Most Popular Magical Realism Books of the 1980s

Discover popular Magical Realism books from the 1980s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Trilogy of the Rat #3

A Wild Sheep Chase

Haruki Murakami

Magical Realism · Translation

1989

7.7/10 31 ratings

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Patrick Süskind

Magical Realism · Translation · World Fantasy Award

1985

7.6/10 58 ratings

The General in His Labyrinth

Gabriel García Márquez

Magical Realism · Translation

1989

10.0/10 1 ratings

Desolation Road

Ian McDonald

Science Fiction · Magical Realism · Locus Award

1988

10.0/10 1 ratings

Nights at the Circus

Angela Carter

Fantasy · Magical Realism

1984

8.0/10 6 ratings

Beloved

Toni Morrison

Horror · Magical Realism

1987

7.7/10 7 ratings

Moon Palace

Paul Auster

Magical Realism · Mainstream

1989

7.0/10 1 ratings

The Day of Creation

J. G. Ballard

Magical Realism

1987

7.0/10 2 ratings

A Maggot

John Fowles

Magical Realism

1985

7.0/10 2 ratings

The Pigeon

Patrick Süskind

Magical Realism · Translation

1988

6.5/10 4 ratings

Trilogy of the Rat #1

Hear the Wind Sing

Haruki Murakami

Magical Realism · Translation

1987

6.7/10 3 ratings

Bellefleur

Joyce Carol Oates

Fantasy · Horror · Gothic Horror · Historical Fantasy · Magical Realism

1980

7.0/10 2 ratings

Trilogy of the Rat #2

Pinball, 1973

Haruki Murakami

Magical Realism · Translation

1985

6.3/10 3 ratings

Not Wanted on the Voyage

Timothy Findley

Fantasy · Magical Realism

1984

6.7/10 6 ratings

Stepping from the Shadows

Patricia A. McKillip

Magical Realism · Mainstream

1982

6.0/10 1 ratings

The Girl in a Swing

Richard Adams

Magical Realism

1980

5.4/10 8 ratings

Weetzie Bat #1

Weetzie Bat

Francesca Lia Block

Magical Realism · Young Adult

1989

The Stories of Eva Luna

Isabel Allende

Magical Realism

1989

Woman of the Aeroplanes

Kojo Laing

Magical Realism

1988

The Carpathians

Janet Frame

Magical Realism

1988

Eva Luna

Isabel Allende

Magical Realism

1987

Of Love and Shadows

Isabel Allende

Magical Realism

1985

Love in the Time of Cholera

Gabriel García Márquez

Magical Realism · Translation

1985

Shabono

Florinda Donner

Magical Realism

1984

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Gabriel García Márquez

Magical Realism · Translation

1981