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Magical Realism Reading Guides

The most-discussed works of magical realism — fiction that treats the supernatural as an ordinary part of lived reality — from García Márquez to Toni Morrison.

One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez · 1967 Editor's Choice Get it on Amazon →
Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel Garcia Marquez · 1985 Recommended Get it on Amazon →
The House of the Spirits Isabel Allende · 1982 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel · 1989 Recommended See details →
Pedro Paramo Juan Rulfo · 1955 Essential Read See details →
Midnight's Children Salman Rushdie · 1981 Recommended See details →
Beloved Toni Morrison · 1987 Editor's Choice See details →
The Famished Road Ben Okri · 1991 Essential Read See details →
The Master and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov · 1967 Essential Read See details →
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Haruki Murakami · 1994 Essential Read See details →
Nights at the Circus Angela Carter · 1984 Essential Read See details →
Eva Luna Isabel Allende · 1987 Recommended See details →

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