Teen Urban Fantasy Series

List in Alphabetical Order

Clive Barker

Abarat Series

1)      Abarat

2)      Days of Magic, Nights of War

3)      Absolute Midnight

4)      The Dynasty of Dreamers

5)      The Eternal (no release date set)

Holly Black

A Modern Faerie Tale

1)      Tithe

2)      Valiant

3)      Ironside

P.C. Cast

The Divine Series

1)      Divine By Mistake

2)      Divine By Choice

3)      Divine By Blood

The Goddess Summoning Series

1)      Goddess of the Sea

2)      Goddess of the Spring

3)      Goddess of the Light

4)      Goddess of the Rose

5)      Goddess of the Love

6)      Warrior Rising

7)      Goddess of the Camelot

The House of Night Series

1)      Marked

2)      Betrayed

3)      Chosen

4)      Untamed

5)      Hunted

6)      Tempted

7)      Burned

Cinda Williams Chima

The Heir Trilogy

1)      The Warrior Heir

2)      The Wizard Heir

3)      The Dragon Heir

Cassandra Clare

The Mortal Instruments

Trilogy of Prequels

1)      The Clockwork Angel (Sept. 2010)

2)      The Clockwork Princess (Sept 2011)

3)      The Clockwork Prince (Sept 2012)

The Mortal Instruments Series

1)      City of Bones

2)      City of Ashes

3)      City of Glass

4)      City of Fallen (March 2011)

Erin Colfer

Artemis Fowl Series

1)      Artemis Fowl

2)      The Arctic Incident

3)      The Eternity Code

4)      The Opal Deception

5)      The Lost Colony

6)      The Time Paradox

7)      The Atlantis Complex

D.J. MacHale

The Pendragon Adventure

Pendragon: Before the War

1)      Travelers Book One

2)      Travelers Book Two

3)      Travelers Book Three

Pendragon Series

1)      Merchant of Death

2)      The Lost City of Faar

3)      The Never War

4)      The Reality Bug

5)      Black Water

6)      The Rivers of Zadaa

7)      The Quillan Games

8)      The Pilgrims of Rayne

9)      Raven Rise

10)  The Soldiers of Halla

Lisa McMann

The Wake Trilogy Series

1)      Wake

2)      Fade

3)      Gone

Richelle Mead

The Vampire Academy Series

1)      Vampire Academy

2)      Frostbite

3)      Shadow’s Kiss

4)      Blood Promise

5)      Spirit Bound

6)      TBA (Late 2010)

Scott Mebus

The Gods of Manhattan

1)      Gods of Manhattan

2)      Spirits in the Park

Stephanie Meyer

The Twilight Saga

1)      Twilight

2)      New Moon

3)      Eclipse

4)      Breaking Dawn

Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

1)      The Lightning Theif

2)      The Sea of Monsters

3)      The Titan’s Curse

4)      The Battle of the Labyrinth

5)      The Last Olympian

Companion Books

1)      Demigod Files

2)      Demigod’s and Monsters

3)      The Ultimate Guide

4)      Percy Jackson (Graphic Novel 10/19/2010)

Michael Scott

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flammel

1)      The Alchemyst

2)      The Magician

3)      The Sorceress

4)      The Necromancer (May 25^th, 2010)

5)      The Warlock (2011)

6)      The Enchantress (2012)

Ilona Andrews

Want a little taste of the series?

Here is the back cover description of the first book, Magic Bites……….

Atlanta would be a nice place to live, if it weren’t for magic…

One moment magic dominates, and cars stall and guns fail. The next, technology takes over and the defensive spells no longer protect your house from monsters. Here skyscrapers topple under onslaught of magic; werebears and werehyenas prowl through the ruined streets; and the Masters of the Dead, necromancers driven by their thirst of knowledge and wealth, pilot blood-crazed vampires with their minds.

In this world lives Kate Daniels. Kate likes her sword a little too much and has a hard time controlling her mouth. The magic in her blood makes her a target, and she spent most of her life hiding in plain sight. But when Kate’s guardian is murdered, she must choose to do nothing and remain safe or to pursue his preternatural killer. Hiding is easy, but the right choice is rarely easy…

How did I choose and/or find this series?

