- Storm Front by Jim Butcher
A hard-boiled wizard detective works with the police to investigate supernatural murders in contemporary Chicago.
- The Rook by Daniel O'Malley
A woman with supernatural abilities joins a secret London agency and confronts an uncanny conspiracy.
- by Charles Stross
An intelligence analyst investigates occult threats through a blend of bureaucracy, espionage, and eldritch horror.
- The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
A police detective investigates a murder in an alternate Jewish settlement, offering a literary bridge through procedural mystery and speculative worldbuilding.
- The City & The City by China Miéville
A detective investigates a murder across two strangely overlapping cities governed by impossible social rules.
- by Mike Carey
An exorcist-for-hire navigates London’s hidden supernatural community while solving a dangerous occult case.
- by Kevin Hearne
An ancient druid and his magical hound face supernatural conflict in a modern world shaped by old gods.
- The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien
A bizarre encounter with policemen turns a rural investigation into an impossible philosophical mystery.
- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
A Londoner enters a hidden supernatural city beneath the familiar streets of London.
- by Luke Arnold
A private investigator in a magic-depleted city searches for a missing supernatural figure.
- by Kate Griffin
A revived magician returns to a transformed London and confronts the consequences of urban magic.
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
A small research group investigates a famously haunted house where supernatural uncertainty and psychological tension intertwine.
- by Sergei Lukyanenko
A supernatural patrol officer enforces a fragile balance between opposing magical forces in modern Moscow.
- by China Miéville
A museum curator becomes entangled in bizarre occult factions after a seemingly impossible theft.
- The library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
A group of adopted siblings with strange powers investigates the disappearance of their incomprehensible patron.
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
A return to a childhood home awakens memories of an otherworldly threat hidden behind ordinary rural life.
- by Josiah Bancroft
A married pair of professional magicians investigate supernatural disturbances with domestic wit and detective structure.
- by Natasha Pulley
A Victorian telegraphist follows a chain of unusual clues toward a mysterious watchmaker and possible precognition.
- by Jasper Fforde
A literary detective pursues a criminal who has stolen a character from a famous novel.
- by Simon R. Green
A secret agent discovers that modern Britain contains hidden magical powers and dangerous supernatural politics.
- The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin
The living spirit of a city and its human avatars defend New York from an otherworldly threat.
- by Genevieve Cogman
A librarian agent steals a rare book while navigating rival magical powers and unstable realities.
- Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
A young investigator monitors secret magical societies and uncovers dangerous occult activity on a university campus.
- by Lev Grossman
A gifted young man discovers that magic is real and far more dangerous than its academic traditions suggest.