Magical Realism

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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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Crenshaw
Katherine Applegate

245 pages • hardcover • 2015 (editions)

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Crenshaw

Katherine Applegate

245 pages • hardcover • 2015

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous fast-paced

The Future
Catherine Leroux with Susan Ouriou (Translator), Karie Richards (Narrator)

9 hours, 58 minutes • audio • 2020 (editions)

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The Future

Catherine Leroux with Susan Ouriou (Translator), Karie Richards (Narrator)

9 hours, 58 minutes • audio • 2020

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Valley of the Dinosaurs by Mary Pope Osborne

Valley of the Dinosaurs
Magic Tree House #1

Mary Pope Osborne

80 pages • hardcover • 1992 (editions)

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Valley of the Dinosaurs

Magic Tree House #1

Mary Pope Osborne

80 pages • hardcover • 1992

fiction childrens fantasy lighthearted fast-paced

Root Magic
Eden Royce

336 pages • hardcover • 2021 (editions)

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Root Magic

Eden Royce

336 pages • hardcover • 2021

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The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant [Dramatized Adaptation] by Drew Hayes

The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant [Dramatized Adaptation]
Fred, the Vampire Accountant #1

Drew Hayes with Zeke Altonn (Narrator), Carolyn Kashner (Narrator), Ken Jackson (Narrator), Scott McCormick (Narrator), Christopher Walker (Narrator), Bradley Smith (Narrator), Henry Kramer (Narrator), Richard Rohan (Narrator), Nora Achrati (Narrator), Rose Elizabeth Supan (Narrator), Colleen Delany (Narrator), Mort Shelby (Narrator), Terence Aselford (Narrator), David Zitney (Narrator), Alejandro Ruiz (Narrator), Nanette Savard (Narrator)

5 hours, 53 minutes • audio • 2014 (editions)

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The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant [Dramatized Adaptation]

Fred, the Vampire Accountant #1

Drew Hayes with Zeke Altonn (Narrator), Carolyn Kashner (Narrator), Ken Jackson (Narrator), Scott McCormick (Narrator), Christopher Walker (Narrator), Bradley Smith (Narrator), Henry Kramer (Narrator), Richard Rohan (Narrator), Nora Achrati (Narrator), Rose Elizabeth Supan (Narrator), Colleen Delany (Narrator), Mort Shelby (Narrator), Terence Aselford (Narrator), David Zitney (Narrator), Alejandro Ruiz (Narrator), Nanette Savard (Narrator)

5 hours, 53 minutes • audio • 2014

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Carry On
Simon Snow #1

Rainbow Rowell

521 pages • paperback • 2015 (editions)

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Carry On

Simon Snow #1

Rainbow Rowell

521 pages • paperback • 2015

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Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges

Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings
Jorge Luis Borges with James E. Irby, Donald A. Yates, André Maurois

256 pages • paperback • 1962 (editions)

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Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings

Jorge Luis Borges with James E. Irby, Donald A. Yates, André Maurois

256 pages • paperback • 1962

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Pemmican Wars
A Girl Called Echo #1

Katherena Vermette with Scott B. Henderson (Illustrator), Donovan Yaciuk (Illustrator)

48 pages • digital • 2017 (editions)

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Pemmican Wars

A Girl Called Echo #1

Katherena Vermette with Scott B. Henderson (Illustrator), Donovan Yaciuk (Illustrator)

48 pages • digital • 2017

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The Broken Ear
The Adventures of Tintin #6

Hergé

62 pages • paperback • 1937 (editions)

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The Broken Ear

The Adventures of Tintin #6

Hergé

62 pages • paperback • 1937

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Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi

Frankenstein in Baghdad
Ahmed Saadawi with Kaleo Griffith (Narrator), Edoardo Ballerini (Narrator)

8 hours, 1 minutes • audio • 2013 (editions)

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Frankenstein in Baghdad

Ahmed Saadawi with Kaleo Griffith (Narrator), Edoardo Ballerini (Narrator)

8 hours, 1 minutes • audio • 2013

fiction horror literary magical realism challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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