Supernatural Fiction and Urban Fantasy (YA)

So many people are writing supernatural books! So many! They’re also called paranormal (which makes us think of ghooosts). Urban fantasy, similarly, is the name given to fiction of a fantastical nature that is set in a real (specifically urban) world. Urban fantasy often has supernatural characters, and also often romance. Here are some selections from this genre.

Updated June 19, 2024
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The beautiful
Ahdieh, Rene?e
Paper Book
Half a creature from the sea : a life in stories
Almond, David
Paper Book
An anthology of dark, powerful and moving short stories from master storyteller David Almond, inspired by his childhood in the north-east of England.David Almond says of this unique collection, "Stories on the page are so beautifully neat. All that lovely black print; those lovely straight lines and...
White cat
Black, Holly.
Paper Book
Cassel is cursed. Cursed by the memory of the fourteen year old girl he murdered. Life at school is a constant trial. Life at home even worse. No-one at home is ever going to forget that Cassel is a killer. No-one at home is ever going to forget that he isn't a magic worker. Cassel's...
City of bones
Clare, Cassandra.
Paper Book
"Clary Fray is seeing things: vampires in Brooklyn and werewolves in Manhattan. Irresistibly drawn to the Shadowhunters, a secret group of warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons, Clary encounters the dark side of New York City - and the dangers of forbidden love." -- Provided by publisher...
Legendborn
Deonn, Tracy
Ebook
Fallen
Kate, Lauren.
Paper Book
SOME ANGELS ARE DESTINED TO FALL. Instant. Intense. Weirdly familiar . . . The moment Luce looks at Daniel she knows she has never felt like this before. Except she can't shake the feeling that she has. . . and with him- a boy she doesn't remember ever...
Demon Road
Landy, Derek.
Paper Book
THE EPIC NEW THRILLER BEGINS. The creator of the number one bestselling SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT series returns with the story of a girl on the run from everything she loves... and the monsters that await her. For anyone who ever thought their parents were monsters... Amber Lamont is a...
The changeover
Mahy, Margaret
Paper Book
Twilight
Meyer, Stephenie
Paper Book
When 17 year old Isabella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father she expects that her new life will be as dull as the town. But in spite of her awkward manner and low expectations, she finds that her new classmates are drawn to this pale, dark-haired new girl in town...
Release
Ness, Patrick
Paper Book
The most personal and tender novel yet from Patrick Ness, the twice Carnegie Medal-winning author of A Monster Calls.The most personal and tender novel yet from Patrick Ness, the twice Carnegie Medal-winning author of A Monster Calls. It's Saturday, it's summer and, although he doesn't know it yet,...
All our hidden gifts
O'Donoghue, Caroline
Paper Book
Maeve Chambers doesn't have much going for her. Not only does she feel like the sole idiot in a family of geniuses, she managed to drive away her best friend Lily a year ago. But when she finds a pack of dusty old tarot cards at school, and begins to give scarily accurate readings to the girls in...
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Riggs, Ransom.
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times best-selling series.   Bonus features * Q&A with author Ransom Riggs * Eight pages of color stills from the film * Sneak preview of Hollow City, the next novel in the series ...
This savage song : a monsters of Verity novel
Schwab, Victoria
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times Best Seller! Age range 12 to 17 There's no such thing as safe in a city at war, a city overrun with monsters. In this dark urban fantasy from acclaimed author Victoria Schwab, a young woman and a young man must choose whether to become heroes or...
The Raven Boys
Stiefvater, Maggie
Paper Book
  The first electrifying book in Maggie Stiefvater''s The Raven Cycleseries. "There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark''s Eve... Either you''re his true love... or you killed him." Part of a clairvoyant family, Blue has spent sixteen...
Shiver
Stiefvater, Maggie
Ebook
Grace is fascinated by the wolves in the woods behind her house; one yellow-eyed wolf in particular. Every winter, she watches him, but every summer, he disappears. Sam leads two lives. In winter, he stays in the frozen woods, with the protection of the pack. In summer, he has a few precious months...
Tales from the inner city
Tan, Shaun
Paper Book
Scare me
Terry, Teri
Paper Book
The Past can haunt you... A mysterious boy, Echo, entices sixteen-year-old Liv to play an increasingly dangerous game, in this unnerving supernatural thriller, From the award-winning author of the SLATED and CIRCLE trilogies, Teri Terry. Liv can't...
Crave
Wolff, Tracy
Audiobook

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