Dead Witch Walking (2004) The Good, the Bad, and the Undead (2005) Every Which Way But Dead (2006) A Fistful of Charms (2007) For a Few Demons More (2008) The Outlaw Demon Wails (2009) White Witch, Black Curse (2010) Black Magic Sanction (2011) Pale Demon (2012) A Perfect Blood (2013) Ever After (2014) The Undead Pool (2014) The Witch with No Name (2014) American Demon (2020) Million Dollar Demon (2021) Trouble with the Cursed (2022) Demons of Good and Evil (2023) Demon’s Bluff (2024)
⚡ Pace: fast · 🎭 Emotions: adventurous, dark · 🚪 Entry threshold: medium · ⭐ Why read: rich world, engaging cases
Eighteen books set in an America that looks familiar until you read the fine print: a bio-plague hidden in genetically tweaked tomatoes wiped out a third of humanity, and the supernatural population stepped out of the shadows to fill the gaps. Enter Rachel Morgan – a witch, runner-for-hire, and magnet for magical trouble. She starts by quitting her job at the Inderland Security service (think FBI for vampires, weres and pixies) and accidentally launches a career built on broken contracts, exploding charms, and alliances that age like milk in summer.
The Hollows isn’t about a lone heroine slicing through monsters. It’s a long game of shifting loyalties: living vampires who envy their undead masters, demons bound by ancient bargains, elves who remember they once ruled the world. Rachel’s real challenge is never just the spell – it’s the cost. Every favour owed, every line of ley-line magic pulled too hard, reshapes who she is and what she owes the people (and non-people) she loves.
What makes the series stand out is its lived-in ecosystem. Magic has paperwork, property taxes, custody battles. A pixy can sue a banshee; a demon can negotiate visitation rights. Harrison builds a world where the supernatural isn’t a metaphor – it’s an infrastructure, and Rachel is forever one signature away from disaster.
Open this saga if you crave urban fantasy that grows with its heroine: messy, funny, bruised, powered by found family and the terrifying knowledge that the biggest monsters are often the ones you invite in for coffee.
📚 Did you know 📖
The books regularly appeared on the New York Times bestseller lists, and Harrison secured her status as one of the most successful authors in the genre.
Fans especially appreciated the balance of humour, drama, and the carefully crafted magical urban setting.
Harrison blended elements of urban fantasy, detective fiction, and horror – a mix that became her unmistakable trademark.
The author admitted she drew inspiration from Anne Rice’s novels and from the atmosphere of Cincinnati, where the story is set.
The book helped solidify the urban fantasy genre in the 2000s, alongside the works of Laurell K. Hamilton.
Legend has it: in the UK, the novel The Outlaw Demon Wails (2008) was published as Where Demons Dare. This was informally seen as a nod to the film Where Angels Fear to Tread, though Harrison herself never explicitly confirmed it.