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 Volcano Daughters
Haunted Ever After (Boneyard Key, #1)
Magical Meet Cute
Rise and Divine (The Witches of Thistle Grove, #5)
The Body Next Door
The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry (Sunderworld, #1)
The Enchanted Lies of Céleste Artois
Truly Madly Magically (Witchlore, #3)
In Every Life
Strange Folk
Hovergirls
The Lost Story
The Love of My Afterlife
All This & More
The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish
The Midnight Library
Remarkably Bright Creatures
The Lost Bookshop
Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
The Seven Year Slip
Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)
Weyward
A Novel Love Story
In Five Years
The Bookstore Wedding (The Once Upon a Time Bookshop, #2)
The Measure
Expiration Dates
The Husbands
Piranesi
The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Starless Sea by Erin MorgensternThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
ATY 2020 - Fantasy Books
221 books — 61 voters
Bound By Her Ring by Nicole FlocktonFish Out Of Water by Ros BaxterFast Forward by Juliet MadisonWhat Love Sounds Like by Alissa CallenMistaken Engagement by Jenny Schwartz
Escape Reads
80 books — 106 voters

Wishtress by Nadine BrandesThe Cavalier by Israh AziziTaste by Cheryl KahnDark Room Etiquette by Robin RoeIn Hiding we Seek by Keko V
Can’t Wait YA Books of 2022
64 books — 125 voters
Peter, Enchantment and Stardust by William  O'BrienThe Moon Queen by R.K. PaviaBecoming the Villainess by Jeannine Hall GaileyThe Soul Bearer - and other poems by R.K. PaviaThe Poets' Grimm by Jeanne Marie Beaumont
SciFi, Fantasy, and Speculative Poetry
132 books — 90 voters


One Hundred Years of Solitude
Kafka on the Shore
The House of the Spirits
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Midnight Library
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Like Water for Chocolate
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
The Master and Margarita
Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1)
Beloved
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
Piranesi

Related Genres

Related News

Retired schoolteacher Grace Winters believes the best days of her life are behind her, and even the good old days weren’t that great.   Moving...
Alyssa Ahle
UNREQUITED LOVE: Look, you see me, a lonely girl having a drink. What do you do? LOST: Avoid eye contact at all costs? UNREQUITED LOVE: Oh come on, don’t you ever randomly flirt and find yourself falling in love with attractive young women? LOST: I’ve forgotten how. UNREQUITED LOVE: How peculiar. LOST: (Struggles, trying to find the right words.) No…I mean I did once, but I’ve forgotten most things about love I guess. It just comes with the territory of losing your heart. UNREQUITED LOVE: ...more
Alyssa Ahle, Lost and Found: a stage play

Sasha Graham
Magic is what happens when the blueprint of who you are comes into the alignment with the expanding energy of the universe.
Sasha Graham, The Magic of Tarot: Your Guide to Intuitive Readings, Rituals, and Spells

More quotes...
mentally unstable sapphic yearning a hyperspecific book club
7 members, last active one year ago
Retro Chapter Chicks We're a small group of ladies from far and wide that love all kinds of books. We read and disc…more
35 members, last active 8 hours ago
International Reading Club Welcome! We are a book club dedicated to traveling the world one book at the time (and encourag…more
31 members, last active 43 days ago
Books & Musings Books & Musings is a small reading group for those who enjoy bouncing around all genres with a p…more
3 members, last active 2 years ago