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A strong match for readers drawn to epic fantasy that mixes political intrigue, espionage, murder mystery, and unusual worldbuilding.
City of Stairs
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure · Historical Fantasy · Urban Fantasy
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Shara Thivani arrives in Bulikov as a junior diplomat but is secretly an accomplished spy investigating a murder in a city still shaped by dead gods and a buried past, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 5,800 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to epic fantasy that mixes political intrigue, espionage, murder mystery, and unusual worldbuilding.
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HUGO AND LOCUS AWARD FINALIST • In the first book of an epic fantasy trilogy, master spy Shara Thivani investigates a murder in a mysterious city of dead gods, living assassins, and buried histories, from the nationally bestselling author of The Tainted Cup.
“Readers seeking a truly refreshing fantasy milieu should travel to Bulikov, and welcome its conquest.”—N. K. Jemison, The New York Times
With the gods on its side, the city of Bulikov was once rich beyond measure, using the power of the heavens to reign over the Continent—until a desperate people rose up and did the impossible, killing its divine protectors. Now the surreal landscape of the city itself—first shaped, now shattered, by the thousands of miracles its guardians once worked upon it—stands as a constant, haunting reminder of its former supremacy.
Into this broken city steps Shara Thivani. Officially, the unassuming young woman is just another junior diplomat sent by Bulikov's oppressors. Unofficially, she is one of her country's most accomplished spies, dispatched to catch a murderer. But as Shara pursues the killer, she starts to suspect that the beings who ruled this terrible place may not be as dead as they seem—and that Bulikov's cruel reign may not yet be over.
“A great world, original and unique, with a scent and a texture, a sense of deep, bloody history, and a naturally blended magic living in the stones.”—NPR
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When thousands of gods crash into Lagos, the city fractures but refuses to fall.
David Mogo Godhunter
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Urban Fantasy
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When thousands of gods crash into Lagos, the city fractures but refuses to fall. David Mogo—demigod, outcast, and reluctant godhunter—is hired to capture two of the most dangerous deities roaming the ruins. But every job has consequences, and this one may tear the city apart. A bold, award-winning urban fantasy from Suyi Davies Okungbowa.
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**WINNER OF THE 2020 NOMMO ILUBE AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL**
LAGOS WILL NOT BE DESTROYED
The gods have fallen to earth in their thousands, and chaos reigns.
Though broken and leaderless, the city endures.
David Mogo, demigod and godhunter, has one task: capture two of the most powerful gods in the city and deliver them to the wizard gangster Lukmon Ajala.
No problem, right?
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An ink-slinging wizard hunts the source of twin curses that cost him his voice and his peace.
Candle & Crow
Fantasy · Paranormal Fantasy · Urban Fantasy
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An ink-slinging wizard hunts the source of twin curses that cost him his voice and his peace. Joined by a hobgoblin, a seer, and a few very good dogs, Al MacBharrais faces meddling gods and mortal mischief. Candle & Crow by Kevin Hearne is a witty, heartfelt finale to the Ink & Sigil series filled with magic and mayhem.
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Curses, gods, and very good dogs. Some mysteries refuse to fade with time.
Al MacBharrais is a rare kind of wizard—one who writes his magic in ink. Years ago, twin curses stole his apprentices and silenced his voice, leaving him determined to uncover who cast them and why. His search sends him across the world, from whisky-soaked rituals to divine mischief, joined by his irreverent hobgoblin friend Buck Foi and a battle seer with a taste for chaos.
But meddling gods and mortal detectives threaten to derail his pursuit, and even death goddesses are looking for love.
Candle & Crow by Kevin Hearne delivers a witty, heart-filled finale to the Ink & Sigil series, brimming with humor, magic, and mortal peril.
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Doctor Walden runs England’s most prestigious magic school, protecting its students from demonic incursions.
The Incandescent
LGBTQIA+ · Romantasy · Lesbian Romance · Urban Fantasy
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Doctor Walden runs England’s most prestigious magic school, protecting its students from demonic incursions. But when a sinister force begins to awaken, she fears the danger may be closer than anyone suspects. The Incandescent delivers a haunting blend of dark academia, power, and desire from Hugo and World Fantasy Award winner Emily Tesh.
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Power is easy to teach. Controlling it is another matter entirely.
Doctor Walden is the Director of Magic at Chetwood School, where six hundred students study within wards that keep the demons out. Brilliant, composed, and fiercely dedicated, Walden holds the line between order and chaos. Her days are filled with lessons, meetings, and the delicate art of keeping the dark at bay.
But something inside the school is stirring. As her gifted, unruly sixth formers grow stronger, so does the entity that watches from the shadows. Walden knows the danger better than anyone. The question is whether the threat comes from beyond the walls—or from within her own soul.
The Incandescent is a lush, sapphic dark academia fantasy from Hugo and World Fantasy Award winner Emily Tesh.
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The work becomes urgent when the creatures you heal start turning up dead.
