SFF Summer Reading Challenge 2024 - hosted by dragondenari

Setting: Urban
The story takes place in an urban setting - a staple of urban fantasy, but is also prevalent in other subgenres.
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A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

A Darker Shade of Magic

Shades of Magic #1

V.E. Schwab

400 pages • hardcover • 2015

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Blood Jade by Ken Bebelle, Julia Vee

Blood Jade

The Phoenix Hoard #2

Ken Bebelle, Julia Vee

429 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

Leviathan Wakes

The Expanse #1

James S.A. Corey

20 hours, 56 minutes • audio • 2011

fiction science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
A Strange and Brilliant Light by Eli Lee

A Strange and Brilliant Light

Eli Lee

294 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction dark emotional reflective slow-paced
When Among Crows by Veronica Roth

When Among Crows

Curse Bearer #1

Veronica Roth

171 pages • digital • 2024

fiction contemporary fantasy adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Pixels of You by Yuko Ota, Ananth Hirsh

Pixels of You

Yuko Ota, Ananth Hirsh

176 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult emotional reflective fast-paced
The Chase Begins by Aimee Donnellan

The Chase Begins

Catastrophe Incoming #1

Aimee Donnellan

119 pages • digital • 2023

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous funny fast-paced
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty

The City of Brass

The Daevabad Trilogy #1

S.A. Chakraborty

532 pages • hardcover • 2017

fiction fantasy historical adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Vicious by V.E. Schwab

Vicious

Villains #1

V.E. Schwab

352 pages • paperback • 2013

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

272 pages • paperback • 1949

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced