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Magical Realism

Reality bends like a river in these enchanting tales where the extraordinary mingles with everyday life, from ghostly lovers appearing in crowded cafes to borrowed library books that alter the course of destiny. Here, the impossible feels natural and necessary, weaving seamlessly through stories of love, loss, memory and time in ways that illuminate deeper truths about what it means to be human.

Magical Realism Book Summaries

Echo Summary
Echo
by Pam Muñoz Ryan 2015 597 pages
4.36
46.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Middle Grade
Fantasy
Ficciones Summary
Ficciones
by Jorge Luis Borges 1944 174 pages
4.40
75.2K ratings
Short Stories
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Hopscotch Summary
Hopscotch
by Julio Cortázar 1963 564 pages
4.20
46.6K ratings
Classics
Spanish Literature
Literature
Real Americans Summary
Real Americans
by Rachel Khong 2024 399 pages
3.97
72.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen Summary
The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen
by Yuta Takahashi 2020 192 pages
3.92
3.1K ratings
Japan
Fantasy
Magical Realism
The Snow Child Summary
The Snow Child
by Eowyn Ivey 2012 386 pages
4.01
163.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Book Club
The Obscene Bird of Night Summary
The Obscene Bird of Night
by José Donoso 1970 438 pages
4.20
4.0K ratings
Horror
Magical Realism
Spanish Literature
The Change Summary
The Change
by Kirsten Miller 2022 470 pages
4.09
55.2K ratings
Fantasy
Mystery
Magical Realism
Bless Me, Ultima Summary
Bless Me, Ultima
by Rudolfo Anaya 1972 290 pages
3.82
36.3K ratings
Classics
Magical Realism
Young Adult
Gabriel García Márquez Summary
Gabriel García Márquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Michael Wood 1990 132 pages
4.54
5.9K ratings
Classics
Novels
Literature
Sputnik Sweetheart Summary
Sputnik Sweetheart
by Haruki Murakami 1999 229 pages
3.83
172.9K ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Magical Realism
The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan Summary
The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan
by Beth Merlin 2024 286 pages
3.85
14.3K ratings
Romance
Christmas
Holiday
Dreaming in Cuban Summary
Dreaming in Cuban
by Cristina García 1992 274 pages
3.68
12.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Book Club
Illumination Night Summary
Illumination Night
by Alice Hoffman 1987 200 pages
3.75
9.1K ratings
Magical Realism
Contemporary
Fantasy
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye Summary
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
Five Fairy Stories
by A.S. Byatt 1994 274 pages
3.85
4.4K ratings
Short Stories
Fantasy
Fairy Tales
Eva Luna Summary
Eva Luna
by Isabel Allende 1987 307 pages
4.00
56.8K ratings
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
Classics
If Cats Disappeared from the World Summary
If Cats Disappeared from the World
by Genki Kawamura 2012 202 pages
3.80
105.5K ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Japan
The Listeners Summary
The Listeners
by Maggie Stiefvater 2025 400 pages
3.85
3.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Historical
The President Summary
The President
by Miguel Ángel Asturias 1946 287 pages
3.97
6.3K ratings
Classics
Nobel Prize
Spanish Literature
All's Well Summary
All's Well
by Mona Awad 2021 352 pages
3.74
32.3K ratings
Horror
Contemporary
Magical Realism
Wind/Pinball Summary
Wind/Pinball
Two Novels
by Haruki Murakami 1980 234 pages
3.53
32.7K ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Magical Realism
The Bog Wife Summary
The Bog Wife
by Kay Chronister 2024 336 pages
3.59
8.6K ratings
Horror
Gothic
Fantasy
The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells Summary
The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells
by Rachel Greenlaw 2024 311 pages
3.65
2.0K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Magical Realism
All the Wind in the World Summary
All the Wind in the World
by Samantha Mabry 2017 288 pages
3.35
1.2K ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Magical Realism
A Magical Girl Retires Summary
A Magical Girl Retires
by Park Seolyeon 2022 160 pages
3.57
8.9K ratings
Fantasy
Contemporary
Magical Realism
The Baron in the Trees Summary
The Baron in the Trees
by Italo Calvino 1957 217 pages
4.02
50.9K ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Italy
Midnight at the Blackbird Café Summary
Midnight at the Blackbird Café
by Heather Webber 2019 336 pages
4.05
57.8K ratings
Magical Realism
Book Club
Fantasy
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