Urban Fantasy series' discussion

Hi everyone, I am A UF junkie and am looking for a new series. So please help me out. I have a Request NO romance, Strong male/female characters are great but if the stories main focus is the relationships.The series is not for me.

Here is a list of Urban Fantasy series I have read.

Authors/ series

Richard Kadrey/ Sandman Slim series
Simon R. Green / Nightside series
F. Paul Wilson / Repairman Jack series
Jim Butcher / The Dresden Files / Codex Alera series
Kevin Hearne / The Iron Druid Chronicles series
Ilona Andrews / Kate Daniels series
Harry Connolly / Twenty Palaces series
Marcus Pelegrimas / Skinners series
Diana Rowland / Kara Gillian series
Rob Thurman / Cal Leandros series
Tim Waggoner / Matt Richter series
Benedict Jacka / Alex Verus Series
Ben Aaronovitch / Peter Grant Series
Larry Correia / Monster Hunter International series
Chuck Wendig / Miriam Black series
Tad Williams / Bobby Dollar series
Patricia Briggs / Mercedes Thompson
Tanya Huff / Victoria Nelson series

Thanks for your Time Troy.

can add a few suggestions



Shannon Mayer/ Rylee Adamson series

S.M. Reine/ Preternatural Affairs series

Anne bishop/ The Others series

Allyson James/ Stormwalker series

thanks for the post.
I see a couple series you read that i have not. need to check them out.

You can find some series and help veterans here:


http://rappeters.com/memorial-day-201...

Are you telling me you haven't read Kim Harrison/Hollows?

Faith Hunter/Jane Yellowrock
Vicki Pettersson/Signs of the Zodiac

Try the Watch series, Sergei Lukyanenko:

Troy: I don't see you list Mike Carey's Felix Castor series. It fits really well into your likes and is quite similar to the other series you mentioned.

Thank you everyone for the recommendations some of the suggested series were on my Radar and others were not. I looked at all of them and will try a few. If you read a new series i might like please feel free to post an update later. Thank you all for your time!

I don't see a few you should like:

Patricia Briggs/Alpha & Omega
John Conroe/Demon Accords
Mark Henwick/Bite Back

Thanks Tony i have read some Patricia Briggs and Demon Accords is on my list to read.

What did everyone think of the Demon Accords series? I've also been wanting to read it for a while and was thinking of starting it soon.

Try by Paul Cornell more darker in style than the Alex Verus and peter grant series you have read.

I'll recommend the Underworld Detection Agency series by Hannah Jayne. It starts with Under Wraps.

JP wrote: "What did everyone think of the Demon Accords series? I've also been wanting to read it for a while and was thinking of starting it soon."

I enjoy the series quite a bit. It's on my all time top 5 series list. The author does a really good job of world and character building throughout the series. I personally think the books are page turners, once you start you don't want to stop. Give the 1st book a try, if you like it you'll love the rest.

You might also take a look at:

. Book 3 came out yesterday.

You might try the Urban Shaman series by C.E. Murphy or The Elemental Assassin series by Jennifer Estep. Both series focus on a female protagonist but have strong male supporting characters. I will say for the Estep series the third book is where the characters start to shine.. The Urban Shaman series on the other hand has a great dynamic of growing protagonist foiled against 2 male leads of by-the-books logic versus adventurous seen-it-all war vet. And while both have an aspect of romance that develops throughout the series, I found them to be less central to the writing when compared to the Kate Daniels' or Mercedes Thompson series.

Elemental Assassin series looks cool thanks!

Love the Elemental Assassin Series! I don't think I saw these:

Jill Kismet Series - Llilith Saintcrow
Dark Days Series - Jocelynn Drake
October Daye Series - Seanan McGuire
Signs of the Zodiac Series - Vicki Pettersson
Rune Alexander Series - Laken Cane

I LOVE all of these! :-)

Happy Reading!!

Troy, hope you enjoy the Elemental Assassin series and the October Date series Tammy brought up is another one that might appeal since the romantic plot themes drive the series' plot arc less than the overall role of Toby as an investigator for various other characters. Unlike the Assassin series this heroine is more of an underdog in the plotlines. I enjoy that series as well but find I have to be in the right mood. The Assassin series has a lot more humor and snark to the character interactions while the October Daye series has superior world building and a greater diversity of characters in each book.

Been going through some Kindle Unlimited books. Found a few gems from Indie authors.. Some might need another proof read but i still enjoyed them.

