Most Read Paranormal Books

Saeris Fane has survived the brutal, water-starved city of Zilvaren by stealing, scheming, and keeping her head down — until the night she accidentally opens a portal and is dragged into a frozen, war-torn fae realm on the other side. There she becomes entangled with Kingfisher, a dangerous and infuriating fae warrior with secrets of his own, and discovers that her rare talent with quicksilver may be the key to a conflict far larger than her own survival. Torn between getting home and the pull of a world — and a man — she was never meant to know, Saeris finds herself at the center of ancient magic, court intrigue, and a slow-burning, combative attraction. The first book in Callie Hart's Fae & Alchemy series is a lush, steamy romantasy of portals, enemies, and hard-won trust.

When Clary Fray discovers a hidden world of demon hunters, her ordinary life is turned upside down. She's drawn into a dangerous conflict in New York City, where vampires and werewolves are real, and forbidden love might be the least of her worries. This is the start of an epic urban fantasy adventure.

• chosen one
• found family
• secret identity
• forbidden love

Bree Matthews infiltrates a secret society of Arthurian descendants after witnessing something impossible on her first night at a UNC-Chapel Hill early-college program. Her search for the truth behind her mother's death uncovers a magic of her own — and a legacy of power and racism inside the Order itself.

• chosen one
• secret identity
• coming of age

Leeds and Layla fall in love over one perfect weekend, but a violent attack leaves Layla changed. Returning to the bed-and-breakfast where they met, Leeds begins to sense a second presence inhabiting her — a woman named Willow who knows things she shouldn't. Hoover's only paranormal romance is a strange, unsettling love story about grief and second chances.

Julie's boyfriend Sam dies in a car accident. When she calls his old number to hear his voicemail one more time, he answers. A YA novel about grief, first love, and an inexplicable connection that can't last.

• coming of age

Three women, murdered by the same man who hunted them through dating apps, find each other in the afterlife and set out to stop him before he kills again.

• revenge
• multiple povs

Clary Fray's life is anything but normal as she navigates the dangerous world of Shadowhunters, where demons are real and magic is a daily reality. Torn between her growing feelings for her best friend Simon and the complicated, intense connection with Jace, her newfound brother, Clary must confront a terrifying truth: her father, Valentine, is a dangerous rogue Shadowhunter. As a series of murders rocks the Downworlder community, Clary races against time to find the Soul-Sword and stop Valentine's sinister plans, all while Jace faces accusations that could shatter his world.

• love triangle
• forbidden love
• betrayal
• found family

After their mother's sudden death, estranged siblings Louise and Mark return to their Charleston childhood home to clear it out — only to find it packed with their mother's eerie handmade puppets, and one favorite clown puppet that does not want the family to move on. Grady Hendrix's horror novel about grief, sibling rivalry, and inherited trauma. (Catalog entry uses the Spanish edition title.)

Sloane Parker, dreading her birthday and numb in a marriage to a serial cheater, lets her glamorous best friend Naomi whisk her away for a weekend getaway. But a wild night out with magnetic strangers ends with the two friends changed forever — with eternal, bloody consequences. Rachel Harrison's So Thirsty is a seductive, darkly funny vampire novel about friendship, dissatisfaction, and hunger of every kind.

To save her mother, Clary must venture into the forbidden City of Glass, the Shadowhunters' hidden home. But entering without permission means death, and Jace doesn't want her there. As secrets of her family's past surface and Valentine gathers his forces, Clary must find a way to unite Downworlders and Shadowhunters against a common enemy, even if it means confronting deadly truths and making impossible choices.

• quest
• betrayal
• found family

Reluctantly back in her hometown to support her pregnant twin sister, Rory Morris hits an animal with her car one night — and is attacked. She survives, but soon finds herself unnaturally strong, repelled by silver, and in thrall to the moon. As she realises what she's becoming, she must decide whether the wildness inside her is a danger or a kind of freedom. Rachel Harrison's darkly comic werewolf novel is a monster story that doubles as a love story about trauma, rage, and refusing to make yourself small.

In 1982, night clerk Viv Delaney uncovers dark secrets at the haunted Sun Down Motel, then vanishes. Thirty-five years later her niece Carly takes the same shift to find out what happened. A dual-timeline ghost story and serial-killer mystery in one atmospheric thriller.

• dual timeline

Harry Dresden is Chicago's only professional wizard — listed in the phone book, scraping by on consulting work for the police. When two people are found dead, their hearts torn out by brutal black magic, Harry is pulled into a case that quickly turns on him: whoever cast the spell knows who he is and wants him dead. The first Dresden Files novel, a wisecracking blend of hardboiled noir and urban fantasy.

Shadowhunter Clary Fray is back in New York, but peace is shattered when someone begins murdering her kind. As tensions rise between Downworlders and Shadowhunters, Clary must confront a terrifying truth: she may be responsible for the events that threaten to destroy everything she holds dear, including her relationship with Jace.

• found family

In the fifth installment of The Mortal Instruments, Clary discovers a terrifying magical bond between Jace and her evil brother Sebastian. Jace is now under Sebastian's control, and harming one means harming the other. As allies race to find a solution, Clary must play a dangerous game, questioning if Jace is truly lost to darkness or if she can still reach him.

• found family