I purchased the first book of this series before I had the rather large obsession with collection any and every fantasy series. I had just finished all the Sookie Stackhouse series and was looking for something else, something similar, to read so I googled “What to read next?” and this site came up.   I found it there and went same day to purchase the first book.

Now, to stick to the flow of my site, I shall answer the FOUR questions I use to choose a series.

* What is the world like? Is it magical?

Yes, it is magical. It is very magical. With the genre it is labeled under, Urban Fantasy, it is set in  Atlanta, Georgia but it is not the typical Atlanta we know and love (or hate) today. At any given moment a barrier falls and magic is running wild in the city. The case of the barrier, we do not know, other than it has always happened that way. When the barrier is down, magic causes crazy things to happen. But suddenly, without any warning (like we have with the weather warnings to help us prepare) the barrier goes back up and all things magical lose their power allowing technology and regular humans to rule again.

* What kind of Supernatural beings/things are involved?

We have vampires and shifters (who have as of now just been mentioned), witches, wizards who all have extraordinary abilities that can wreak havoc but also those good ones who are just trying to live day by day. We also have Mercenaries…those who work for non governmental agencies helping to control the magic when the barrier falls. The Mercenaries are not magical per say, but they have the strength and abilities that can be mirrored to magical abilities.

* What kind of powers do the inhabitants of the world have?

The witches and wizards have the regular magical powers, casting spells and whatnot. However, they do not use wands…one could say they practice only non verbal spells. The vampires have eternal life, super strength and need blood to survive. The Mercenaries are highly trained and skilled fighters that also have the access to amazing technological weaponry to use trying to keep the peace.

* Is the series more than a trilogy? Has it ended or is it still growing?

Yes, it is more than a trilogy, currently three books are out and the fourth is being released this year. The series has not ended and there are not talks of ending it just yet, so it is still growing.

The Series List in Chronological Order:

Kate Daniels Series

1)      Magic Bites

2)      Magic Burns

3)      Magic Strikes

4)      Magic Mourns (novella in Must Love Hellhounds Anthology)

5)      Magic Bleeds (May 25^th 2010)

The Kate Daniels Series Links, with chapter excerpts and Amazon links!

Author Website

Read Chapter One of Magic Bites

Read an Excerpt from Magic Mourns in Must Love Hellhounds Anthology

Illona Andrews Wiki Page

Amazon Link to All Books

*Each books is a part of the Amazon 4 for 3 Special where you buy 4 books for the price of 3!!!

(Ilona has the first book out in another series called “On the Edge” which will be featured here soon, SO you can get the first book in this series with the 4 for 3 deal)

Magic Bites

Magic Burns

Magic Strikes

Must Love Hellhounds

Epic / High Fantasy

In an elaborately developed world, the good guys—usually a common member of a Medieval-type society—must face off against a sorcerer of sorts who personifies evil. The world is at stake and the hero must do something to return it back to normal. Epic / High Fantasy is an all encompassing sub genre that covers any work that has a fantasy setting and a protagonist that undertakes a quest of epic proportions. J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings is a popular series that embodies the Epic and High Fantasy genre.

High Fantasy examples:

• J.R.R. Tolkien Boxed Set (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings), by J. R. R. Tolkien
• The Sword of Shannara (Shannara Series), by Terry Brooks
• The Belgariad, Vol. 1 (Books 1-3): Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, Magician’s Gambit, by David Eddings

Heroic Fantasy

The protagonist is a youth–such as a commoner, a prince, or a sorcerer—who must fulfill their duty to save the world. The commoner could be an heir to the throne must go on a journey to gain what is rightfully theirs. The prince must defend his kingdom. The sorcerer must choose whether or not to use his power for good or evil. This type of fantasy often places a strong emphasis on good versus evil and the protagonist of the story is often reluctant to take up the challenge. Heroic Fantasy is closely related to High Fantasy.

