Please do not include paranormal romance, fantasy, erotica or young adult. Seanan mcguires personal top ten urban fantasy books for adults. Dark urban fantasy, a subgenre of uf, is one thats sometimes hard to define until after youve read the book. Urban fantasy for paranormal romance readers novelist. Thus begins chuck wendigs profane, violent, gritty, and dark urban fantasy saga. Paranormal romance and urban fantasy are two of the hottest subgenres around. If the book is part of a series, please only vote for the first book. This series is a delicious mix of action and romance. The series is incredibly cinematic, and will knock the breath right out of your lungs. Seanans personal top ten urban fantasy books for adults because theres so much awesome ya that wed be here all week.
This is a list of urban fantasy i would personally recommend. Knorrs captivating elemental origins series is a ya urban fantasy novel featuring elemental lore, simmering romance, and strong female lead characters. This group is for all dark fantasy authors and their dark fantasy fans, just please keep in mind that all ages may. A fantasy that takes place a generation after a slave liberation.
While readers may gravitate towards books with a strong fantasy element or those where romance. They can also be quite difficult to distinguish, with lots of overlap. Best urban fantasy book series that romance readers will. Paranormal romance books for adults the top 25 hottest list. Books mentioned the beautiful ones by silvia morenogarcia. When gaiman released american gods a few years later, it was an even bigger success, garnering awards and praise as one of the best novels of the twentyfirst century. This list is for adult urban fantasy series that are completed either a series with the final book already published or publishing very soon. These books start fairly lighthearted but gradually stride into darker and. Here are 15 complete urban fantasy series to occupy you during the holiday. Looking for a book that has a male mc that is not afraid to kill when needed. Explore the books that inspired netflixs new fantasy epic.
While adult urban fantasy novels may standalone like mulengro by. Books which combine romance with a specific type of fantasy setting. For readers who enjoy fantasy and paranormal books which have plenty of action, worldbuilding, and mayhem, but dont forget the romance and. No one knows what nikolai endured in his countrys bloody civil war and he intends to keep it that way. This is certainly true of paranormal romance and urban fantasy. With her new adult paranormal romance magic university series. Jocelynn drakes dark days novels follow a vampire named mira and. Here are the top 25 paranormal romance books that will really get your blood flowing. Seanan mcguires personal top ten urban fantasy books for. A series so dark, seductive, and addictive, reading it is like succumbing to a fever, and. Urban fantasy is a slippery sort of subgenre, but to me, calling a book urban. But when they accidentally unleash a dark and terrible force, things deteriorate rapidly into death and destruction the sixth and final book in a. Today i have 8 fantasy romance books and series to recommend. The other head of the urban fantasy revolution was neil gaiman, who enthralled millions with the 1996 urban fantasy novel tv series neverwhere.
Karen marie monings fever series is a dark urban fantasy in which mac. Best adult urban fantasy, fantasy and paranormal romance. Urban fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy in which the narrative has an urban setting. Dark urban fantasy shifter chronicles book 2 kindle edition. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon kindle store best sellers. This list of dark fantasy books is sponsored by king of scars by leigh bardugo and the grishaverse. It can be dark urban fantasy, light urban fantasy, urban fantasy romance, or historical urban fantasy. Works of urban fantasy are set primarily in the real world and contain aspects of fantasy, such as the discovery of earthbound mythological creatures, coexistence or conflict between humans and paranormal beings, and other changes to city life. Many of the urban fantasy tales are slotted into the vampire romance category, for.