[bookit]

So, I've been reading some urban fantasy lately and noticed that most books in this setting have a magical world that's hidden from the world most people see.

Are there any books out there that take place (in present day earth) where magicians and non-magicians have to co-exist?

I guess I'm thinking an X-men type society, but with magicians instead of mutants. :P

[algernoninc]

welcome bookit.
check out the other thread on the first page regarding supernatural / urban / contemporary fantasy. i think you will find there all the answers you need.
As a starting point there's always Jim Butcher - Harry Dresden series or Simon Green - Nightside.

[bookit]

Thanks for the suggestions, I have something very specific in mind though, and I'm not sure if it exists. Let me try to clarify (I'm not doing a good job so far lol)

I'm looking for a book that talks about the societal changes that would occur in modern America if magic existed and some people were able to wield it.

[bookit]

Nightside actually seems like a great start. I'm going to check that out!

:D

[owlcroft]

These by no means all fit that exact description, but each is a work of some quality that has to do with magic in some form working in the modern era (meaning within the last 50 to 100 years). In some cases, only a very few are aware of the magic, perhaps just the chief characters; in some cases, it is not universal but a fair number of people are in on it; and in other cases, it is near-universal, and those, I suppose, come nearer to your target. Nor are the tales limited to America: some take place in England, some in Latin America, one in Russia.

Auster, Paul: Mr. Vertigo
Beagle, Peter S.: A Fine and Private Place
Bell, Douglas: Mojo and the Pickle Jar
Bellairs, John: The House With a Clock in its Walls (YA)
Bellairs, John: The Figure in the Shadows (YA)
Billias, Stephen: The Quest for the 36
Bisson, Terry: Talking Man
Blaylock, James: Land of Dreams
Blaylock, James: The Last Coin
Blaylock, James: The Paper Grail
Blaylock, James: Night Relics
Blaylock, James: Winter Tides
Blaylock, James: All the Bells on Earth
Blaylock, James: The Rainy Season
Bradbury, Ray: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Bulgakov, Mikhail: The Master and Margarita
Byatt, A. S.: The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
Carroll, Jonathan: pretty much everything he has written
Crowley, John: Little, Big
Davis, Kathryn: The Thin Place
Davis, Kathryn: Hell
De Bernieres, Louis: the "Latin American" trilogy
Findley, Timothy: Pilgrim
Finney, Charles G.: The Circus of Dr. Lao
Friesner, Esther: New York by Knight
Gaiman, Neil: American Gods
Gaiman, Neil: The Graveyard Book
Grant, Richard: Tex and Molly in the Afterlife
Hoban, Russell: The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz
Hoban, Russell: Kleinzeit
Hoffman, Alice: Practical Magic
Holt, Tom: everything he has written (save his historical trilogy)
Jackson, Shirley: The Haunting of Hill House
Joyce, Graham: The Facts of Life
Joyce, Graham: Requiem
Kathryns, G. A.: The Borders of Life
Kotzwinkle, William: The Exile
Kotzwinkle, William: Fata Morgana
Lindholm, Megan: Wizard of the Pigeons
Miéville, China: King Rat
Pinckney, Josephine: Great Mischief
Ruff, Matt: The Fool on the Hill
Smith, Thorne: just about everything
Stewart, Sean: Resurrection Man
Stewart, Sean: Galveston
Theroux, Paul: Millroy the Magician
Warner, Sylvia Townsend: Lolly Willowes
Warner, Sylvia Townsend: Kingdoms of Elfin
Wellman, Manly Wade: the "Silver John" sextet
Williams, Charles: the "Aspects of Power" septet

Of that lot, Sean Stewart's works (and I believe there are more in the series) probably come closest to what you're inquiring about.

[Rob B]

Since we have a very detailed thread on this sub-genre which is very active, I'm closing this one.

Here's that other thread:
Supernatural/Contemporary/Urban Fantasy (http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12100)