Magical Realism

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

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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Mystic Tea
Rea Nolan Martin

358 pages • paperback • 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Mystic Tea

Rea Nolan Martin

358 pages • paperback • 2013

fiction contemporary fantasy hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Doctor Sleep
The Shining #2

Stephen King

531 pages • hardcover • 2013 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Doctor Sleep

The Shining #2

Stephen King

531 pages • hardcover • 2013

fiction fantasy horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

How To Be Dead
The 'How To Be Dead' Grim Reaper Comedy Horror Series #1

Dave Turner

84 pages • digital • 2013 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous funny slow-paced

How To Be Dead

The 'How To Be Dead' Grim Reaper Comedy Horror Series #1

Dave Turner

84 pages • digital • 2013

fiction fantasy adventurous funny slow-paced

Tim & Keiji und der magische Adventskalender by Arden Skye

Tim & Keiji und der magische Adventskalender
Arden Skye with Arden Skye (Illustrator)

382 pages • digital • 2024 (editions) user-added

fiction childrens contemporary fantasy lgbtqia+ magical realism middle grade young adult

Tim & Keiji und der magische Adventskalender

Arden Skye with Arden Skye (Illustrator)

382 pages • digital • 2024 user-added

fiction childrens contemporary fantasy lgbtqia+ magical realism middle grade young adult

The Best Kind of Magic by Crystal Cestari

The Best Kind of Magic
Windy City Magic #1

Crystal Cestari

336 pages • hardcover • 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult lighthearted medium-paced

The Best Kind of Magic

Windy City Magic #1

Crystal Cestari

336 pages • hardcover • 2017

fiction fantasy romance young adult lighthearted medium-paced

What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
Michiko Aoyama with Winson Ting (Narrator), Kenichiro Thomson (Narrator), Hanako Footman (Narrator), Shiro Kawai (Narrator), Susan Momoko Hingley (Narrator), Alison Watts (Translator)

7 hours, 19 minutes • audio • 2020 (editions)

fiction literary hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

What You Are Looking For Is in the Library

Michiko Aoyama with Winson Ting (Narrator), Kenichiro Thomson (Narrator), Hanako Footman (Narrator), Shiro Kawai (Narrator), Susan Momoko Hingley (Narrator), Alison Watts (Translator)

7 hours, 19 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction literary hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

A Pack for Autumn
Cozyverse #1

Emilia Emerson

362 pages • paperback • 2024 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary fantasy romance emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

A Pack for Autumn

Cozyverse #1

Emilia Emerson

362 pages • paperback • 2024 user-added

fiction contemporary fantasy romance emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Immortality
The Anatomy Duology #2

Dana Schwartz

389 pages • digital • 2023 (editions)

fiction historical young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Immortality

The Anatomy Duology #2

Dana Schwartz

389 pages • digital • 2023

fiction historical young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Shadow of Night
All Souls #2

Deborah Harkness

584 pages • hardcover • 2012 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical romance thriller adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

Shadow of Night

All Souls #2

Deborah Harkness

584 pages • hardcover • 2012

fiction fantasy historical romance thriller adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

Wandering Stars
Tommy Orange with Calvin Joyal (Narrator), Alma Cuervo (Narrator), Christian Young (Narrator), Phil Ava (Narrator), Curtis Michael Holland (Narrator), Charley Flyte (Narrator), Shaun Taylor-Corbett (Narrator), MacLeod Andrews (Narrator), Emmanuel Chumaceiro (Narrator)

9 hours, 37 minutes • audio • 2024 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Wandering Stars

Tommy Orange with Calvin Joyal (Narrator), Alma Cuervo (Narrator), Christian Young (Narrator), Phil Ava (Narrator), Curtis Michael Holland (Narrator), Charley Flyte (Narrator), Shaun Taylor-Corbett (Narrator), MacLeod Andrews (Narrator), Emmanuel Chumaceiro (Narrator)

9 hours, 37 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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