The 52 Book Club's 2024 Reading Challenge - hosted by the52bookclub

Magical Realism
Magical realism is set in the world in which we live but they contain magical elements that are considered normal. It has also been described as “literary fiction with a dash of fantasy” or a book in which “fantasy slips into everyday life.” 
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The Cautious Traveller's Guide To the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks

The Cautious Traveller's Guide To the Wastelands

Sarah Brooks

336 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Grimoire Girl: Creating an Inheritance of Magic and Mischief by Hilarie Burton Morgan

Grimoire Girl: Creating an Inheritance of Magic and Mischief

Hilarie Burton Morgan

240 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark emotional medium-paced
Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde

Vagabonds!

Eloghosa Osunde

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary magical realism challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

Our Wives Under The Sea

Julia Armfield

6 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary science fiction dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Wishtree by Katherine Applegate

Wishtree

Katherine Applegate

224 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction childrens fantasy emotional hopeful slow-paced
Winter by Marissa Meyer

Winter

The Lunar Chronicles #4

Marissa Meyer

827 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction dystopian romance science fiction young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

The Last Graduate

The Scholomance #2

Naomi Novik

388 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez

Anita de Monte Laughs Last

Xochitl Gonzalez

13 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction literary mystery emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

Zen Cho

176 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous funny fast-paced
Døden i dine øjne by Rachel Ward

Døden i dine øjne

Num8ers #1

Rachel Ward

318 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous medium-paced