Strange Practice
Fantasy · Urban Fantasy
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The work becomes urgent when the creatures you heal start turning up dead. In Strange Practice, Dr. Greta Helsing tends to London’s undead community with practical care and little drama, until a violent cult begins targeting both monsters and humans across the city. This fantasy mystery pairs supernatural medicine, eccentric charm, and creeping danger with a warm, gothic sensibility.
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The first book in a delightfully witty fantasy series in which Dr. Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, must defend London from both supernatural ailments and a bloodthirsty cult.
Greta Helsing inherited her family's highly specialized and highly peculiar medical practice. In her consulting rooms, Dr. Helsing treats the undead for a host of ills: vocal strain in banshees, arthritis in barrow-wights, and entropy in mummies. Although she barely makes ends meet, this is just the quiet, supernatural-adjacent life Greta's been groomed for since childhood.
Until a sect of murderous monks emerges, killing human and undead Londoners alike. As terror takes hold of the city, Greta must use her unusual skills to stop the cult if she hopes to save her practice and her life.
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A strong match for readers who like wisecracking heroes, supernatural team-ups, myth-heavy worldbuilding, and fast-paced urban fantasy.
Rise of the Giants
Fantasy · Urban Fantasy
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After soldier Dean Robinson is killed by a fallen angel, he returns as something no longer fully human and is pulled into a supernatural conflict involving fallen angels, ancient giants, and a group of arcane allies. The urban fantasy mixes action, humor, mythology, and apocryphal lore, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 1,500 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers who like wisecracking heroes, supernatural team-ups, myth-heavy worldbuilding, and fast-paced urban fantasy.
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In life, Dean Robinson was a soldier. Upon his untimely death at the hands of a fallen angel with a serious superiority complex and snappy wardrobe, he became something else.
Not quite divine but no longer human, Dean was unwillingly thrust into the prophetic pinnacle of a timeless battle raging in the shadows of the Earth and the Heavens. Better yet, he and his newfound gang of arcane sidekicks might be the only thing standing between mankind and an incursion of otherworldly giants. No pressure…
With heart-pounding action, laugh-out-loud dialogue, and a mind-bending mash-up of mythology and apocryphal lore, Rise of the Giants is a thrilling urban fantasy romp through a world where legends come to life, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. From the backstreets of Boston to the nether regions of Heaven and beyond, join the wise-cracking misadventures filled with magic, destiny, and a whole lot of beer.
And, as always, the Devil's in the details.
Perfect for fans of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, Kevin Hearne's Iron Druid Chronicles, or Steve McHugh’s Hellequin Chronicles.
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Ideal for readers looking for YA fantasy packed with mythology, magic, immortal figures, and fast-moving adventure.
The Alchemyst
Teen + Young Adult · Fantasy · Urban Fantasy
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The first book in the New York Times bestselling Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series follows twins Sophie and Josh Newman as they are pulled into a fight over the Book of Abraham the Mage, which contains the secret of eternal life, with a 3.9-star average from more than 169,200 Goodreads ratings. Ideal for readers looking for YA fantasy packed with mythology, magic, immortal figures, and fast-moving adventure.
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Nicholas Flamel appeared in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter—but did you know he really lived? And his secrets aren't safe!Discover the truth in book one of the New York Times bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel.
The truth: Nicholas Flamel's tomb is empty.
The legend: Nicholas Flamel lives.
Nicholas Flamel is the greatest Alchemyst to ever live. The records show that he died in 1418, but what if he's actually been making the elixir of life for centuries?
The secrets to eternal life are hidden within the book he protects—the Book of Abraham the Mage. It's the most powerful book that has ever existed, and in the wrong hands, it will destroy the world. And that's exactly what Dr. John Dee plans to do when he steals it.
There is one hope. If the prophecy is true, Sophie and Josh Newman have the power to save everyone. Now they just have to learn to use it.
“The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel has everything you loved about Harry Potter, including magic, mystery, and a constant battle of good versus evil.”—Bustle
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Jim Butcher’s Dead Beat, book seven in The Dresden Files, delivers fast-paced urban fantasy at its best.
Dead Beat
Fantasy · Urban Fantasy
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Jim Butcher’s Dead Beat, book seven in The Dresden Files, delivers fast-paced urban fantasy at its best. When Chicago’s resident wizard faces blackmail, necromancers, and a Halloween apocalypse, magic meets mayhem in a race against the dead. With 4.7 out of 5 stars, this fan-favorite proves why Butcher reigns supreme in modern noir fantasy.
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Halloween in Chicago is already wild—but this year, Harry Dresden might not survive it. When a blackmailing vampire forces him into a deadly scavenger hunt for the mysterious Word of Kemmler, Harry’s left chasing clues through a city crawling with necromancers, corpses, and things that really shouldn’t walk after midnight.
Armed with sarcasm, a staff, and a dangerously thin plan, Chicago’s only wizard-for-hire has to stop six power-hungry sorcerers before they turn the city into their personal graveyard. But as the bodies pile up, the line between hunter and hunted starts to blur.
