Best Contemporary Fantasy

Discover the best contemporary fantasy books that blend magic with modern life. Explore top-rated urban fantasy novels and magical realism tales for an enchanting escape into today's fantastical worlds.

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Bridge of Birds

by Barry Hughart

“Li Kao may have a slight flaw in his character but the book has none. I recommend it unconditionally and I predict Barry Hughart has …
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Earthquake Weather (Tor Fantasy)

 

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The prestige

 

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Towing Jehovah

by James Morrow

A satirical novel on the death of God. For inexplicable reasons he dies and falls into the sea, and the Vatican hires a supertanker to …
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Waking the Moon

by Elizabeth Hand

Roman.
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Guilty Pleasures

by Laurell K. Hamilton

When innocent vampires are found murdered, the city's most powerful vampire hires Anita Blake, a vampire hunter known as "The Executioner," to investigate the crimes.
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Neverwhere

by Neil Gaiman

Richard Mayhew is a plain man with a good heart -- and an ordinary life that is changed forever on a day he stops to …
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The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse

by Keith Hartman

Welcome to 21st century Atlanta. During your stay, depending on your tastes, you can cruise gay midtown (I hear that the Inquisition Health Club has …
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The Marriage of Sticks

by Jonathan Carroll

A woman who stole another woman's husband is assaulted by ghosts. The ghosts inform her she is actually a vampire and must mend her ways …
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The Tooth Fairy

 

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Dreams Underfoot

by Charles De Lint

Newford's citizens--fey folk, magicians, hustlers, painters, fiddlers, and ordinary people--stumble headfirst into enchanting adventures.
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Galveston

 

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The Physiognomy

by Jeffrey Ford

The nightmare metropolis called the Well-Built City exists because the satanic genius and Master, Drachton Below, wished it so. And few within its confines hold …