Category: contemporary fantasy
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From Dead to Worse
By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2008 Genres: Mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance, vampire Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 8 ISBN: 9780441015894 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 359 Setting: Bon Temps, LA Time period: Contemporary (post Hurricane Katrina) Plot summary: Sookie has recently…
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All Together Dead
By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2007 Genres: Mystery, paranormal mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance, vampire Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 7 ISBN: 9780441014941 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 323 Setting: Bon Temps, Louisiana and the city of Rhodes (located on…
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Summer Knight
By Jim Butcher Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Roc, 2002 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, mystery, paranormal mystery, paranormal Series: The Dresden Files; 4 ISBN: 9780451458926 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 371 Setting: Chicago, IL & where it meets Faerie Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Harry Dresden has been feeling…
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Definitely Dead
By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, c2006, 2007 Genres: Mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance, vampire Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 6 ISBN: 9780441014910 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 324 (342 including an excerpt from the next book – All Together Dead) Setting: Bon…
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Promises To Keep
By Charles De Lint Place: Publisher & Year: Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2007 Genre: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, mythic fiction, paranormal Series: Newford; 20 (according to NoveList) or 21 (according to Goodreads) ISBN: 9781596061262 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 173 Setting: Newford, Canada Time period: late 1960s – 1973 Plot summary: In 1972,…
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The Mystery of Grace
By Charles de Lint Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Tor, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, mythic fiction, paranormal ISBN: 9780765317568 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 269 Setting: Solona, Arizona (along the San Pedro River and I-10) Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Grace Quintero’s grandfather died, she started smoking again. Her…
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Dead as a Doornail
By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, c2005, 2006 Genres: Mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance, vampire Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 5 ISBN: 9780441013333 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 295 (310 including an excerpt from the next book – Definitely Dead) Setting: Bon Temps,…
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Grave Peril
By Jim Butcher Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Roc, 2001 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, mystery, paranormal, vampire Series: The Dresden Files; 3 ISBN: 9780451458445 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 378 Setting: Chicago, IL and the Nevernever Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Harry Dresden and his knight friend, Michael, have…
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