October Daye series is on my list of books to read this summer! Thanks Meredith

Grazzit thanks for the post not sure these are what I am looking for but I will have a look. Thanks for your time.

Still looking people; Thanks
I have purchased 1st October Daye and am going to try it soon.
Right now i am reading the new Alex Verus book Burned,
byBenedict Jacka.
also looking at Hellequin Chronicles by Steve McHugh.
and Craft Sequence, by Max Gladstone.
anyone read Vampire Empire by Clay Griffith & Susan ???

Vampire Empire is pretty good but leans toward YA.
I like most of the authors on your original list, so maybe you would like some of my favorites UF books where romance/relationships is NOT the focus, in case they were not already mentioned or in your list. (might not be series, but that should not deter you from a good book) You might also want to check my Read list for 4 or 5 star books.

Acevedo, Mario
Armintrout, Jennifer
Armstrong Kelley
Baker, Nancy
Banks, Dakota
Barbeau, Adrienne (hilarious Beverly Hills vamp)
Bell, Alex
Black, Jenna
Bledsoe, Alex
Bodner, Hal
Bowen, Gary
Briggs Patricia
Brite, Poppy Z
Bull, Emma
Butcher, Jim
Cacek Patricia
Carey, Mike
Chance Karen
Cody, Christine
Collins Nancy A
Connolly, Harry
Devereux, David
Duncan, Glen (The Last Werewolf is fab)
Ellis, Warren
Farren, Mick
Fingerman, Bill
Flyte, Magnus
Frost, Jeaniene
Gaiman Neil
Gischler, Victor (Go Go Girls of the Apocaplyse is hilarious)
Grahame-Smith, Seth (The Last American Vampire and others)
Grant, Mira - Feed
Green, Simon R
Gregory, Daryl - Raising Stony Mayhall is FAB
Haines, Jess
Hanover, MLN
Harrison, Kim
Henry, Mark
Huff Tanya
Hunter, Faith
Huston Charlie
Kittredge, Caitlin
Lane, Amy
Lewis, J F
Marmell, Ari
Moore, Christopher
Newman Kim
O'Malley, Daniel
Pratt TA
Priest, Cherie
Rardin, Jennifer
Rowland, Diana- the first few zombie books are funny
Saintcrow, Lilith
Shevdon Mike
Simmons, William Mark
Stein, Jeanne
Vaughn, Carrie
Wendig, Chuck

This is a very old thread (but giving it an UP as it is still a treasure. Certainly to me as I found, to my surprise, a few series I haven't read or bought to read yet.)

OP, and perhaps others, I have suggestions of my own that could fit your TBR:
1 Stephen Blackmoore, Eric Carter series
2 David Bussell/M.V. Stott: Uncanny Kindom and then specifically the Dark Lakes and Spectral Detective series in that universe.
3. Drew Hayes, Fred the Vampire Accountant (yes there is a romance, but it isn't THE story).
4. I liked the Super Powereds by Hayes as well + follow-up Corpies. Officially the first is between YA-NA, but it doesn't read like it.
5. Perhaps the Black Hat Bureau by Hailey Edwards, though there is a love interest.
6. If you liked Kate Daniels, you might enjoy The Edge and the Sweeper series too.
7. Sherrilynn Kenyon - Deadman's Cross ( it has several appearances from characters from her other series that do have a core romance. But you could try to see if that is annoying if they're strangers. The series is great and not lovey dovey).

Then a few that i've bought, but not read yet:
8. Junkyard Druid (a.k.a Colin McCool series) by MD Massey is said to be in the league of the Dresden Files.
9. I've heard that Daniel Jose Older: Bones Street Rumba and
10. Cal Leandros by Rob Thurman are also great. Like the Eric Carter series they are a dark(er) UF.

OP, can you let us know which ones you have read in the meantime and which series you'd recommend? While I can enjoy a good love interest (though I then want the ones as in Kate Daniels, Mercy Thompson or Night Huntress - where it isn't the main part and the lover is also badass), there are awesome UF SERIES without. Plus there were a few I didn't know yet.

8 years and I am glad you posted as I never saw this and I got a few ideas. I've been looking as the standard series are now older and some finished. I do like rereading but want some new blood. So these are my additions to this, only a few have less that 5000 ratings and it is they're in parentheses.
My addition read and liked not posted UF.