If he fails, the dead won’t stay dead—and the living won’t stand a chance.
Halloween’s coming early, and Harry’s about to raise more than a little hell.
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Rachel Aaron’s Nice Dragons Finish Last kicks off the Heartstriker series with sharp humor, clever worldbuilding, and a dragon you can’t help rooting for.
Nice Dragons Finish Last
Fantasy · Urban Fantasy
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Rachel Aaron’s Nice Dragons Finish Last kicks off the Heartstriker series with sharp humor, clever worldbuilding, and a dragon you can’t help rooting for. Winner of the Audie Award for Fantasy and part of the RT Magazine Reviewers’ Choice Award–winning series, this urban fantasy favorite holds a 4.6 out of 5 stars Amazon rating. A fan-favorite gem.
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Julius is a dragon, technically. Unfortunately, he is also the smallest and meekest member of the ruthless Heartstriker clan. His survival strategy has always been simple: keep quiet, avoid fights, and hope no one notices him. His mother has finally noticed.
Fed up with his timid ways, Bethesda strips Julius of his true form and casts him into the DFZ, a dangerous vertical city built on the ruins of Old Detroit. He has one month to prove he can be ruthless enough to earn back his scales or lose his dragon self forever.
In a world of mages, spirits, and cutthroat schemes, Julius will need allies, courage, and luck.
Because in this city, nice dragons do not just finish last—they rarely finish at all.
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With 4.6 out of 5 stars, this witty, enchanting fantasy is perfect for fans of cozy witch tales with a twist.
The Crone of Midnight Embers
Fantasy · Paranormal Fantasy · Urban Fantasy
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Iris Beaglehole’s The Crone of Midnight Embers proves magical adventures aren’t just for the young. After scandal derails her London life, Delia Spark retreats to a quiet village—only to stumble into prophecies, secret Orders, and newfound magic. With 4.6 out of 5 stars, this witty, enchanting fantasy is perfect for fans of cozy witch tales with a twist.
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Delia Spark thought her sixties would be quiet—gardening, tea, maybe the occasional holiday. Instead, she’s navigating a scandalous divorce, a wrecked reputation, and the unsettling tendency for things around her to burst into flames. When even her daughter stops returning calls, escape feels like the only option.
Myrtlewood, a picturesque village tucked away from the chaos of London, promises peace. What Delia finds instead is far stranger: whispered prophecies, ancient crones, and a secret Order that’s been waiting for her arrival. Between enchanted teacakes, cryptic warnings, and the sudden realization she might be magical, Delia’s life takes a turn she never expected.
But destiny doesn’t care about age. To survive Myrtlewood’s mysteries, Delia must embrace her power—or risk losing everything all over again.
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Bestselling author Sarah Painter launches a spellbinding new fantasy with The Ward Witch.
The Ward Witch
Fantasy · Urban Fantasy
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Bestselling author Sarah Painter launches a spellbinding new fantasy with The Ward Witch. On Unholy Island, Esme Gray hides from her past while guarding its wards—until Luke Taylor arrives searching for his twin, and a body turns up on the shore. With 4.5 out of 5 stars, this mix of mystery, magic, and murder is a must for urban fantasy fans.
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Unholy Island isn’t on most maps—and that’s by design. Protected by wards, shrouded in secrecy, and bound by rules no outsider should break, it’s where Esme Gray hides from her past. She runs the guest house, tends to the island’s magic, and does her best to stay unnoticed.
Luke Taylor is impossible to ignore. Searching for his missing twin, he arrives on the island—and refuses to leave when the wards say he should. His presence unsettles the tight-knit community, and when a body washes ashore, suspicion turns his way.
Esme is drawn to him despite her instincts, but instincts may not be enough. Because a killer is loose, a storm is rising, and even magic can’t keep Unholy Island’s secrets buried forever.
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Perfect for fans of snarky antiheroes, supernatural intrigue, and darkly funny magic-fueled adventures.
Cold Iron Task
Fantasy · Urban Fantasy
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James J. Butcher’s Cold Iron Task—the latest spellbinding entry in the Unorthodox Chronicles—delivers sharp urban fantasy thrills. With 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon, it follows junior Auditor Grimsby as a risky magical heist plunges him into secrets, monsters, and betrayals. Perfect for fans of snarky antiheroes, supernatural intrigue, and darkly funny magic-fueled adventures.
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Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby isn’t the Department of Unorthodox Affairs’ most promising recruit. With only one case behind him and more mistakes than successes, he’s desperate to prove himself—and fix the friendships he’s already managed to fracture.
So when a mysterious benefactor dangles the chance to join a heist targeting an otherworldly vault, Grimsby doesn’t think twice. Answers, redemption, and maybe respect could all be within reach.
But nothing in Boston’s magical underground is that simple. His partner Mayflower is hiding dangerous secrets, new demons crawl out of the dark, and the monsters Grimsby faces—both human and Unorthodox—aren’t playing fair.
If he can’t learn to ask the right questions, this job won’t just cost him his career. It’ll cost him everything.
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