Heroic Fantasy examples:

• A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1), by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Legend (Drenai and Rigante Series), by David Gemmell
• The Deed of Paksenarrion, by Elizabeth Moon

Sword and Sorcery

In these tales, the protagonist roams an ancient, barbaric land, using a sword to fight evil. This genre tends to be described as full of swashbuckling action. It focuses heavily on the hand-to-hand combat and the sorcery part of it is usually assigned to the antagonist of the story. Typically the hero lives and dies by the sword and has to overcome the black magic of his foe. High Fantasy is another sub-genre of High Fantasy.

Sword and Sorcery examples:

• The Broken Lands (Ardneh Sequence), by Fred Saberhagen
• The Gilded Chain:: A Tale of the King’s Blades, by Dave Duncan
• Bloodstone (Kane Series), by Karl Edward Wagner

Urban Fantasy / Modern Fantasy / Contemporary Fantasy

This sub-genre features a modern society in which magical elements are normal. Elves may coexist with humans in an urban setting. Dragons may wander freely in the alleys of a city. The contemporary time period may slowly be reverting to magical ways.

Urban Fantasy examples:

• Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 1), by Charlaine Harris
• Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, Book 1), by Patricia Briggs
• Storm Front (The Dresden Files), by Jim Butcher

Historical Fantasy

A historical setting with magical elements dominate the backdrop of these fantasy novels. Sometimes the setting is an alternate timeline in which magic has changed events in history.

Historical Fantasy Examples

• Seventh Son (Tales of Alvin Maker, Book 1), by Orson Scott Card
• Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of Otori Series), by Lian Hearn
• Queen of the Amazons (Alexander the Great), by Judith Tarr

Science Fantasy

Elements of both science fiction and fantasy blur together in these books.

Science Fantasy examples:

• Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern – Volume 1), by Anne McCaffrey
• The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1), by Philip Pullman
• A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeline L’Engle

Dark Fantasy

These are horror stories, full of vampires and demons. Dark Fantasy tends to be a blending of the horror and the fantasy genres where the setting is typically very much like the traditional fantasy setting complete with castles wizards and dragons but the incidents that occur have the tone and feel of horror. Vampires often play a major role in dark fantasy.

Dark Fantasy examples:

• The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1), by Stephen King
• The Thief of Always, by Clive Barker

Humorous Fantasy

Parody teaches us not to take things so seriously. Fantasy novels can be violent and dark, but relief is sight with humorous and lighter fantasy. Many Urban/Modern Fantasy series have taken the humorous side of fantasy with the vampire world, dating and romance.

Humorous Fantasy examples:

• The Color of Magic, by Terry Pratchett
• Myth Adventures One, by Robert Asprin
• Undead and Unwed, (Betsy Taylor Series), by MaryJanice Davidson

Epic Fantasy Series

List in Alphabetical Order By Author Last Name

Clive Barker

Abarat Series

1)      Abarat

2)      Days of Magic, Nights of War

3)      Absolute Midnight

4)      The Dynasty of Dreamers

5)      The Eternal (Last Book, no release date set)

Terry Brooks’ Shannara Series

Prequel to Original Trilogy

1) The First King of Shannara

The Original Trilogy

1)      The Sword of Shannara

2)      The Elfstones of Shannara

3)      The Wishsong of Shannara

The Heritage of Shannara

1)      The Scions of Shannara

2)      The Druid of Shannara

3)      The Elf Queen of Shannara

4)      The Talisman of Shannara

The Word and Void Series

1)      Running with the Demon

2)      A Knight of the Word

3)      Angel Fire East

The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara Trilogy

1)      Isle Witch

2)      Antrax

3)      Morgawr

The High Druid of Shannara

1)      Jarka Ruus

2)      Tanequil

3)      Straken

The Genesis of Shannara

1)      Armageddon’s Children

2)      The Elves of Cintra

3)      Gypsy Morph

Other Books in Shannara Series

1)      Dark Wraith of Shannara (Graphic Novel)

