Breaking Dawn

Stephenie Meyer

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

August 2, 2008

7.7/10 652 ratings

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #6

Definitely Dead

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

2006

7.7/10 189 ratings

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #1

Dead Until Dark

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

2001

7.7/10 381 ratings