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78 past books matching Magical Realism
This will appeal to readers who enjoy magical realism, bookish mysteries, and interconnected lives.
The Lost Bookshop
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Magical Realism · Women's Fiction
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A Sunday Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, this novel follows Opaline, Martha, and Henry, whose lives are connected by a vanishing bookshop in Dublin. Its mysterious shelves lead them toward discoveries about their own stories. This will appeal to readers who enjoy magical realism, bookish mysteries, and interconnected lives.
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On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found…
For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives.
But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books. And by unlocking the secrets of the shelves, they find themselves transported to a world of wonder… where nothing is as it seems.
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Readers who enjoy supernatural mysteries with cold cases, an older protagonist, punk-rock history, and fractured memories should find plenty to like here.
Hear the Dead
Horror · Literary Fiction · Magical Realism
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Retired punk photographer Elena Altieri is pulled back into her New York past when she begins hearing the final screams of murdered women, including her long-dead best friend. It has a 3.9-star average from more than 70 Goodreads ratings. Readers who enjoy supernatural mysteries with cold cases, an older protagonist, punk-rock history, and fractured memories should find plenty to like here.
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"Full of twists and turns with just the right hint of the supernatural...a rollicking ride into the heyday of the New York City punk scene." — Jennifer McMahon, New York Times bestselling author of The Winter People and Stay Buried
From award-winning author Ann Dávila Cardinal comes an edgy, genre-bending thriller following a retired photographer who begins to hear the murders of women she knew in her punk youth, forcing her to reckon with the past she's desperate to forget.
One woman. A string of unsolved murders. Only she can hear the victims.
For more than forty years, Elena Altieri has been hiding from the tragedies of her New York City punk rock youth. Tragedies that left her best friend, Sin, dead, and other women in their orbit missing. Now, the past is catching up with her in more ways than one. Not only is she hearing strange noises under the hum of her tinnitus, but the photographs she took of a recently deceased musician are going viral, thrusting her back into a world she hoped would remain locked away forever.
When Elena begins to hear the screams of a woman ringing in her ears, she becomes convinced that she's somehow hearing Sin's murder. Desperate for answers, she has no choice but to revisit her past, and what she'll uncover will not only force her to reckon with her own fractured memories, but might prove that Sin, and other innocent women from their youth, were the victims of an unspeakable crime that only she can solve.
Old punks never die, and Elena's going to prove that.
Edgy, mysterious, and full of heart, Hear the Dead is at once an inventive and biting story following one aging woman desperate to solve crimes from her past, and a thought-provoking meditation on friendship, justice, and what it means to remember who we are.
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This will appeal to readers who want thoughtful speculative fiction about time, secrecy, fate, and difficult choices.
The Other Valley
Literary Fiction · Magical Realism · Speculative Fiction
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A national bestseller called “a mind-bending take on time travel” by The New York Times, this literary speculative novel follows sixteen-year-old Odile, who lives in a town bordered by versions of itself twenty years in the past and future and discovers that the boy she cares about is going to die, with a 3.9-star average from more than 28,300 Goodreads ratings. This will appeal to readers who want thoughtful speculative fiction about time, secrecy, fate, and difficult choices.
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*Soon to be a TV series*
Jimmy Fallon’s Book Club Top Four Pick and a PBS Book Club Pick
For fans of Kazuo Ishiguro and Emily St. John Mandel, this “mind-bending take on time travel” (The New York Times) is about an isolated town neighbored by its own past and future, and a young girl who spots two elderly visitors from across the border: the grieving parents of the boy she loves.
Sixteen-year-old Odile vies for a coveted seat on the Conseil. If she earns the position, she’ll decide who may cross her town’s heavily guarded borders. To the east, the town is twenty years ahead in time. To the west, it’s twenty years behind. The towns repeat in an endless sequence across the wilderness.
When Odile recognizes two visitors she wasn’t supposed to see, she realizes that the parents of her friend Edme have been escorted across the border from the future, on a mourning tour, to view their son while he’s still alive in Odile’s present.
Edme—who is brilliant, funny, and the only person to truly know Odile—is going to die. Sworn to secrecy to preserve the timeline, Odile now becomes the Conseil’s top candidate. Yet she finds herself drawing closer to the doomed boy, jeopardizing her entire future.
“The Other Valley is a brilliant take on time travel and a thought-provoking exploration of the boundaries between fate and choice. Make room on your shelves, folks, this book is going to knock your socks off” (Sylvain Neuvel, author of Sleeping Giants).
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A quiet, reflective choice for readers interested in Japanese fiction, music, craftsmanship, and finding one’s path.
