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

A Tale for the Time Being Summary

A Tale for the Time Being

by Ruth Ozeki 2013 432 pages

Magical Realism

Historical Fiction

Men Without Women Summary

Men Without Women

by Haruki Murakami 2017 240 pages

Japanese Literature

Before the Coffee Gets Cold Summary

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2019 208 pages

Magical Realism

One Hundred Years of Solitude Summary

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel García Márquez

Magical Realism

Love in the Time of Cholera Summary

Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel García Márquez 2003 348 pages

Historical Fiction

Magical Realism

Kafka on the Shore Summary

Kafka on the Shore

by Haruki Murakami

Magical Realism

Japanese Literature

The Midnight Library Summary

The Midnight Library

by Matt Haig

Magical Realism

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Summary

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

by Haruki Murakami 1997 611 pages

Magical Realism

Japanese Literature

The House of the Spirits Summary

The House of the Spirits

by Isabel Allende 2005 433 pages

Magical Realism

Historical Fiction

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Summary

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

by Haruki Murakami

Magical Realism

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Summary

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

by Victoria E. Schwab 2020 448 pages

Historical Fiction

Life of Pi Summary

by Yann Martel 2006

If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler Summary

If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler

by Italo Calvino

Italian Literature

Magical Realism

One Italian Summer Summary

One Italian Summer

by Rebecca Serle 2022 272 pages

Magical Realism

The Master and Margarita Summary

The Master and Margarita

by Mikhail Bulgakov 1996 384 pages

Russian Literature

The Satanic Verses Summary

The Satanic Verses

by Salman Rushdie 2000 561 pages

Magical Realism

Song of Solomon Summary

Song of Solomon

by Toni Morrison 2004 352 pages

Historical Fiction

African American

The Golem and the Jinni Summary

The Golem and the Jinni

by Helene Wecker 2013 496 pages

Historical Fiction

Magical Realism

Practical Magic Summary

Practical Magic

by Alice Hoffman

Magical Realism

Like Water for Chocolate Summary

Like Water for Chocolate

by Laura Esquivel

Magical Realism

Historical Fiction

Beloved Summary

by Toni Morrison 2004 321 pages

Historical Fiction

Magical Realism

by Haruki Murakami 2011 944 pages

Magical Realism

Shark Heart Summary

by Emily Habeck

Magical Realism

The Rules of Magic Summary

The Rules of Magic

by Alice Hoffman

Magical Realism

Historical Fiction

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