Reddit mentions of Night Watch: Book One

One of the first things that comes to mind is the Night Watch series by Sergei Lukyanenko. Granted, I only read the first two books in the series, but it definitely gave an interesting twist to traditional good vs evil roles - particularly by the second book, where you got the story from the "evil" side. Without spoiling too much, there's a lot of back and forth, each side thinking they're in the right, and in the end you're left wondering if there's any difference at all.

/u/Tevesh_CKP listed several series that I have read or are on my to-read list, so excluding them...

I just had a similar question myself, so I looked around for decent urban fantasy that stayed away from the paranormal romance that seems to be about 60% of the genre.....that said, I have a lot of books I just added to me to-read list. I can't really vouch for how good/bad they may be, but you can certainly check and see if these hold any interest for you.

Felix Castor series by Mike Carey

Alex Verus series by Benedict Jacka

Sandman Slim series by Richard Kadrey

Laundry Files by Charles Stross

Joe Pitt series by Charlie Huston

Twenty Palaces series by Harry Connolly

Demon Accords series by John Conroe

Skinners series by Marcus Pelegrimas

Connor Grey series by Mark Del Franco

Shadow Police series by Paul Cornell

Tome of Bill series by Rick Gualtieri

Night Watch series by Sergei Lukyanenko

Bobby Dollar series by Tad Williams

Central series by Zachary Rawlins

Darker Shade of Magic series by V.E. Schwab

Magic 2.0 series by Scott Meyer - this one is a little lighter/comical


Also, since you said you really like Harry Potter, you might try The Magicians trilogy by Grossman - it is like Harry Potter fused with Narnia, grew up, and got an attitude. Lots of people like it since it is rather Harry Potter-esque, but lots of people don't like it because the tone of the books doesn't fit with the tone from Harry Potter. It is much more cynical and adult.


OK, that turned out to be really long but hopefully really helpful as well!

Try Night Watch - she may like it.