The Forest of Wool and Steel
LGBTQIA+ · Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Magical Realism
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Winner of the Japan Booksellers’ Award, this novel follows Tomura, a young man who discovers his calling after hearing a piano being tuned at his school. He begins an apprenticeship under experienced craftsmen while learning to develop his own skill and purpose, with a 3.8-star average from more than 4,700 Goodreads ratings. A quiet, reflective choice for readers interested in Japanese fiction, music, craftsmanship, and finding one’s path.
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OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD
''A mesmerising reading experience for all of us seeking a meaningful life' JAPAN TIMES
What he experienced that day wasn’t life-changing . . . It was life-making.
Tomura is startled by the hypnotic sound of a piano being tuned in his school. It seeps into his soul and transports him to the forests, dark and gleaming, that surround his beloved mountain village. From that moment, he is determined to discover more.
Under the tutelage of three master piano-tuners – one humble, one jovial, one ill-tempered – Tomura embarks on his training, never straying too far from a single, unfathomable question: do I have what it takes?
Set in small-town Japan, this warm and mystical story is for the lucky few who have found their calling – and for the rest of us who are still searching. It shows that the road to finding one’s purpose is a winding path, often filled with treacherous doubts and, for those who persevere, astonishing moments of revelation.
Mega-bestselling winner of the Japan Booksellers Award, selected by bookshop staff as the book they most wanted to hand-sell: A tender and uplifting novel for fans of A WHOLE LIFE by Robert Seethaler.
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A warm, atmospheric fit for readers drawn to multigenerational literary fiction, small-town history, magical realism, and interconnected lives.
The Red Garden
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Magical Realism · People of Color
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A New York Times bestseller praised in a starred Booklist review as “gloriously sensuous, suspenseful, mystical, tragic, and redemptive,” The Red Garden traces 300 years in Blackwell, Massachusetts, through fourteen linked stories about its residents and the land connecting them. At the center is a garden where only red plants grow, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 4,200 Amazon reviewers. A warm, atmospheric fit for readers drawn to multigenerational literary fiction, small-town history, magical realism, and interconnected lives.
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From the author of Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick The Rules of Magic comes a transfixing glimpse into a small American town where a mysterious, magical garden holds the truth behind three hundred years of passion, dark secrets, loyalty, and redemption.
“[A] dreamy, fabulist series of connected stories . . . [These] tales, with their tight, soft focus on America, cast their own spell.”—The Washington Post
The Red Garden introduces us to the luminous and haunting world of Blackwell, Massachusetts, capturing the unexpected turns in its history and in our own lives. From the town's founder, a brave young woman from England who has no fear of blizzards or bears, to the young man who runs away to New York City with only his dog for company, the characters in The Red Garden are extraordinary and vivid: a young wounded Civil War soldier who is saved by a passionate neighbor, a woman who meets a fiercely human historical character, a poet who falls in love with a blind man, a mysterious traveler who comes to town in the year when summer never arrives.
At the center of everyone’s life is a mysterious garden where only red plants can grow, and where the truth can be found by those who dare to look.
Beautifully crafted and shimmering with magic, The Red Garden is as unforgettable as it is moving.
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Half witch and half vampire, Larissa Norton is a forbidden hybrid with a ruthless vampire lord hunting the power in her blood.
Coven Cove
Teen + Young Adult · Magical Realism
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Half witch and half vampire, Larissa Norton is a forbidden hybrid with a ruthless vampire lord hunting the power in her blood. Sent to a hidden academy after her father’s murder, she finds supernatural allies, dangerous lessons, forbidden feelings, and secrets that could make her a target of the witch council. This complete seven-book collection delivers dark academy magic and found family.
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She is a child of two worlds — a vampire and a witch. A secret hidden from her and the world for nearly a century. The wrong person just found out.
The night her father died, her mother shoved a vial of blood into her hands, put her on a train, and told her she'd be safe. Larissa never saw her again.
The train delivered her to Coven Cove Academy — a hidden school where witches, vampires, werewolves, and shape-shifters study side by side. All orphans. All learning to master powers the outside world could never understand.
For the first time, Larissa has a home. Real friends. And Nathan — the headmistress's mortal son, and the one boy at Coven Cove she's forbidden to want.
Then an accident exposes the magic she still carries — magic no vampire should have. The same power her parents died protecting, and the one a man has spent nearly a century hunting.
Her teachers defy the council to train her. The council wants her gone before she grows too strong to stop. And the man who killed her father hasn't stopped hunting — he's simply been waiting for her to be found.
Some gifts are worth dying for. Others get you killed.
Perfect for fans of Vampire Academy, House of Night, and anyone who wished Hogwarts had a darker side.
This bundle contains all 7 books in the bestselling Coven Cove series.