2)      The World of Shannara Companion Guide

Non Shannara Series

Magic Kingdom of Landover

1)      Magic Kingdom for Sale = Sold

2)      The Black Unicorn

3)      Wizard at Large

4)      The Tangle Box

5)      Witches Brew

6)      A Princess of Landover

Jim Butcher

Codex Alera

1)      Furies of Calderon

2)      Academ’s Fury

3)      Cursor’s Fury

4)      Captain’s Fury

5)      Princeps’ Fury

6)      First Lord’s Fury

David Drake

Lord of the Isles Series

1)      The Lord of the Isles

2)      Queen of Demons

3)      Servant of the Dragon

4)      Mistress of the Catacombs

5)      Goddess of the Ice Realm

6)      Master of the Cauldron

Crown of the Isles Trilogy

1)      Fortress of Glass

2)      The Mirror of Worlds

3)      The Gods Return

David Eddings’ Belgariad and Malloreon Series

The Belgariad

0)      Belgarath the Sorcerer

1)      Polgara the Sorceress

2)      Pawn of Prophecy

3)      Queen of Sorcery

4)      Magacian’s Gambit

5)      Castle of Wizardry

6)      Enchanters’ End Game

The Malloreon

1)      Guardians of the West

2)      King of the Murgos

3)      Demon Lord of Karanda

4)      Sorceress of Darshiva

5)      The Seeress of Kell

The Elenium

1)      The Diamond Throne

2)      The Ruby Knight

3)      The Sapphire Rose

The Tamuli

1)      Domes of Fire

2)      The Shinning Ones

3)      The Hidden City

Other Eddings Series

The Dreamer Series

1)      The Elder Gods

2)      The Treasured One

3)      Crystal Gorge

4)      The Younger Gods

David Farland

The Runelord Series

1)      The Runelords

2)      Brotherhood of the Wolf

3)      Wizard Born

4)      The Lair of Bones

The Scions of Earth Series

1)      Sons of Oak

2)      Worldbinder

3)      The Wyrmling Hole

4)      Chaosbound

Raymond E. Feist’s The Riftwar Cycle

The Riftwar Sage

1)      Magician’s Apprentice

2)      Magician’s Master

3)      Silver Thorn

4)      A Darkness at Sethanon

The Empire Trilogy

1)      Daughter of the Empire

2)      Servant of the Empire

3)      Mistress of the Empire

Krondor’s Sons

1)      Prince of the Blood

2)      The King Buccaneer

The Serpentwar Saga

1)      Shadow of a Dark Queen

2)      Rise of a Merchant Prince

3)      Rage of a Demon King

4)      Shards of a Broken Crown

The Riftwar Legacy

1)      Krondor: The Betrayal

2)      Krondor: The Assassins

3)      Krondor: Tear of the Gods

Conclave of Shadows

1)      Talon of the Silver Hawk

2)      King of Foxes

3)      Exiles Return

The Darkwar Sage

1)      Flight of the Nighthawks

2)      Into a Dark Realm

3)      Wrath of a Mad God

The Demonwar Sage

1)      Rides a Dread Legion

2)      At the Gates of Darkness

Robert Jordan

The Wheel of Time Series

00)  New Spring (Prequel)

01)  The Eye of the World

02)  The Great Hunt

03)  The Dragon Reborn

04)  The Shadow Rising

05)  The Fires of Heaven

06)  Lord of Chaos

07)  A Crown of Swords

08)  The Path of Daggers

09)  Winter’s Heart

10)  Crossroads of Twilight

11)  Knife of Dreams

12)  The Gathering Storm

Stephen King

The Dark Tower Series

1)      The Gunslinger

2)      The Drawing of the Three

3)      The Waste Lands

4)      Wizard and Glass

5)      Wolves of the Calla

6)      Song of Susannah

7)      The Dark Tower

Ursula LeGuin

The Earthsea Cycle

1)      A Wizard of Earthsea

2)      The Tombs of Atun

3)      The Farthest Shore

4)      Tehanu

5)      Tales From Earthsea

6)      The Other Wind

Elizabeth Moon’s Paksenarrion Series

The Deed of Paksenarrion

1)      The Sheepfarmer’s Daughter

2)      Divided Allegiance

3)      Oath of Gold

The Legacy of Grid

1)      Surrender None (Prequel to Deed)

2)      Liar’s Oath (Sequel to Surrender None)

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld

Rincewind Novels

1)      The Colour of Magic

2)      The Light Fantastic

3)      Sourcery

4)      Interesting Times

5) The Last Continent

Witches Novels

1)      Equal Rites

2)      Wyrd Sisters

3)      Witches Abroad

4)      Lords and ALdies

5)      Maskerade

6)      Carpe Jugulum

Ancient Civilisations

1)      Pyramids

2)      Small Gods

Death Novels

1)      Mort

2)      Reaper Man

3)      Soul Music

4)      Hogfather

5)      Theif of Time

Watch Novels

1)      Guards! Guards!

