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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Not Before Sundown

Johanna Sinisalo

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Urban Fantasy · Translation · Alternate History

2003

Shifters #3

Pride

Rachel Vincent

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

January 28, 2009

Dresden Files #3

Grave Peril

Jim Butcher

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

2001

Inkworld Trilogy #1

Inkheart

Cornelia Funke

Fantasy · Childrens · Urban Fantasy · Young Adult · Translation

2003

Dresden Files #1

Storm Front

Jim Butcher

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Paranormal Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Mystery

2000

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #9

Dead and Gone

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

May 3, 2009

Night Watch #1

The Night Watch

Sergei Lukyanenko

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Translation

2006

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #3

Club Dead

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

2003

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #8

From Dead to Worse

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

May 6, 2008

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #2

Living Dead in Dallas

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

2002

Zoo City

Lauren Beukes

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Arthur C. Clarke Award

June 2010

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #5

Dead as a Doornail

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

2005

Shifters #5

Shift

Rachel Vincent

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

February 22, 2010

The Dark Artifices #3

Queen of Air and Darkness

Cassandra Clare

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Young Adult

December 1, 2018

Shifters #2

Rogue

Rachel Vincent

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

April 1, 2008

The Twilight Saga #2

New Moon

Stephenie Meyer

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

2006

Paranormalcy #2

Supernaturally

Kiersten White

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Young Adult

July 25, 2011

Paranormalcy #3

Endlessly

Kiersten White

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Young Adult

July 22, 2012

Harper Connelly #3

An Ice Cold Grave

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Thriller

2007

The Twilight Saga #3

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

Stephenie Meyer

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Young Adult

June 5, 2010

Dresden Files #2

Fool Moon

Jim Butcher

Fantasy · Demon · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Werewolves

2001

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #10

Dead in the Family

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

May 4, 2010

Detective Inspector Chen #1

Snake Agent

Liz Williams

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

2005

Harper Connelly #2

Grave Surprise

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Thriller

2006

The Twilight Saga #5

Midnight Sun

Stephenie Meyer

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

August 4, 2020

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #12

Deadlocked

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

April 26, 2012

Odd Thomas #2

Forever Odd

Dean Koontz

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Thriller

2005

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #11

Dead Reckoning

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

April 28, 2011

Harper Connelly #1

Grave Sight

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Thriller

2005

Detective Inspector Chen #2

The Demon and the City

Liz Williams

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

2006

The Twilight Saga #1

Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined

Stephenie Meyer

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Young Adult

October 6, 2015

The Southern Vampire Mysteries #13

Dead Ever After

Charlaine Harris

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

May 3, 2013

Otherworld #1

Witchling

Yasmine Galenorn

Fantasy · Fairies · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires

2006

Mercy Thompson #13

Soul Taken

Patricia Briggs

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves

August 23, 2022

Emily Voss #1

Past Mistakes

Nick Lavitz

Demon · Occult Detective · Paranormal Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Young Adult

August 4, 2026

Broken Souls Trilogy #2

Destruction's Desire

Melody Joanne

Fantasy · Paranormal Fantasy · Urban Fantasy

February 11, 2025