10 urban fantasy series where your city has worse things hiding in it
The city is familiar until you notice the vampires have better public transport.
Urban fantasy keeps the magic close enough to be inconvenient. That is the whole charm.
Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files: Complete Series
Jim Butcher
Harry Dresden is Chicago’s only professional wizard detective, which is a job with terrible hours and a very steady supply of monsters.
No announced next book
Kate Daniels
Ilona Andrews
Kate works in an Atlanta where magic and technology take turns breaking down, and every case escalates faster than it should.
No announced next book
Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Moon Called
Patricia Briggs
Mercy is a mechanic who can shift into a coyote and keeps getting dragged into werewolf, fae, and vampire problems nearby.
No announced next book
October Daye
Seanan McGuire
Toby is a half-fae private investigator whose missing-person cases become a long, painful, and deeply rewarding faerie conspiracy.
Next book: A Divided Duty: An October Daye Novel, 20 · Sep 29, 2026
Rivers of London
Ben Aaronovitch
Peter Grant joins London’s tiny magical police unit and learns that old gods, jazz, and paperwork all have dangerous edges.
No announced next book
The Hollows
Kim Harrison
Rachel Morgan is a witch bounty hunter in an alternate Cincinnati where supernatural politics are personal and nobody lets a grudge go.
Next book: Absolute Demon (Hollows Book 19), 19 · Feb 9, 2027
Alex Verus
Benedict Jacka
Alex can see possible futures, which is less useful than it sounds when every magical faction knows exactly why that makes him dangerous.
No announced next book
The Iron Druid Chronicles
Kevin Hearne
Atticus is a very old druid running a bookshop while gods, vampires, and inconvenient immortality keep intruding on the schedule.
No announced next book
Innkeeper Chronicles
Ilona Andrews
Dina runs an inn for supernatural travellers and protects the sort of guests who need a neutral place more than a normal hotel can provide.
No announced next book
Inheritance of Magic
Benedict Jacka
Stephen discovers that London’s hidden magical world has rules, rivalries, and an inheritance he is much safer not understanding yet.
No announced next book
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Start your watchlistWhy these make the shelf
Many of these series have been in print for years because urban fantasy readers reliably follow a city, a cast, and a long trail of supernatural cases. Tor Books urban fantasy coverage.
Pick the itch you want scratched
- The Dresden Files. Harry Dresden is Chicago’s only professional wizard detective, which is a job with terrible hours and a very steady supply of monsters.
- Kate Daniels. Kate works in an Atlanta where magic and technology take turns breaking down, and every case escalates faster than it should.
- Mercy Thompson. Mercy is a mechanic who can shift into a coyote and keeps getting dragged into werewolf, fae, and vampire problems nearby.
- October Daye. Toby is a half-fae private investigator whose missing-person cases become a long, painful, and deeply rewarding faerie conspiracy.
Questions people actually ask
- Which best urban fantasy series should I start with?
- The Dresden Files is the cleanest first stop. Start with Storm Front and give it a proper evening.
- Are these series still worth tracking?
- Yes. Some are complete and make excellent binges; others are active, which is exactly when a release tracker saves you from checking Amazon like it owes you money.
- Can I read these on Kindle?
- Each entry links to its first Kindle book in the matching Amazon store. Availability moves by marketplace, so the card sends you to the edition that is actually being tracked.