2)      Men at Arms

3)      Feet of Clay

4)      Jingo

5)      The Fifth Elephant

6)      Night Watch

7)      Thud

Industrial Revolution

1)      Moving Pictures

2)      The Truth

3)      Monstrous Regiment

4)      Going Postal

The Science Novels

1)      The Science of Discworld I

2)      The Science of Discworld II:

The Globe

3)      The Science of Discworld III:

Darwin’s Watch

The Discworld Maps

1)      The Streets of Ankh-Morpk

2)      The Discworld Map

3)       A Tourist Guide to Lancre

4)      Death’s Domain

Young Adult Novels

1)      The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

2)      The Wee Free Men

3)      The Hat Full of Sky

4)      Wintersmith

Graphic Novels

1)      Eric (Faust)

2)      Where’s My Cow

3)      The Last Hero

Discworld Short Stories

1) “Troll Bridge”

Between Rincewind Novels 3 & 4 (Online)

2)“The Sea and Little Fishes”

Between Witches 4 & 5 (In Legends I)

3)“Death and What Comes Next”

Between Ancient Civilisations 1 & 2 (Online)

4)“Turntables of the Night”

Between Death Novels 1 & 2 (Online)

George R.R. Martin

A Song of Fire and Ice Series

1) A Game of Thrones

2) A Clash of Kings

3) A Storm of Swords

4) Feast of Crows

5) A Dance with Dragons

Orson Scott Card

Tales of the Alvin Maker

1)      Seventh Son

2)      Red Prophet

3)      Prentice Alvin

4)      Alvin Journeyman

5)      Heartfire

6)      The Crystal City

7)      Master Alvin

Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

The Deathgate Cycle

1)      Dragon Wing

2)      Elven Star

3)      Fire Sea

4)      Serpent Mage

5)      The Hand of Chaos

6)      Into the Labyrinth

7)      The Seventh Gate

The Darksword Trilogy

1)      Forging the Darksword

2)      Doom of the Darksword

3)      Triumph of the Darksword

Tad Williams

Memory, Sorrow and Thorn

1)      The Dragonbone Chair

2)      Stone of Farewell

3)      To Green Angel Tower

URBAN FANTASY SERIES

List in Alphabetical Order by Authors Last Name

Ilona Andrews

Kate Daniels Series

1)      Magic Bites

2)      Magic Burns

3)      Magic Strikes

4)      Magic Bleeds (May 2010)

On The Edge Series

1)      On the Edge

Kelley Armstrong

The Women of the Otherworld Series

01)    Bitten

02)    Stolen

03)    Dime Store Magic

04)    Industrial Magic

05)    Haunted

06)    Broken

07)    No Humans Involved

08)    Personal Demon

09)    Living with the Dead

10)    Frostbitten

11)    Walking the Witch (2010)

Patricia Briggs

Mercedes Thompson Series

1)      Moon Called

2)      Blood Bound

3)      Iron Kissed

4)      Bone Crossed

5)      Silver Borne

Alpha and Omega Series

-On the Prowl (On the Prowl)

