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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.

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Little, Big Summary
Little, Big
by John Crowley 1981 538 pages
3.81
12.0K ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Novels
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Summary
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz 2007 335 pages
3.89
273.3K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Magical Realism
City of the Beasts Summary
City of the Beasts
by Isabel Allende 2002 408 pages
3.74
44.5K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Adventure
Dreaming in Cuban Summary
Dreaming in Cuban
by Cristina García 1992 274 pages
3.68
12.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Book Club
The Golem and the Jinni Summary
The Golem and the Jinni
by Helene Wecker 2013 486 pages
4.13
128.7K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Real Americans Summary
Real Americans
by Rachel Khong 2024 399 pages
3.97
72.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
The Society of Unknowable Objects Summary
The Society of Unknowable Objects
by Gareth Brown 2025 352 pages
4.08
1.4K ratings
Fantasy
Mystery
Magical Realism
A History of Wild Places Summary
A History of Wild Places
by Shea Ernshaw 2021 354 pages
3.92
64.4K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Fantasy
Song of Solomon Summary
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison 1977 338 pages
4.15
122.1K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
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 President Summary
The President
by Miguel Ángel Asturias 1946 287 pages
3.97
6.3K ratings
Classics
Nobel Prize
Spanish Literature
The Starless Sea Summary
The Starless Sea
by Erin Morgenstern 2019 498 pages
3.85
224.1K ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Romance
Potiki Summary
Potiki
by Patricia Grace 1986 192 pages
3.88
2.3K ratings
Indigenous
Classics
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
Hurricane Child Summary
Hurricane Child
by Kacen Callender 2018 214 pages
3.79
4.4K ratings
Middle Grade
LGBT
Magical Realism
One Italian Summer Summary
One Italian Summer
by Rebecca Serle 2022 255 pages
3.59
261.7K ratings
Romance
Summer
Summer Reads
The Cat Who Saved Books Summary
The Cat Who Saved Books
by Sōsuke Natsukawa 2017 198 pages
3.71
78.7K ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Japan
All's Well Summary
All's Well
by Mona Awad 2021 352 pages
3.74
32.3K ratings
Horror
Contemporary
Magical Realism
The Midnight Bookshop Summary
The Midnight Bookshop
by Amanda James 2025 385 pages
4.17
3.7K ratings
Fantasy
Books About Books
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
Lovers at the Museum Summary
Lovers at the Museum
by Isabel Allende 2024 25 pages
3.47
25.1K ratings
Short Stories
Romance
Fantasy
Midnight’s Children Summary
Midnight’s Children
by Salman Rushdie 1981 647 pages
3.98
131.2K ratings
Magical Realism
Classics
India
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
Things We Lost in the Fire Summary
Things We Lost in the Fire
by Mariana Enríquez 2016 192 pages
4.05
55.9K ratings
Short Stories
Horror
Magical Realism
Earthlings Summary
Earthlings
by Sayaka Murata 2018 247 pages
3.60
93.5K ratings
Horror
Japan
Contemporary
Pig Tales Summary
Pig Tales
by Marie Darrieussecq 1996 151 pages
3.46
3.7K ratings
France
Fantasy
French Literature
The Library of Babel Summary
The Library of Babel
by Jorge Luis Borges 2000 176 pages
4.3
11.6K ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Philosophy
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
Real Americans Summary
Real Americans
by Rachel Khong 2024 399 pages
3.97
72.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Literary Fiction
The Incredible Kindness of Paper Summary
The Incredible Kindness of Paper
by Evelyn Skye 2025 256 pages
4.02
324 ratings
Romance
Magical Realism
Contemporary
Let Us Descend Summary
Let Us Descend
by Jesmyn Ward 2023 305 pages
3.69
36.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Historical
Eva Luna Summary
Eva Luna
by Isabel Allende 1987 307 pages
4.00
56.8K ratings
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
Classics
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
Nightbitch Summary
Nightbitch
by Rachel Yoder 2021 256 pages
3.44
79.8K ratings
Horror
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Wind/Pinball Summary
Wind/Pinball
Two Novels
by Haruki Murakami 1980 234 pages
3.53
32.7K ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Magical Realism
Illumination Night Summary
Illumination Night
by Alice Hoffman 1987 200 pages
3.75
9.1K ratings
Magical Realism
Contemporary
Fantasy
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 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
The Bog Wife Summary
The Bog Wife
by Kay Chronister 2024 336 pages
3.59
8.6K ratings
Horror
Gothic
Fantasy
The Mermaid of Black Conch Summary
The Mermaid of Black Conch
by Monique Roffey 2020 187 pages
3.87
19.4K ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
Where the Forest Meets the Stars Summary
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
by Glendy Vanderah 2019 332 pages
4.13
226.6K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Mystery
Lobizona Summary
Lobizona
by Romina Garber 2020 400 pages
4.10
8.5K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magical Realism
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida Summary
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
by Shehan Karunatilaka 2022 386 pages
3.9
57.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Magical Realism
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
The Kingdom of Back Summary
The Kingdom of Back
by Marie Lu 2020 313 pages
3.70
23.4K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Winter's Tale Summary
Winter's Tale
by Mark Helprin 1983 769 pages
3.51
29.3K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
The Women of Wild Hill Summary
The Women of Wild Hill
by Kirsten Miller 2025 368 pages
4.41
300 ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Witches
North American Lake Monsters Summary
North American Lake Monsters
by Nathan Ballingrud 2013 205 pages
3.95
6.2K ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Fantasy
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
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba Summary
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba
by Gabriel García Márquez 2006 104 pages
3.8
65.0K ratings
Classics
Spanish Literature
Literature
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