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Magic Realism

Magic realism or magical realism is an aesthetic style or genre of fiction in which magical elements blend to create a realistic atmosphere that accesses a deeper understanding of reality. The story explains these magical elements as normal occurrences, presented in a straightforward manner that places the "real" and the "fantastic" in the same stream of thought. It is a literary and visual art genre; creative fields that exhibit less significant signs of magic realism include film and music.
The term is broadly descriptive rather than critically rigorous: Matthew Strecher defines magic realism
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
Kafka on the Shore
The House of the Spirits
The Night Circus
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Like Water for Chocolate
Midnight’s Children
Love in the Time of Cholera
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Red Russia
The Master and Margarita
The Midnight Library
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
After Zero by Christina  CollinsTuck Everlasting by Natalie BabbittJake, Lucid Dreamer by David J. NaimanThe Eye of Lariloth by Grace EgertThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Magic realism in children's books
35 books — 31 voters
The New York Trilogy by Paul AusterIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezPublic Library and Other Stories by Ali Smith
Tips for a Borges Lover
19 books — 12 voters

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeerPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Etched City by K.J. BishopCity of Saints and Madmen by Jeff VanderMeerHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
New Weird Books
200 books — 138 voters
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenThe Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison AllenMagic America by C.E. MedfordThe Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison AllenPractical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Fun/Playful Magic Realism
50 books — 57 voters

Magic America by C.E. MedfordRainbirds by Clarissa GoenawanLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelCollected Fictions by Jorge Luis BorgesOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Collections of Magic Realism
29 books — 31 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Light of Eternal Spring by Angel Di ZhangThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Magic Realism
160 books — 313 voters

Maya Realm
You are an adventure. An exhilaratingly wild one at that.
Maya Realm, Roam Within: Macallah and the White World of Light

I.O. Scheffer
Should I hug her? Pet her head? Kick her? Why is she looking at me like how I look at shepherd's pie? ...more
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