1) Cry Wolf

2) Hunting Ground

Jim Butcher

The Dresden Files

1)      Storm Front

2)      Fool Moon

3)      Grave Peril

4)      Summer Knight

5)      Death Masks

6)      Blood Rites

7)      Dead Beat

8)      Proven Guilty

9)      White Night

10)  Small Favor

11)  Turn Coat

Rachel Caine

Weather Warden Series

1)      Ill Wind

2)      Heat Stroke

3)      Chill Factor

4)      Windfall

5)      Firestorm

6)      Thin Air

7)      Gale Force

8)      Cape Storm

Karen Chance

Cassandra Palmer Series

1)      Touch the Dark

2)      Claimed by Shadow

3)      Embrace the Night

4)      Curse the Dawn

Elaine Cunningham

Songs and Swords

1)      Elfshadow

2)      Elfsong

3)      Silver Shadows

4)      Thornhold

5)      The Dream Spheres

Starlight and Shadows

1)      Daughter of the Drow

2)      Tangled Webs

3)      Windwalker

The Changeling Detective Agency

1)      Shadows in the Darkness

2)      Shadows in the Starlight

MaryJanice Davidson

The Undead Series/ Betsy Taylor

1)      Undead and Unwed

2)      Undead and Unemployed

3)      Undead and Unappreciated

4)      Undead and Unreturnable

5)      Undead and Unpopular

6)      Undead and Uneasy

7)      Undead and Unworthy

8)      Undead and Unwelcome

9)      Undead and Unfinished (July 6^th, 2010)

Betsy Meets the Wyndham Weres

1) Dead Over Heels (Short Stories)

Wyndham Werewolves Series

1)      Love’s Prisoner (Secrets 6, 2000)

2)      Jared’s Wolf (Secrets 8, 2002)

3)      Derik’s Bane (Book)

4)      Santa Claws (My Omnibus, p.475)

Fred the Mermaid Trilogy

1)      Sleeping with the Fishes

2)      Swimming Without a Net

3)      Fish Out of Water

Jennifer Scales- Written with her Husband

1)      Jennifer Scales& the Ancient Furnace

2)      Jennifer Scales& the Messenger of Light

3)      The Silver Moon Elm

4)      Jennifer Scales& the Seraph of Sorrow

The Gorgeous Series

1)      Hello Gorgeous

2)      Drop Dead, Gorgeous

Jocelynn Drake

The Dark Days Series

00)  Unbound (Prequel)

01)  Nightwalker

Jasper Fforde

The Thursday Next Series

1)      The Eyre Affair

2)      Lost in a Good Book

3)      The Well of Lost Plots

4)      Something Rotten

5)      First Among Sequels

Laurel K Hamilton

The Merry Gentry Series

1)      A Kiss of Shadows

2)      A Caress of Twilight

3)      Seduced by Midnight

4)      A Stroke of Midnight

5)      Mistral’s Kiss

6)      A Lick of Frost

7)      Swallowing Darkness

8)      Divine Misdemeanors

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter

00)The First Death (Prequel)

01)  Guilty Pleasures

02)  The Laughing Corpse

03)  Circus of the Damned

04)  The Lunatic Café

05)  Bloody Bones

06)  The Killing Dance

07)  Burnt Offerings

08)  Blue Moon

09)  Obsidian Butterfly

10)  Narcissus in Chains

11)  Cerulean Sins

12)  Incubus Dreams

13)  Micah (Novella)

14)  Danse Macabre

15)  The Harlequin

16)  Blood Noir

17)  Skin Trade

18)  Flirt (February 2, 2010)

19)  Bullet (June, 2010)

Charlaine Harris

Sookie Stackhouse Series

01)    Dead Until Dark

02)    Living Dead in Dallas

03)    Club Dead

04)    Dead to the World

05)    Definitely Dead

06)    All Together Dead

07)    From Dead to Worse

08)    Dead and Gone

09)    Dead in the Family (May 8^th. 2010)

Harper Connelly Series

1)      Grave Sight

2)      Grave Surprise

3)      An Ice Cold Grave

4)      Grave Secret

Aurora Teagarden Series

1)      Real Murders

2)      A Bone to Pick

3)      Three Bedrooms, One Corpse

4)      The Julius House

5)      Dead Over Heels

6)      A Fool and His Honey

7)      Last Scene Alive

8)      Poppy Done to Death

Lily Bard Series

1)      Shakespeare’s Landlord

2)      Shakespeare’s Champion

3)      Shakespeare’s Christmas

4)      Shakespeare’s Trollop

5)      Shakespeare’s Counselor

Kim Harrison

Rachel Morgan/Hallows Series

1)      Dead Witch Walking

2)      The Good, The Bad, The Undead

3)      Every Witch Way But Dead

4)      A Fistful of Charms

5)      For a Few Demons More

6)      The Outlaw Demon Wails

7)      White Witch, Black Curse

8)      Black Magic Sanction (Feb 23^rd 2010)

