Paranormal Fiction Series

Alpha & Omega series by Patricia Briggs

Set in the same world as Briggs' Mercy Thompson series, these novels follow Anna Latham, a young woman who becomes a werewolf after surviving a violent attack.

Start with: Cry Wolf

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter by Laurel K. Hamilton

Anita Blake lives in a fictional St. Louis where vampires and werewolves live in the open.

Start with:Guilty Pleasures

Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward

This paranormal romance series follows six vampire brothers who work together to fight against other paranormal beings who threaten their existence.

Start with: Dark Lover

Chronicles of Elantra by Michelle Sagara
Start with: Cast in Shadow
Codex Alera Series by Jim Butcher
Start with: Furies of Calderon
Crimson Moon Novels by L. A. Banks

Sasha Trudeau leads a team of SpecialOps officers who have survived werewolf attacks. This series combines the thrill of supernatural beings with the intrigue of criminal investigation and government conspiracies.

Start with: Bad Blood

Dark Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenton
Start with: Devil May Cry
Darkness Chosen series by Christina Dodd

Start with: Scent of Darkness

The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

Hard-boiled detective fiction meets fantasy in this mystery series. Private Investigator/Wizard Harry Dresden works with the police to investigate supernatural occurrences in modern-day Chicago.

Start with: Storm Front

Greywalker by Kat Richardson

Harper Blaine is a private investigator in Seattle. A near-fatal incident while working a case turns Harper into a Greywalker, a human able to move back and forth at will through the Grey, the realm that exists between our world and the next.

Start with: Greywalker

The Hollows (Rachel Morgan) series by Kim Harrison

Rachel Morgan is a witch and detective who helps Cincinnatti law enforcement solve mysteries of every kind.

Start with: Dead Witch Walking

Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs

Mercy is a VW mechanic in Washington state who also happens to be a Native American shapeshifter raised by werewolves.

Start with: Moon Called

Meredith Gentry Novels by Laurel K. Hamilton

Meredith Nic Essus, princess of faerie, changes her name to Meredith Gentry to become a Los Angeles private investigator and join the human world.

Start with:A Kiss of Shadows

The Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse) by Charlaine Harris

This popular series (the basis for the HBO series True Blood) features a modern-day Louisiana town where vampires have recently come out of hiding to become legal citizens.

Start with: Dead Until Dark

Vampire Huntress Legend by L.A. Banks

Damali Richards is a twenty-year-old spoken word artist who discovers her destiny to fight the Dark Realms. The series follows Damali's struggles in the fight between good and evil and her search for love.

Start with: Minion

Women of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong Start with: Bitten