✨Urban Fantasy Recommendations ✨
I’m hosting an urban fantasy readathon for the month of April and I thought I’d share some recs and match them up with the prompts!
The Percy Jackson series & it’s spin-offs by Rick Riordan (gods from multiple pantheons, familiars/animal companions, ghosts, lgbtq+ rep, unique magic system)
Any of the books under the Rick Riordan Presents imprint (bipoc authors, gods, unique magic systems)
The Witch King by H. E. Edgmon (witches, the fae, lgbtq+, bipoc author)
The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clarke (witches, lgbtq+, unique magic system)
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (unique magic system, witches, ghosts, lgbtq+)
The Black Blade series by Jennifer Estep (unique magic system, the fae)
Seven Deadly Shadows by Courtney Alameda & Valynne E. Maetani (gods, ghosts/hauntings)
The Chronicles of Nick by Sherrilyn Kenyon (vampires, shifters, gods, witches, unique magic system, ghosts)
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (lgbtq+, vampires, witches)
The Vampire Academy series by Richelle Meade (vampires, unique magic system)
The Price Guide to the Occult by Leslye Walton (unique magic system, lgbtq+)
Any of the Shadowhunter books by Cassandra Clare (unique magic system, vampires, werewolves, the fae, ghosts, lgbtq+, animal companion)
The Adam Binder series by David R. Slayton (unique magic system, the fae, lgbtq+, animal companion, gods)
Wolf Gone Wild by Juliette Cross (paranormal romance, werewolf, vampires, witches)
Girls Weekend by C. M. Nascosta (paranormal romance, the fae, cozy)
Morning Glory Milking Farm by C. M. Nascosta (paranormal romance, cozy)
The Witches Wolves by Ellie Mae MacGregor (lgbtq+, witches, werewolves)
Spooky Smutty Stories 1 & 2 by Claire Cray (lgbtq+, paranormal romance, witches, vampires, werewolves, ghosts/hauntings)
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (cozy, lgbtq+, paranormal romance, unique magic system)
The October Daye series, the InCyptids Series, the Wayward Children series, and pretty much everything else by Seanan McGuire (the fae, shifters, unique magic systems, paranormal romances, ghosts/hauntings, lgbtq+)
The Jane Yellowrock Series and the Soulwood series by Faith Hunter (vampires, shifters, witches, ghosts, the gods, animal companions, paranormal romances)
The Mercy Thompson series and the Alpha & Omega series by Patricia Briggs (shifters, vampires, witches, ghosts/hauntings, paranormal romance)
The Green Creek Series by TJ Klune (lgbtq+, werewolves, witches)
Lana Harvey, Reapers Inc. by Angela Roquet (the afterlife, gods, ghosts, unique magic system, paranormal romance, animal companion)
The Chicagoland Vampires series and the Heirs of Chicagoland series by Chloe Neill (vampires, shifters, paranormal romances, witches, the fae)
The Elemental Assassin series (unique magic system, paranormal romance)
The Whisper Hollow series by Yasmin Galenorn (shifters, witches, vampires, ghosts/hauntings, the afterlife, the fae, paranormal romance)
The Otherworld Series and the Fly By Night series by Yasmin Galenorn (paranormal romance, lgbtq+, polyamory, witches, vampires, shifters, the gods, the fae)
Black Blade Blues by J.A. Pitts (lgbtq+, shifters, witches, the gods, paranormal romance, unique magic system)
Norse Code by Greg Van Eekhout (bipoc author, the gods, ghosts/hauntings, the afterlife, unique magic system)
WebMage by Kelly McCullough (the gods, the fae(?), unique magic system, familiars)
Graphic Novels/Comics/Manga:
Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall (lgbtq+, werewolves)
The Tea Dragon Society by Kay O’Neill (unique magic system, lgbtq+, cozy, animal companion)
NORA: The Last Chronicle of Devildom by Kazunari Kakei (ghosts/hauntings, unique magic system)
Fangs by Sarah Anderson (vampires, werewolves, cozy)
Fangs by Billy Balibally (vampires, lgbtq+, animal companion, bipoc author) {please note this one is explicit and 18+}
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker (lgbtq+, witches, werewolves)
Taproot by Keezy Young (lgbtq+, ghosts/hauntings, the afterlife)
Moonstruck by Grace Ellis (lgbtq+, shifters, vampires, witches, cozy)
*as always, please check content and trigger warnings before diving into any of these*
I can’t wait to see what you’ve all got planned for the readathon! And if you’ve got more recs, please add them!