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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Virgin Mate
Cascade Cougars #1

Tia Didmon

110 pages • paperback • 2018 (editions)

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Virgin Mate

Cascade Cougars #1

Tia Didmon

110 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction romance funny fast-paced

Onyx & Beyond
Amber McBride

224 pages • digital • 2024 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Onyx & Beyond

Amber McBride

224 pages • digital • 2024

fiction historical middle grade emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

The Shadow Enforcer
The Shadow Enforcer #1

N.M. Thorn

424 pages • digital • 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism adventurous mysterious fast-paced

The Shadow Enforcer

The Shadow Enforcer #1

N.M. Thorn

424 pages • digital • 2021

fiction fantasy magical realism adventurous mysterious fast-paced

The Glassmaker
Tracy Chevalier with Juliet Aubrey (Narrator)

14 hours, 24 minutes • audio • 2024 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced

The Glassmaker

Tracy Chevalier with Juliet Aubrey (Narrator)

14 hours, 24 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde with Ben Barnes (Narrator), Robert Mighall (Contributor)

8 hours, 25 minutes • audio • 1890 (editions)

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde with Ben Barnes (Narrator), Robert Mighall (Contributor)

8 hours, 25 minutes • audio • 1890

fiction classics horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

The Plague of Doves
Louise Erdrich with Kathleen McInerney (Narrator), Peter Francis James (Narrator)

11 hours, 3 minutes • audio • 2008 (editions)

fiction historical mystery mysterious reflective slow-paced

The Plague of Doves

Louise Erdrich with Kathleen McInerney (Narrator), Peter Francis James (Narrator)

11 hours, 3 minutes • audio • 2008

fiction historical mystery mysterious reflective slow-paced

Snuff
Discworld #39

Terry Pratchett

378 pages • paperback • 2011 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous funny medium-paced

Snuff

Discworld #39

Terry Pratchett

378 pages • paperback • 2011

fiction fantasy adventurous funny medium-paced

A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Madeleine L'Engle

A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel
Madeleine L'Engle with Hope Larson (Illustrator)

392 pages • hardcover • 2012 (editions)

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A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel

Madeleine L'Engle with Hope Larson (Illustrator)

392 pages • hardcover • 2012

fiction fantasy graphic novel middle grade science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Three Assassins
Assassins #1

Kōtarō Isaka with Adam Sims (Narrator), Sam Malissa (Translator)

8 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2004 (editions)

fiction crime thriller adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Three Assassins

Assassins #1

Kōtarō Isaka with Adam Sims (Narrator), Sam Malissa (Translator)

8 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2004

fiction crime thriller adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Odyssey
Stephen Fry's Greek Myths #4

Stephen Fry

400 pages • digital • 2024 (editions)

fiction classics historical adventurous funny informative medium-paced

Odyssey

Stephen Fry's Greek Myths #4

Stephen Fry

400 pages • digital • 2024

fiction classics historical adventurous funny informative medium-paced

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