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 2014 242 pages

Japanese Literature

Remarkably Bright Creatures Summary

Remarkably Bright Creatures

by Shelby Van Pelt 2022 368 pages

Magical Realism

Before the Coffee Gets Cold Summary

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2015 213 pages

Magical Realism

One Hundred Years of Solitude Summary

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel García Márquez 1967 417 pages

Magical Realism

Love in the Time of Cholera Summary

Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel García Márquez 1985 348 pages

Historical Fiction

Magical Realism

Kafka on the Shore Summary

Kafka on the Shore

by Haruki Murakami 2002 467 pages

Magical Realism

Japanese Literature

The Midnight Library Summary

The Midnight Library

by Matt Haig 2020 288 pages

Magical Realism

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Summary

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

by Haruki Murakami 1994 607 pages

Magical Realism

Japanese Literature

The House of the Spirits Summary

The House of the Spirits

by Isabel Allende 1982 448 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 1985 400 pages

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 2001 460 pages

If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler Summary

If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler

by Italo Calvino 1979 260 pages

Italian Literature

Magical Realism

One Italian Summer Summary

One Italian Summer

by Rebecca Serle 2022 255 pages

Magical Realism

The Master and Margarita Summary

The Master and Margarita

by Mikhail Bulgakov 1967 372 pages

Russian Literature

The Satanic Verses Summary

The Satanic Verses

by Salman Rushdie 1988 561 pages

Magical Realism

Song of Solomon Summary

Song of Solomon

by Toni Morrison 1977 338 pages

Historical Fiction

Magical Realism

The City and Its Uncertain Walls Summary

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

by Haruki Murakami 2023 464 pages

Magical Realism

The Golem and the Jinni Summary

The Golem and the Jinni

by Helene Wecker 2013 486 pages

Historical Fiction

Magical Realism

Practical Magic Summary

Practical Magic

by Alice Hoffman 1995 286 pages

Magical Realism

Like Water for Chocolate Summary

Like Water for Chocolate

by Laura Esquivel 1989 222 pages

Magical Realism

Historical Fiction

The Book of Doors Summary

The Book of Doors

by Gareth Brown 2024 408 pages

Magical Realism

Beloved Summary

by Toni Morrison 1987 325 pages

Historical Fiction

Magical Realism

The Life Impossible Summary

The Life Impossible

by Matt Haig 2024 324 pages

Magical Realism

by Haruki Murakami 2009 944 pages

Magical Realism

The Lost Bookshop Summary

The Lost Bookshop

by Evie Woods 2023 432 pages

Historical Fiction

Magical Realism

Shark Heart Summary

by Emily Habeck 2023 416 pages

Magical Realism

The Rules of Magic Summary

The Rules of Magic

by Alice Hoffman 2017 369 pages

Magical Realism

Historical Fiction

The Unmaking of June Farrow Summary

The Unmaking of June Farrow

by Adrienne Young 2023 320 pages

Magical Realism

En agosto nos vemos Summary

En agosto nos vemos

by Gabriel García Márquez 2024 142 pages

Spanish Literature

Expiration Dates Summary

Expiration Dates

by Rebecca Serle 2024 272 pages

Magical Realism

The Husbands Summary

by Holly Gramazio 2024 352 pages

Magical Realism

A Novel Love Story Summary

A Novel Love Story

by Ashley Poston 2024 368 pages

Magical Realism

Real Americans Summary

by Rachel Khong 2024 416 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

Real Americans Summary

by Rachel Khong 2024 416 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

The Love of My Afterlife Summary

The Love of My Afterlife

by Kirsty Greenwood 2024 369 pages

Magical Realism

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde Summary

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

by Tia Williams 2024 352 pages

Magical Realism

Historical Fiction

The Seven Year Slip Summary

The Seven Year Slip

by Ashley Poston 2023 336 pages

Magical Realism

Weyward Summary

by Emilia Hart 2023 329 pages

Historical Fiction

Magical Realism

The Wishing Game Summary

The Wishing Game

by Meg Shaffer 2023 304 pages

The Echo of Old Books Summary

The Echo of Old Books

by Barbara Davis 2023 431 pages

Historical Fiction

This Time Tomorrow Summary

This Time Tomorrow

by Emma Straub 2022 310 pages

Science Fiction

Piranesi Summary

by Susanna Clarke 2020 272 pages

Magical Realism

In Five Years Summary

by Rebecca Serle 2020 272 pages

Lovers at the Museum Summary

Lovers at the Museum

by Isabel Allende 2024 25 pages

The Warm Hands of Ghosts Summary

The Warm Hands of Ghosts

by Katherine Arden 2024 325 pages

Historical Fiction

The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan Summary

The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan

by Beth Merlin 2024 286 pages

A Short Walk Through a Wide World Summary

A Short Walk Through a Wide World

by Douglas Westerbeke 2024 400 pages

Historical Fiction

Magical Realism

The Other Valley Summary

The Other Valley

by Scott Alexander Howard 2024 290 pages

Science Fiction

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