Maria Lima

Blood Lines

1)      Matters of the Blood

2)      Blood Bargain

3)      Blood Kin

Vicki Pettersson

The Zodiac Series

1)      The Scent of Shadows

2)      The Taste of Night

3)      The Touch of Twilight

4)      City of Souls

5)      Cheat the Grave (June 8^th, 2010)

L. J. Smith

The Vampire Diaries

1)      The Awakening

2)      The Struggle

3)      The Fury

4)      Dark Reunion

5)      The Return: Nightfall

6)      The Return: Shadow Souls

7)      The Return: Midnight

Nightworld

1)      Secret Vampire

2)      Daughter of Darkness

3)      Spellbinder

4)      Dark Angel

5)      The Chosen

6)      Soulmate

7)      Huntress

8)      Black Dawn

9)      Witchlight

10)  Strange Fate (Spring 2010)

Wen Spencer

The Tinker Series

1)      Tinker

2)      Wold Who Rules

3)      Omnibus of Books 1&2, Steel City Magic

Rachel Vincent

Faythe Sanders Shifter Series

1)      Stray

2)      Rogue

3)      Pride

4)      Prey

5)      Shift

6)      Alpha (Aug. 2010)

Anthologies

Short Stories

Cravings

Features: Laurel K. Hamilton, Mary J. Davidson

-Beyond the Ardeur

-Dead Girls Don’t Dance

Bite

Features: Laurel K. Hamilton, Mary J. Davidson, Charlaine Harris

-The Girl Who Was Infatuated with Death

-One Word Answer

-Biting in Plain Sight

Night’s Edge

Features: Charlaine Harris

-Dancers in the Dark

My Big, Fat Supernatural Wedding

Features: Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, Charlaine Harris

-Something Borrowed

-Dead Man’s Chest

-Tacky

Strange Brew

Features: Patricia Briggs, Ilona Andrews, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, Karen Chance, Charlaine Harris

-Seeing Eye

-Magic Mourns (b/w books 3&4)

-Last Call

-Daeth Warmed Over

-Vegas Odds

-Bacon

Must Love Hellhounds

Features: Charlaine Harris, Ilona Andrews

-The Britlingens Go to Hell

-Magic Mourns

Wolfsbane and Mistletoe

Features: Patricia Briggs, Karen Chance

-The Star of David

-Rogue Elements

On the Prowl

Features: Patricia Briggs, Karen Chance

Alpha and Omega

Buying Trouble

So, with this feeling, I decided to look through my bookshelves and see if there was anything  I have yet to read. I found a few series from long ago I had never read; The Shannara Series and The Belgariad & Mallorean, then found one I needed to reread; The Tales of the Alvin Maker …and so the obsession began. I found these two websites, Urban Fantasy Land and Epic-Fantasy.com that began my adventure and provided me with wonderful amazing series to read and after those the wonderful and amazing Wikipedia helped solidify each choice.

I asked myself the following questions when reading about a series to see if it would make the list or not (and please note this list grows each time I decided to reasearch or recieve a recomendation):

• What is the world like? Is it magical?

• What kind of Supernatural beings/things are involved?

• What kind of powers do the inhabitants of the world have?

• How long is the series? Has it ended or is it still growing?

With the answers to these questions, I have compiled a list of 16 amazing Epic Fantasy authors and 18 wonderful Urban Fantasy authors. I have placed each series in its recommended reading order and found where the endless short stories are placed within each series. From there, with this Blog, I plan to have a post with each series detailing what its all about as well as including the list with the short stories, places to find good prices on the books, places where you can sample chapters on the Internet, the authors website, the answers to my ‘deciding factor’ questions and new or updates on what is to come.

Please enjoy your stay and feel free to comment!! Welcome to my new obsession!!!