- Book 1: The Secret of the Blood Charm
- Book 2: The Shape of Things to Come
- Book 3: BloodLust
- Book 4: The Curse of the Crescent Moon
- Book 5: The House of the Rising Son
- Book 6: BloodWars
- Book 7: The Revenge of the Shadow Witch
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With a 4.4-star rating from more than 34,000 Amazon reviewers, it’s a strong fit for readers who like historical fantasy, haunted houses, cozy magic, and slow-burn romance.
Keeper of Enchanted Rooms
Fantasy · Literary Fiction · Cozy Fantasy · Magical Realism
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From Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg, Keeper of Enchanted Rooms follows Merritt, a writer trapped inside the enchanted estate he inherits, and Hulda, the keeper sent to tame it. With a 4.4-star rating from more than 34,000 Amazon reviewers, it’s a strong fit for readers who like historical fantasy, haunted houses, cozy magic, and slow-burn romance.
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A house of haunted history and ill temper. Make yourself at home in this beguiling novel of love, magic, and danger by Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg.
Rhode Island, 1846. Estranged from his family, writer Merritt Fernsby is surprised when he inherits a remote estate in the Narragansett Bay. Though the property has been uninhabited for more than a century, Merritt is ready to call it home—until he realizes he has no choice. With its doors slamming shut and locking behind him, Whimbrel House is not about to let Merritt leave. Ever.
Hulda Larkin of the Boston Institute for the Keeping of Enchanted Rooms has been trained in taming such structures in order to preserve their historical and magical significance. She understands the dangers of bespelled homes given to tantrums. She advises that it’s in Merritt’s best interest to make Whimbrel House their ally. To do that, she’ll need to move in, too.
Prepared as she is with augury, a set of magic tools, and a new staff trained in the uncanny, Hulda’s work still proves unexpectedly difficult. She and Merritt grow closer as the investigation progresses, but the house’s secrets run deeper than they anticipated. And the sentient walls aren’t their only concern—something outside is coming for the enchantments of Whimbrel House, and it could be more dangerous than what rattles within.
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Good for readers who like witchy novellas, cozy magical stakes, and established couples.
Spell of the Witch
Literary Fiction · Romantasy · Magical Realism · Paranormal Romance
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Faith Townsend-McCormick’s busy life in Keating Hollow starts to unravel when Hunter gains an evil secret admirer and trouble spreads through her beloved spa. In Spell of the Witch, Faith suspects another witch has cursed her family and business, leaving her to find the saboteur before she loses both. Good for readers who like witchy novellas, cozy magical stakes, and established couples.
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Faith Townsend-McCormick has a wonderfully busy life with her husband Hunter and their four kids. When she isn’t working at her beloved spa, she’s chasing her triplets around and cheering on their fourteen-year-old as she pursues her dream of acting at the local theatre. But when Hunter suddenly has an evil secret admirer and everything starts to go wrong at the spa, Faith suspects another witch has cursed her and her business. Now she needs to find the saboteur and reverse the curse before it’s too late to save her spa and her husband from the wicked witch of Keating Hollow.
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A strong match for readers drawn to timeslip historical fiction, Scottish settings, ghost stories, and women reclaiming hidden histories.
The Three Witches
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Magical Realism · Occult Horror
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Ruthie plays a witch in a "Macbeth" film but uncovers a restless spirit's secrets, while in 1050 Scotland, Isobel and her sisters face witchcraft accusations threatening their lives. The Three Witches has a 4.5-star rating from more than 400 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to timeslip historical fiction, Scottish settings, ghost stories, and women reclaiming hidden histories.
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Utterly gripping historical fiction from bestseller Elena Collins - perfect for fans of Barbara Erskine, Outlander and Weyward.
Now: When Ruthie gets the part of one of Macbeth’s famous three witches she can’t wait to get started. Inspired by the beauty of the film’s Scottish locations and the camaraderie of the cast and crew, she can leave behind the expectations of her family and her lacklustre love life, at least for now. But as echoes from the past begin whispering in Ruthie’s ear and a restless spirit draws her further into its centuries-old secrets, it soon becomes clear that only she can uncover the truth of a terrible injustice.
1050 Scotland: Isobel and her two sisters have learnt about healing from their loving mother Sidheag, and she in turn has kept them safe. But without the protection of their late father, Sidheag knows that her daughters must find husbands or their futures are at risk.
Isobel believes in love over duty and when she catches sight of King Macbeth’s stepson Lulach she can picture a happiness she had hardly dare imagine. But as heir to a Scottish throne that is drenched in blood, Lulach’s destiny is to be a warrior. When Isobel’s actions leave her and her sisters vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft there may be nothing that can keep the three women safe, not even the great Macbeth himself.
