13 genres challenge - hosted by readinggingerbee

magical realism 🐱
book keywords for this prompt:
literature that depicts the real world as having undercurrent of magic or fantasy

suggestions:
  • she and her cat
  • before the coffee gets cold 
  • earthlings
  • the invisible life of addie larue 
All books added
The Second Chance Year by Melissa Wiesner

The Second Chance Year

Melissa Wiesner

327 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction magical realism romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
salt slow by Julia Armfield

salt slow

Julia Armfield

192 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ short stories dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore

Lakelore

Anna-Marie McLemore

6 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ magical realism young adult emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

Earthlings

Sayaka Murata

247 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism challenging dark medium-paced
Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before We Say Goodbye

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #4

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

192 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
How to Be a Better Adult by Jacque Aye

How to Be a Better Adult

How to Be a Better Adult #1

Jacque Aye

223 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction magical realism mysterious reflective medium-paced
Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before Your Memory Fades

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #3

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro

The Haunting of Alejandra

V. Castro

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror literary dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel GarcĂ­a MĂĄrquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel GarcĂ­a MĂĄrquez

417 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
Quando il caffè è pronto by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Quando il caffè è pronto

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #5

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

192 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional reflective sad medium-paced