Magical Realism

Magical realism is a fiction genre in which magical elements blend to create a realistic atmosphere that accesses a deeper understanding of reality. The story explains these magical elements as normal occurrences, presented in a straightforward manner that places the "real" and the "fantastic" in the same stream of thought. ...more

The Book Witch
I Could Give You the Moon
Honey in the Wound
Permanence
Underlake
Kiss, Marry, Kill
Whispers of Ink and Starlight
The Café of Infinite Doors
Honey in Her Veins
Rialto
Few and Far Between
Your Soulmail Is Attached: A Novel
Once and Again
In Time with You
Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories
Remarkably Bright Creatures
The Astral Library
The Seven Year Slip
Twice
Katabasis
Babel
One & Only
The Lost Bookshop
Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)
The Measure
Once and Again
Weyward
The Do-Over
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
One Hundred Years of Solitude
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
Kafka on the Shore
The House of the Spirits
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
The Night Circus
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Piranesi
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Like Water for Chocolate
The Master and Margarita
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
Beloved
Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1)

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