What are your favourite urban fantasy titles/writers?

[Nynme]

I feel like I've read most of the popular ones. Any new great writers to the market? Always loved Kim Harrison, Kelley Armstrong etc.

Edit: Looking more for serious world building and complex plot. Not so much for romance in a supernatural plot. ( But do like yaoi/BL/gay romances of a supernatural plot.)

Think more Keri Arthur, Illona Andrews, Holly Black, Karen Marie Moning, Patricia Briggs etc

[sherlynn]

Ilona Andrews, Shannon Mayer, Shelley Laurenston, Mandy M. Roth.

[bengalbabe]

A newer one with an excellent trilogy called Grace Bloods that I read last year is Jasmine Silvera. An older one that people never really talk about is Jeri Smith Ready with er WVMP Radio series.

[dechris69]

I like patricia briggs. Still new to this genre.

[christie]

Series you likely know, but for peace of mind, a quick recap:

- The Others by Anne Bishop
- Alien Huntress by Gena Showalter
- Kate Daniels by Ilona Andrews
- Hidden Legacy by Ilona Andrews
- Blood Heir by Ilona Andrews
- The Hollows by Kim Harrison
- Immortals After Dark by Kresley Cole
- The Three by Kristen Ashley
- Guild Hunter by Nalini Singh
- Psy Changeling by Nalini Singh
- Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs
- Alpha & Omega by Patricia Briggs
- October Daye by Seanan McGuire


Sort of in the same vein (a.k.a well known authors I have a feeling you might have gone through already - but just in case):

- Playing with Monsters by Amelia Hutchins
- The Fae Chronicles by Amelia Hutchins
- Chicagoland Vampires by Chloe Neill
- Heirs of Chicagoland by Chloe Neill
- Dark in You by Suzanne Wright
- The Phoenix Pack by Suzanne Wright
- The Mercury Pack by Suzanne Wright
- Devil's Cradle by Suzanne Wright


Recent urban fantasy series I've seriously enjoyed:

- Crescent City by Sarah J.Maas
- The Grey Gates by Vanessa Nelson
- Whispers of the Deep by Emma Hamm
- Mirror Witch by Phoebe Walker
- Rix Universe by Lydia Hope


Older urban fantasy series, but how so good!!

- Downside Ghosts by Stacia Kane (the series that led me to Ilona Andrews, Seanan McGuire and Patricia Briggs)
- Alex Craft by Kalayna Price
- Graveyard Queen by Amanda Stevens


Just in case you want to dabble a bit in a different genre, aka dystopia/post apocalyptic:

- After the Plague by Imogen Keeper
- Kindled by Claire Kent (incl. Last Light)
- Zombie Apocalypse by Gwendolyn Harper


Shifter(s) oriented, really good reads !

- The Moon Blood Saga by Z.W. Taylor [best i've read in a long while actually - very different from what's out there]
- North Wolf by M.A. Everaux
- Wildflower by Rachelle Mills


I mean.... I had to !

- All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon


She deserved to be mentionned. Her series span across wildly different universe:

- The Drake Chronicles by Lauren Gilley
- Dartmoor by Lauren Gilley


Not necessarily your vib, but good world building:

- Myth of the Omega by Zoey Ellis


So these are the "classics" that first came to mind. I hope I listed an author/series you did not know yet, one that you will get to truly enjoy! Fingers crossed

[christie]

quick update - the second tome of the the Moon Blood Saga by Z.W. Taylor just dropped. It did not disappoint, "the hunt" is a fantastic read. This very well could be my favorite urban fantasy/shifter(s) series after Mercedes Thompson (Patricia Briggs).
Just letting you know, I always feel it's easier to dive into a book knowing there is a sequel available already. It eases off the grieving period

I'd also like to include another series, just recently discovered: The Dark Throne by Jessica Ann Disciacca. I'd classify it as a Fantasy Romance (think Sarah J.Maas - that's the closest parallel I could think of). I just finished 'Awakening the Dark Throne' [#1] and I am unwell. Just a fantastic read - kudos to the angst and the sweet, sweet revenge of the second half of the book.
FYI #2 - Awakening the Dark Flame [Expected publication SEPT 2024 - according to the author's socials]

[thezoop]

Thanks christie from me too. That's a good list to have