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Goodreads Favourite Magical Realism Novels

"Magical Realism is a literary genre that incorporates fantastic or mythical elements into otherwise realistic fiction, associated particularly with Latin America." (Goodreads)
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
1
Gabriel García Márquez
The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveller's Wife
2
Audrey Niffenegger
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
3
Isabel Allende
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
4
Laura Esquivel
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
5
Gabriel García Marquez
Garden Spells (Sarah Addison Allen)
Garden Spells
6
Sarah Addison Allen
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
7
Mikhail Bulgakov
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
8
Haruki Murakami
Daughter of Fortune (Isabel Allende)
Daughter of Fortune
9
Isabel Allende
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
10
Haruki Murakami
Chocolat (Joanne Harris)
Chocolat
11
Joanne Harris
Practical Magic (Alice Hoffman)
Practical Magic
12
Alice Hoffman
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
13
Erin Morgenstern
The Sugar Queen (Sarah Addison Allen)
The Sugar Queen
14
Sarah Addison Allen
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
15
Salman Rushdie
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
16
Toni Morrison
The Girl Who Chased the Moon (Sarah Addison Allen)
The Girl Who Chased the Moon
17
Sarah Addison Allen
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
18
Jorge Luis Borges
The Peach Keeper (Sarah Addison Allen)
The Peach Keeper
19
Sarah Addison Allen
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
20
Salman Rushdie
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated
21
Jonathan Safran Foer
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami, Trans. Alfred Birnbaum)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
22
Haruki Murakami, Trans. Alfred Birnbaum
Houdini Heart
Houdini Heart
23
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
24
Yann Martel
Eva Luna (Isabel Allende)
Eva Luna
25
Isabel Allende
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
26
Italo Calvino
Winter's Tale (Mark Helprin)
Winter's Tale
27
Mark Helprin
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
28
Toni Morrison
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
29
Junot Díaz
The Golem and the Jinni (Helene Wecker)
The Golem and the Jinni
30
Helene Wecker
Jitterbug Perfume (Tom Robbins)
Jitterbug Perfume
31
Tom Robbins
Little, Big (John Crowley)
Little, Big
32
John Crowley
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (Aimee Bender)
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
33
Aimee Bender
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
34
Italo Calvino
The Passion (Jeanette Winterson)
The Passion
35
Jeanette Winterson
Of Love and Other Demons (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Of Love and Other Demons
36
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
37
Haruki Murakami
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender (Leslye Walton)
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
38
Leslye Walton
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
39
Juan Rulfo
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolpho Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
40
Rudolpho Anaya
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