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Fabulist Books Everyone Should Check Out

This list is by no means exhaustive, but contains samples from magic realism, slipstream, literary science fiction, new weird, modern fable, fairy tale, literary horror, and surrealism to give readers a better idea of what "fabulism," in its many forms, looks like.
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1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
1
Haruki Murakami
Acceptance (Southern Reach #3) (Jeff Vandermeer)
Acceptance (Southern Reach #3)
2
Jeff Vandermeer
After Dark (Haruki Murakami)
After Dark
3
Haruki Murakami
The Aleph and Other Stories
The Aleph and Other Stories
4
All the Birds, Singing (Evie Wyld)
All the Birds, Singing
5
Evie Wyld
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
6
Neil Gaiman
Anansi Boys (Neil Gaiman)
Anansi Boys
7
Neil Gaiman
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
8
Jeff Vandermeer
At the Mountains of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness
9
H.P. Lovecraft
Authority (Jeff Vandermeer)
Authority
10
Jeff Vandermeer
The Baron in the Trees (Italo Calvino)
The Baron in the Trees
11
Italo Calvino
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
12
Toni Morrison
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
13
José Saramago
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
14
Angela Carter
The Boy in His Winter
The Boy in His Winter
15
Boy, Snow, Bird (Helen Oyeyemi)
Boy, Snow, Bird
16
Helen Oyeyemi
The Breast
The Breast
17
The Brief History of the Dead (Kevin Brockmeier)
The Brief History of the Dead
18
Kevin Brockmeier
The Buried Giant (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Buried Giant
19
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Call of Cthulhu (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu
20
H.P. Lovecraft
The Changeling
The Changeling
21
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
22
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The City and the City (China Mieville)
The City and the City
23
China Mieville
City of Saints and Madmen
City of Saints and Madmen
24
Conservation of Shadows
Conservation of Shadows
25
Cosmicomics
Cosmicomics
26
The Course of the Heart (M. John Harrison)
The Course of the Heart
27
M. John Harrison
Crystal Eaters
Crystal Eaters
28
Dangerous Laughter
Dangerous Laughter
29
The Dark Domain (Stefan Grabinski)
The Dark Domain
30
Stefan Grabinski
The Dead Father
The Dead Father
31
The Dog Stars (Peter Heller)
The Dog Stars
32
Peter Heller
Duplex
Duplex
33
Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World
Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World
34
Embassytown
Embassytown
35
Eva Luna (Isabel Allende)
Eva Luna
36
Isabel Allende
Exit West (Mohsin Hamed)
Exit West
37
Mohsin Hamed
Faces in the Crowd (Valeria Luiselli)
Faces in the Crowd
38
Valeria Luiselli
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
39
Jorge Luis Borges
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
40
Katherine Dunn
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