Annette Marie/ Guild Codex (4 line series Spellbound, Demonized, Warped, & Unveiled)
Aaron Rachel/ DFZ, Heartstrikers (NAish)
Alex Hughes / Mindspace Investigations
Carolyn Crane / The Disillusionists
Charlaine Harris / Sookie Stackhouse (v high), (Midnight Texas, Gunnie Rose, & Harper Connelly)
Chloe Neill / Chicagoland Vampires
Craig Schaefer / Daniel Faust
Deborah Blake / Baba Yaga (3158)
Debra Dunbar/ Imp World, The Templar (1244) plus
Devon Monk / Ordinary Magic (4770)
Eileen Wilks / World of the Lupi
Faith Hunter / Soulwood,
Gini Koch / Kitty Katt (UF SF)
Helen Harper / Firebrand, Slouch Witch (Lazy Girls Guide to Magic), Highland Magic
Ilona Andrews / InnKeepers, Hidden Legacy, plus,
J.C Daniels (aka Shiloh Walker) / Colbana Files
James Elliot / Pax Arcana
Jana DeLeon / Trouble in Mudbud
Jaye Wells / Prospero's War
Jeaniene Frost / Night Rebel
John Conroe / Zone War (1817)(apocalyptic UF SF)
John Scalzi / The Kaiju Preservation Society single book stand alone.
K.F Breene/ Demigod of SF, Demon Days Vampire Nights, plus
Kalayna Price/ Alex Craft
Kate Locke / The Immortal Empire
Keri Arthur / Lizzie Grace
Kory m Shrum / Dying for a Living (4606)
Laurell K Hamilton / Anita Blake (after 8 gets highly sexualized)
Lindsay Buroker / Death Before Dragons
Melissa F Olson/ Boundary Magic
Seanan McGuirre / Incryptid,
Rob Thurman / Trickster (3317) plus

(high) 100,000+
(# less than 5000 ratings)

m/m UF
Jordan Castillo Price/ **Psy-Cop
Jordan Hawk/ **SPECR(2597), *Whyborne &Griffin (9294)

These are popular that I have tried
I've read at least one and not my thing

Darynda Jones/ Charlie Davidson;
Melissa F Olson/ Scarlette Benard;
Devon Monk / Allie Beckstrom,
Jonathan L Howard / Johannes Cabal;
Brad Magnarella / Prof Croft (3032);
Stacia Kane / Downside Ghost
--Annie Bellet / The Twenty Sided Sorceress

More liked series out of genre but fantasy

And some that are like UF but SF or something else fantasy. I didn't get ratings.
Martha Wells / Murderbot
Elizabeth Moon / Vatta's War
Dennis E. Taylor / Bobiverse
Glynn Stewart / Starship's Mage
Brandon Sanderson / Skyward (SF NA/YA)
Eric Flint / 1632 (Scifi historical)
Robert Asprin / Phule's Company
Steven Campbell / Hard Luck Hank
J.D Robb / Eve Dallas/
Jim C Hines / Terminal Alliance
Amy Harmon / Chronicles of Saylok/ (fantasy duology)
K.D Edwards / Tarot Sequence/ (fantasy)
Jamie McFarlane / Junkyard Pirate/
Barry Hutchison / Space Team/
Ann Aguirre / Sirantha Jax, Dred Chronicles
John Scalzi / Project Hail Mary standalone

And these don't quite fit the genre either but liked also
Nalini Singh/ Guild Hunter (PNR/UF mix); PsyChangelings (PNR with UF overarc)
K.F Breene / Leveling Up (Uf over 40)
Darynda Jones / Betwixt (UF over 40)
Elizabeth Hunter / Suddenly Psychic (UF over 40)
Kresley Cole / Arcana Chronicles (UF NA); Immortals After Dark (PNR with overarc)
Tilly Wallace / Manners and Monsters (UF cozy)
Molly Harper / Jane Jameson / (UF cozy); Half-Moon Hollow (cozy PNR)
MaryJanice Davison / Fred the Mermaid, Queen Betsy/ (UF cozy before cozy was a thing)
Laurell K Hamilton / Meredith Gentry (UF with lots of succubus sex)
Suzanne Wright / Dark in You, Deep in Your Vein (PNR/UF mix)
Yasmine Galenorn / Otherworld;Sister of the Moon (romancy 3 MCs)

So many recs. I love you guys.

So glad someone is finding it useful.