Most Popular Urban Fantasy Books of the 2020s

Discover popular Urban Fantasy books from the 2020s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Custodians of the Cosmos #2

Book of Madness

Tim Waggoner

Fantasy · Horror · Urban Fantasy

July 30, 2024

Custodians of the Cosmos #1

The Atrocity Engine

Tim Waggoner

Fantasy · Horror · Urban Fantasy

April 30, 2024

An Aileen Travers Novel #7

Dusk's Portent

T.A. White

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

December 18, 2024

The Hollows #18

Demon's Bluff

Kim Harrison

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Witches

October 22, 2024

Stranger Times #4

Relight My Fire

C. K. McDonnell

Paranormal Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

January 25, 2024

Obscure Academy #10

Finding Answers For Confused Succubi

Laura Greenwood

Fantasy · Cupid · New Adult · Paranormal Fantasy · Paranormal Romance

December 29, 2023

Stranger Times #3

Love Will Tear Us Apart

C. K. McDonnell

Paranormal Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

February 9, 2023

Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years #2

Magic Claims

Ilona Andrews

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

June 13, 2023

Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years #1

Magic Tides

Ilona Andrews

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

January 17, 2023

Obscure Academy #2

Drinking Blood For Squeamish Vampires

Laura Greenwood

Fantasy · New Adult · Paranormal Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy

December 31, 2022

Stranger Times #2

This Charming Man

C. K. McDonnell

Paranormal Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Mystery

February 17, 2022

Stranger Times #1

The Stranger Times

C. K. McDonnell

Paranormal Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

January 14, 2021

The Chronicles of Elantra #16

Cast in Conflict

Michelle Sagara

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

June 29, 2021

Black Water Sister

Zen Cho

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

May 11, 2021

Rivers of London

Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection

Ben Aaronovitch

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Short Stories · Mystery

July 2020

Daemon Collecting Series #1

Gatekeeper

Alison Levy

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

October 6, 2020

The Wolves of Elantra #1

The Emperor's Wolves

Michelle Sagara

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

October 13, 2020

Ishmael Jones Mysteries #9

The House on Widows Hill

Simon R. Green

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

July 2020

Kitty Norville #16

Kitty's Mix-Tape

Carrie Vaughn

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves · Short Stories

October 16, 2020

Alex Craft #7

Grave War

Kalayna Price

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

November 24, 2020

Lizzie Grace #6

Deadly Vows

Keri Arthur

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

June 23, 2020

The Witch King's Crown #1

Blackbird Rising

Keri Arthur

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

February 2020

Kitty Norville #15

The Immortal Conquistador

Carrie Vaughn

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

March 17, 2020

Rivers of London #8

False Value

Ben Aaronovitch

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

February 18, 2020

The Eldest Curses #2

The Lost Book of the White

Cassandra Clare, Wesley Chu

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

September 1, 2020

Alex Stern #2

Hell Bent

Leigh Bardugo

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

January 10, 2023

Dresden Files #16

Peace Talks

Jim Butcher

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

July 14, 2020

Dresden Files #17

Battle Ground

Jim Butcher

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

September 29, 2020

Cassandra Palmer #11

Ignite the Fire: Incendiary

Karen Chance

Fantasy · Ghosts · Urban Fantasy · Vampires

February 20, 2021

Rivers of London #10

Stone and Sky

Ben Aaronovitch

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

July 8, 2025

Book of Doors #1

The Book of Doors

Gareth Brown

Fantasy · Magical Realism · Urban Fantasy

February 13, 2024

Keepers of Excalibur #1

Marked Wolf

Tamar Sloan

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Romance

January 29, 2024

An Aileen Travers Novel #6

Nightfall's Prophet

T.A. White

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

May 16, 2023

The Post-Break World: The Murder of Crows #3

One Tin Soldier

Chris Tullbane

Fantasy · Superheroes · Urban Fantasy

November 9, 2021

The Post-Break World: The Murder of Crows #2

Red Right Hand

Chris Tullbane

Fantasy · Superheroes · Urban Fantasy

November 10, 2020

Bulletproof Damsel #1

Bulletproof Damsel

Amelia Hutchins

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Romance

October 6, 2020