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

The Rules of Magic Summary

The Rules of Magic

by Alice Hoffman 2017 369 pages

Magical Realism

Historical Fiction

The Ocean at the End of the Lane Summary

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

by Neil Gaiman 2013 181 pages

Magical Realism

If You Could See the Sun Summary

If You Could See the Sun

by Ann Liang 2022 346 pages

by Erin Crosby Eckstine 2025 368 pages

Historical Fiction

Magical Realism

Practical Magic Summary

Practical Magic

by Alice Hoffman 1995 286 pages

Magical Realism

Song of Solomon Summary

Song of Solomon

by Toni Morrison 1977 338 pages

Historical Fiction

Magical Realism

A Novel Love Story Summary

A Novel Love Story

by Ashley Poston 2024 368 pages

Magical Realism

Like Water for Chocolate Summary

Like Water for Chocolate

by Laura Esquivel 1989 222 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 House of the Spirits Summary

The House of the Spirits

by Isabel Allende 1982 448 pages

Magical Realism

Historical Fiction

The Wishing Game Summary

The Wishing Game

by Meg Shaffer 2023 304 pages

Expiration Dates Summary

Expiration Dates

by Rebecca Serle 2024 272 pages

Magical Realism

The Warm Hands of Ghosts Summary

The Warm Hands of Ghosts

by Katherine Arden 2024 325 pages

Historical Fiction

Lonely Castle in the Mirror Summary

Lonely Castle in the Mirror

by Mizuki Tsujimura 2017 355 pages

Magical Realism

Before Your Memory Fades Summary

Before Your Memory Fades

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2018 220 pages

Magical Realism

Japanese Literature

Real Americans Summary

by Rachel Khong 2024 399 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

Haroun and the Sea of Stories Summary

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

by Salman Rushdie 1990 224 pages

Magical Realism

Before We Say Goodbye Summary

Before We Say Goodbye

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2021 173 pages

Magical Realism

Japanese Literature

One Italian Summer Summary

One Italian Summer

by Rebecca Serle 2022 255 pages

The Immortalists Summary

The Immortalists

by Chloe Benjamin 2018 346 pages

Historical Fiction

Before We Forget Kindness Summary

Before We Forget Kindness

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2023 224 pages

Magical Realism

Japanese Literature

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 Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Summary

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

by Junot Díaz 2007 335 pages

Magical Realism

The Starless Sea Summary

The Starless Sea

by Erin Morgenstern 2019 498 pages

Magical Realism

The Tartar Steppe Summary

The Tartar Steppe

by Dino Buzzati 1940 198 pages

Italian Literature

The Island of Missing Trees Summary

The Island of Missing Trees

by Elif Shafak 2021 354 pages

Historical Fiction

Magical Realism

by Patricia Grace 1986 192 pages

Magical Realism

The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl Summary

The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl

by Tomihiko Morimi 2006 265 pages

Japanese Literature

Sing, Unburied, Sing Summary

Sing, Unburied, Sing

by Jesmyn Ward 2017 285 pages

Magical Realism

Rain of Gold Summary

by Victor Villaseñor 1991 576 pages

Historical Fiction

Magical Realism

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store Summary

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

by Keigo Higashino 2012 314 pages

Magical Realism

The Golem and the Jinni Summary

The Golem and the Jinni

by Helene Wecker 2013 486 pages

Historical Fiction

Magical Realism

Lovers at the Museum Summary

Lovers at the Museum

by Isabel Allende 2024 25 pages

Pig Tales Summary

by Marie Darrieussecq 1996 151 pages

French Literature

Hurricane Child Summary

Hurricane Child

by Kacen Callender 2018 214 pages

Magical Realism

Little, Big Summary

by John Crowley 1981 538 pages

Magical Realism

Jitterbug Perfume Summary

Jitterbug Perfume

by Tom Robbins 1984 342 pages

Magical Realism

Real Americans Summary

by Rachel Khong 2024 399 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

The Snow Child Summary

by Eowyn Ivey 2012 386 pages

Historical Fiction

The Light Pirate Summary

The Light Pirate

by Lily Brooks-Dalton 2022 336 pages

Science Fiction

Pedro Páramo Summary

by Juan Rulfo 1955 124 pages

Magical Realism

Spanish Literature

The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan Summary

The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan

by Beth Merlin 2024 286 pages

A History of Wild Places Summary

A History of Wild Places

by Shea Ernshaw 2021 354 pages

Violeta Summary

by Isabel Allende 2022 322 pages

Historical Fiction

My Name Is Emilia del Valle Summary

My Name Is Emilia del Valle

by Isabel Allende 2025 287 pages

Historical Fiction

Magical Realism

Gabriel García Márquez Summary

Gabriel García Márquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Michael Wood 1990 132 pages

Hopscotch Summary

by Julio Cortázar 1963 564 pages

Spanish Literature

Illumination Night Summary

Illumination Night

by Alice Hoffman 1987 200 pages

Magical Realism

Of Love and Other Demons Summary

Of Love and Other Demons

by Gabriel García Márquez 1994 160 pages

Magical Realism

Historical Fiction

The Mistress of Spices Summary

The Mistress of Spices

by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 1997 338 pages

Magical Realism

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