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title: "Urban Fantasy Books"
description: "Browse award-recognized urban fantasy books with examples, counts, and a filtered app link."
canonical: "https://sffawards.com/subgenres/urban-fantasy/"
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# Urban Fantasy Books

Fantasy set in a modern or modern-equivalent city/society, often with hidden or open supernatural communities.

- **matching books:** 330
- **recognitions:** 471
- **winner records:** 54
- **award years:** 1978-2026
- **updated:** Aug 28, 2026

[Open Urban Fantasy in the interactive browser](/?subgenres=urban-fantasy)

## Representative Books

- **Good Omens** by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman - 4.25 average rating, 835,172 ratings, 2 recognitions, 0 wins, published 1990
- **American Gods** by Neil Gaiman - 4.10 average rating, 998,842 ratings, 4 recognitions, 2 wins, published 2001

## Related Links

- [Browse all subgenre pages](/subgenres/)
- [Contemporary Fantasy books](/subgenres/contemporary-fantasy/)
- [Paranormal Fantasy books](/subgenres/paranormal-fantasy/)
- [Low Fantasy books](/subgenres/low-fantasy/)
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- [Browse award pages](/awards/)

## Goodreads Genre Reference

[View Urban Fantasy on Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/genres/urban-fantasy)

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