As the calls from the past grow ever louder, Ruthie has no choice. Macbeth’s witches have a story that needs to be told and the truth can no longer stay hidden…
Truly unforgettable timeslip historical fiction, perfect for fans of Emilia Hart, Clare Marchant and C.J. Cooke.
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A gentle fit for readers who like cozy fantasy, magical realism, found workplace worlds, and stories about healing through dreams.
The Dallergut Dream Department Store
Literary Fiction · Fantasy · Coming of Age · Cozy Fantasy · Magical Realism
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A #1 Korean bestseller, a magical store sells dreams, and a new employee discovers its secrets, bonding with unforgettable characters and exploring the power of imagination in The Dallergut Dream Department Store, with a 4.0-star rating from more than 700 Amazon reviewers. A gentle fit for readers who like cozy fantasy, magical realism, found workplace worlds, and stories about healing through dreams.
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THE #1 KOREAN BESTSELLER WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD
For fans of magical realism and the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series by Toshikazu Kawaguchi comes this cozy fantasy debut.
What if there was a store that sold dreams? Which would you buy? And who might you become when you wake up?
In a mysterious town hidden in our collective subconscious there's a department store that sells dreams. Day and night, visitors both human and animal shuffle in to purchase their latest adventure. Each floor specializes in a specific type of dream: childhood memories, food dreams, ice skating, dreams of stardom. Flying dreams are almost always sold out. Some seek dreams of loved ones who have died.
For Penny, an enthusiastic new hire, working at Dallergut is the opportunity of a lifetime. As she uncovers the workings of this whimsical world, she bonds with a cast of unforgettable characters, including Dallergut, the flamboyant and wise owner, Babynap Rockabye, a famous dream designer, Maxim, a nightmare producer, and the many customers who dream to heal, dream to grow, and dream to flourish.
A captivating story that will leave a lingering magical feeling in readers' minds, this is the first book in a bestselling duology for anyone exhausted from the reality of their daily life.
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A strong match for readers drawn to magical realism with fairy-tale imagery, grief, volatile romance, and transformation.
The Ice Queen
Literary Fiction · Coming of Age · Magical Realism
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Called “superb", a woman left guarded by childhood tragedy survives a lightning strike and seeks out Lazarus Jones, another survivor whose fiery nature opposes her emotional coldness. Their obsessive love affair forces both to confront the secrets behind what changed them, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 2,200 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to magical realism with fairy-tale imagery, grief, volatile romance, and transformation.
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From the bestselling author of The Rules of Magic, a miraculous, enthralling tale of a woman who is struck by lightning, and finds her frozen heart is suddenly burning.
Be careful what you wish for. A woman who was touched by tragedy as a child now lives a quiet life, keeping other people at a cool distance. She even believes she wants it that way. Then one day she utters an idle wish and, while standing in her house, is struck by lightning. But instead of ending her life, this cataclysmic event sparks a strange and powerful new beginning.
She goes in search of Lazarus Jones, a fellow survivor who was struck dead, then simply got up and walked away. Perhaps this stranger who has seen death face to face can teach her to live without fear. When she finds him, he is her perfect opposite, a burning man whose breath can boil water and whose touch scorches. As an obsessive love affair begins between them, both hide their most dangerous secrets—what happened in the past that turned one to ice and the other to fire.
A magical story of passion, loss, and renewal, The Ice Queen is Alice Hoffman at her electrifying best.
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A woman made monstrous by rumor enters a marriage where power, prophecy, and violence already wait for her.
Lady Macbeth
Literary Fiction · Romantasy · Magical Realism
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A woman made monstrous by rumor enters a marriage where power, prophecy, and violence already wait for her. Lady Macbeth reimagines Shakespeare’s infamous queen with a past of her own, following her through a hostile Scottish court where survival depends on strategy, hidden witchcraft, and the dangerous magic men fear most.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a “masterful reimagining” (Publishers Weekly) of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare’s most famous villainess, giving her a voice, a past, and a power that transforms the story men have written for her.
“Lady Macbeth doesn’t retell Shakespeare so much as slice cleanly through it, revealing what was hidden beneath. I couldn't look away.”—Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of Starling House
A CRIMEREADS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
The Lady knows the stories: how her eyes induce madness in men.
The Lady knows she will be wed to the Scottish brute, who does not leave his warrior ways behind when he comes to the marriage bed.
The Lady knows his hostile, suspicious court will be a game of strategy, requiring all of her wiles and hidden witchcraft to survive.
But the Lady does not know her husband has occult secrets of his own. She does not know that prophecy girds him like armor. She does not know that her magic is greater and more dangerous, and that it will threaten the order of the world.
She does not know this yet. But she will.
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