Harrison has reached #1 on the [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller list]] and is generally recognized as of the most successful and influential creators of urban fantasy.<ref name=NYT/><ref name=Amazon>{{cite news |title=Editorial Reviews |work=amazon.com |accessdate=March 6, 2011 |quote= |url=http://www.amazon.com/Few-Demons-More-Hollows-Book/dp/product-description/0060788380}}</ref><ref name=NYT>{{cite news |first= |last= |title=The Peri Reed Chronicles Books By Kim Harrison |work=simonandschuster.com |date= |accessdate=June 18, 2016 |quote= |url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/series/The-Peri-Reed-Chronicles}}</ref> Her writing has garnered praise from numerous peers. Authors [[Kelly Gay]] and Courtney Allison Moulton have cited her as an inspiration.<ref>{{cite news |first=Sara |last=M |title=Author Interview and Giveaway: Kelly Gay |work=urbanfantasyreader.blogspot.com |date=December 9, 2009 |accessdate=February 28, 2011 |quote= |url=http://urbanfantasyreader.blogspot.com/2009/12/author-interview-and-giveaway-kelly-gay.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Interview with Courtney Allison Moulton, Debut Author of ''Angelfire'' |work=mundiemoms.blogspot.com |date=February 12, 2011 |accessdate=March 6, 2011 |quote= |url=http://mundiemoms.blogspot.com/2011/02/interview-with-courtney-allison-moulton.html}}</ref> The ''Hollows'' series has also gained recognition from ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[Amazon.com]]''.<ref>{{cite news |first=Dwight |last=Garner |title=TBR: Inside the List |work=The New York Times |date=April 8, 2007 |accessdate=March 6, 2011 |quote= |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE2DF1130F93BA35757C0A9619C8B63}}</ref> In 2007, ''Amazon.com'' noted that Harrison had become "one of the hottest authors in the incredibly popular genre of sexy supernaturalism."<ref name=Amazon/>
