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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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Sourdough Summary
Sourdough
by Robin Sloan 2017 259 pages
3.75
61.3K ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Contemporary
South of the Buttonwood Tree Summary
South of the Buttonwood Tree
by Heather Webber 2020 336 pages
4.29
13.6K ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Romance
The Antidote Summary
The Antidote
by Karen Russell 2025 432 pages
3.91
9.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Labyrinths Summary
Labyrinths
Selected Stories & Other Writings
by Jorge Luis Borges 1964 260 pages
4.44
33.5K ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Magical Realism
A House Between Sea and Sky Summary
A House Between Sea and Sky
by Beth Cato 2025 301 pages
4.23
1.6K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Historical Fiction
The Wood at Midwinter Summary
The Wood at Midwinter
by Susanna Clarke 2024 60 pages
3.45
19.2K ratings
Fantasy
Short Stories
Christmas
Instant Karma Summary
Instant Karma
by Marissa Meyer 2020 400 pages
3.74
24.3K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
The Ten Thousand Doors of January Summary
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
by Alix E. Harrow 2019 374 pages
4.01
163.2K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
The Angel's Game Summary
The Angel's Game
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 2009 531 pages
4.02
180.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories Summary
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
by Ken Liu 2016 450 pages
4.36
37.6K ratings
Short Stories
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Lapvona Summary
Lapvona
by Ottessa Moshfegh 2022 313 pages
3.54
94.6K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Spells for Forgetting Summary
Spells for Forgetting
by Adrienne Young 2022 351 pages
3.86
67.6K ratings
Fantasy
Mystery
Romance
Ink Blood Sister Scribe Summary
Ink Blood Sister Scribe
by Emma Törzs 2023 416 pages
4.01
61.2K ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Magic
Life, and Death, and Giants Summary
Life, and Death, and Giants
by Ron Rindo 2025 336 pages
4.42
2.2K ratings
Literary Fiction
Magical Realism
Contemporary
When the Moon Was Ours Summary
When the Moon Was Ours
by Anna-Marie McLemore 2016 273 pages
3.88
11.1K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Magical Realism
Solenoid Summary
Solenoid
by Mircea Cărtărescu 2015 840 pages
4.25
6.2K ratings
Romania
Literature
Romanian Literature
Woven in Moonlight Summary
Woven in Moonlight
by Isabel Ibañez 2020 384 pages
3.84
10.4K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
The Murmur of Bees Summary
The Murmur of Bees
by Sofía Segovia 2015 471 pages
4.23
73.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Book Club
The Fox Wife Summary
The Fox Wife
by Yangsze Choo 2024 390 pages
3.99
25.8K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Mystery
A Far Wilder Magic Summary
A Far Wilder Magic
by Allison Saft 2022 384 pages
3.82
24.7K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Young Adult
This Spells Love Summary
This Spells Love
by Kate Robb 2023 352 pages
3.78
33.8K ratings
Romance
Fantasy
Contemporary
You Dreamed of Empires Summary
You Dreamed of Empires
by Álvaro Enrigue 2024 220 pages
3.75
13.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Historical
A Sea of Unspoken Things Summary
A Sea of Unspoken Things
by Adrienne Young 2025 288 pages
3.68
23.9K ratings
Mystery
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Lay Your Armor Down Summary
Lay Your Armor Down
by Michael Farris Smith 2025 272 pages
4.03
204 ratings
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
Novels
The Vanishing Bookstore Summary
The Vanishing Bookstore
by Helen Phifer 2025 314 pages
3.92
3.2K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Sister Snake Summary
Sister Snake
by Amanda Lee Koe 2024 261 pages
3.76
4.3K ratings
Fantasy
LGBT
Queer
We Are All So Good at Smiling Summary
We Are All So Good at Smiling
by Amber McBride 2023 291 pages
3.85
5.6K ratings
Poetry
Fantasy
Young Adult
The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt Summary
The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt
by Chelsea Iversen 2024 309 pages
3.58
2.6K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
With a Little Luck Summary
With a Little Luck
by Marissa Meyer 2024 360 pages
3.82
4.1K ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities Summary
At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities
by Heather Webber 2023 320 pages
3.93
12.3K ratings
Magical Realism
Fantasy
Romance
Cursed Daughters Summary
Cursed Daughters
by Oyinkan Braithwaite 2025 384 pages
4.08
2.4K ratings
Fantasy
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Dangerous Angels Summary
Dangerous Angels
by Francesca Lia Block 2007 478 pages
4.25
9.0K ratings
Young Adult
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Monkey Beach Summary
Monkey Beach
by Eden Robinson 2000 384 pages
4.02
10.5K ratings
Indigenous
Canada
Magical Realism
Wishing Season Summary
Wishing Season
by Anica Mrose Rissi 2023 240 pages
4.31
261 ratings
Middle Grade
Grief
Realistic Fiction
When the World Tips Over Summary
When the World Tips Over
by Jandy Nelson 2024 672 pages
4.19
11.2K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Romance
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend Summary
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
by Matthew Dicks 2012 311 pages
4.14
35.7K ratings
Book Club
Fantasy
Contemporary
The Gifts Summary
The Gifts
by Liz Hyder 2022 448 pages
3.69
2.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Historical
The Good Part Summary
The Good Part
by Sophie Cousens 2023 351 pages
4.01
46.3K ratings
Romance
Time Travel
Magical Realism
The Cartographers Summary
The Cartographers
by Peng Shepherd 2022 392 pages
3.63
80.0K ratings
Fantasy
Mystery
Magical Realism
The Tin Drum Summary
The Tin Drum
by Günter Grass 2005 580 pages
3.95
46.5K ratings
Classics
German Literature
Historical Fiction
The Book of Speculation Summary
The Book of Speculation
by Erika Swyler 2015 339 pages
3.61
38.8K ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Before I Forget Summary
Before I Forget
by Tory Henwood Hoen 2025 288 pages
4.34
734 ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
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