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The 10 Best Books to Introduce You to Magical Realism

The magical realist genre was born in Latin America, but the magical realist mode extends much further. The magical realist mode is made up of the moment when the reader (and sometimes the character) is unsure if, within the world of the novel or story they are reading, something actually happened.
The best way to wrap your head around magical realism is, naturally, to start reading. Here are some magical realist classics to get you started:
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
1
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
2
Toni Morrison
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
3
Mikhail Bulgakov
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
4
Toni Morrison
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
5
Isabel Allende
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
6
Laura Esquivel
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
7
Jorge Luis Borges
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
8
Haruki Murakami
Their Eyes Were Watching (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching
9
Zora Neale Hurston
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
10
Salman Rushdie
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