Urban Fantasy (or Contemporary Fantasy) is magic set in our modern world and usually addresses social issues. It tends to be darker than regular Fantasy. Magic can add to the problem or not be the total solution. Ordinary events are woven together with magical or dreamlike events.

Michael Bishop
	7/29/1999	B	Unicorn Mountain
Emma Bull
	11/2/2002	B	Finder
Jim Butcher
	5/27/2006	B	Blood Rites
	2/10/2007	B	Dead Beat
	1/12/2006	C	Death Masks
	12/31/2004	C	Fool Moon
	5/26/2005	D	Grave Peril
	5/9/2007	B	Proven Guilty
	4/28/2008	A	Small Favor
	9/26/2004	A	Storm Front
	9/12/2005	B	Summer Knight
	4/6/2008	B	White Night
Orson Scott Cardbook review
	7/15/2006	B	Magic Street
Michael Cassutt
	8/20/1999	D	Dragon Season
Charles de Lint
	10/13/2005	A	The Blue Girl
	10/29/2002	B	Memory and Dream
Neil Gaiman
	3/14/2002	N	American Gods
	7/24/2000	C	Neverwhere
Jane Lindskold
	1/14/2001	A	Changer
Stephenie Meyer
	6/11/2008	A	Eclipse
	4/30/2008	A	New Moon
	4/22/2008	A	Twilight
Pat Murphy
	7/19/2007	B	The City Not Long After
Marie Phillips
	7/5/2008	B	gods behaving badly
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Philip Pullman
	10/17/1998	B	The Golden Compass
	2/4/2002	B	The Subtle Knife
	3/21/2002	C	The Amber Spyglass
Rick Riordan
	2/3/2008	B	The Lightning Thief
	3/26/2008	B	The Sea of Monsters
Rachel Roberts
	10/31/2004	C	Circles in the Stream
J.K. Rowling
	10/21/2001	B	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
	7/10/2004	B	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
	8/5/2005	B	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
	5/31/2004	A	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
	9/2/2002	B	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
	10/10/2000	B	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
	1/19/2007	C	The Godmother
Sheri S. Tepper book review
	8/1/2002	C	The Family Tree
	12/26/2002	C	The Visitor
Jane Yolen
	2/20/2006	B	Pay the Piper
William P. Young
	5/11/2008	B	The Shack
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