Editing Contemporary fantasy (section)

== Examples ==
Examples are grouped by author, ordered by initial publication year in the genre.

* The occult thrillers of [[Charles Williams (UK writer)|Charles Williams]], 1930–1945<ref name=CluteGrant/>
* ''[[That Hideous Strength]]'' by [[C. S. Lewis]], 1945
* ''Lila the Werewolf'' by [[Peter S. Beagle]], 1969<ref name=CluteGrant/>
* The novels of [[Tom Robbins]], 1971–2009<ref name=Stableford/>
* ''[[Little, Big]]'' by [[John Crowley (author)|John Crowley]], 1981<ref name=Stableford/>
* ''Living in Ether'' by [[Patricia Geary]], 1982<ref name=Stableford/>
* ''[[Moonheart]]'', 1984, and ''[[The Onion Girl]]'', 2001, and the rest of the Newford series by [[Charles de Lint]], 1990–2009<ref name="EndicottList"/>
* ''[[Talking Man]]'' by [[Terry Bisson]], 1986<ref name=Stableford/>
* ''[[War for the Oaks]]'' by [[Emma Bull]], 1987<ref name=CluteGrant/>
* The short fiction of [[Lucius Shepard]]<ref name=CluteGrant/>
* ''[[Neverwhere (novel)|Neverwhere]]'', 1996, and the graphic novels of [[Neil Gaiman]]<ref name="EndicottList">{{cite web |title=A Contemporary Fantasy Reading List |url=http://www.endicott-studio.com/lists/index.html |website=The Endicott Studio |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041021034006/http://www.endicott-studio.com/lists/index.html |access-date=11 August 2023|archive-date=2004-10-21 }}</ref><ref name=CluteGrant/>
* ''The Hex Witch of Seldom'' by [[Nancy Springer]], 1988<ref>{{cite news
  | last         = Straub
  | first        = Matt
  | date         = Feb 19, 1989
  | title        = 77 books later, Nancy Springer is writing 'like a dream'
  | url          = https://books.google.com/books?id=yrclAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22contemporary+fantasy%22&pg=PA5&article_id=6704,1191300
  | work         = [[The Gettysburg Times]] 
  | page         = 8A
  | access-date  = 2023-08-11
}}</ref>
* ''Dangerous Angels'' by [[Francesca Lia Block]], 1989<ref name="EndicottList"/>
* ''The Thread That Binds the Bones'' by [[Nina Kiriki Hoffman]], 1993<ref name=Stableford/>
* ''[[Waking the Moon]]'' by [[Elizabeth Hand]], 1994<ref name=CluteGrant/>
* ''[[The Wood Wife]]'' by [[Terri Windling]], 1996<ref name="EndicottList"/>
* ''The Seventh Heart'' by [[Marina Fitch]], 1997<ref name=Stableford/>
* The ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series by [[J.K. Rowling]], 1997–2007<ref name=Stableford/>
* ''[[King Rat (1998 novel)|King Rat]]'' by [[China Miéville]], 1998<ref name="EndicottList"/>
* ''Dark Cities Underground'' by [[Lisa Goldstein]], 1999<ref name="EndicottList"/>
* ''The Dragons of the Cuyahoga'' by [[S. Andrew Swann]], 2001<ref name=Stableford/>
* ''[[Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale]]'' by [[Holly Black]], 2002<ref name="EndicottList"/>
* ''[[Summerland (novel)|Summerland]]'' by [[Michael Chabon]], 2002<ref name=Stableford/>
* ''The Summer Country'' by [[James A. Hetley]], 2002<ref name=Stableford/>
* ''Hannah's Garden'' by [[Midori Snyder]], 2004<ref name="EndicottList"/>
* ''[[The Magicians (Grossman novel)|The Magicians]]'' and its sequels by [[Lev Grossman]], 2009–2014<ref>{{cite journal
	| last1 = Kramer
	| first1 = Kelly
	| date = 2017
	| title = A Common Language of Desire: The Magicians, Narnia, and Contemporary Fantasy
	| url = https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol35/iss2/10/
	| journal = [[Mythlore]]
	| volume = 35
	| issue = 130
	| pages = 153–169
	| access-date = 2023-08-09
}}</ref>
* ''The Book of Heroes'' by [[Miyuki Miyabe]], 2009<ref name=Trebicki/>