Most Popular Magical Realism Books of the 1990s

Discover popular Magical Realism books from the 1990s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Blindness #1

Blindness

José Saramago

Dystopia · Magical Realism · Translation

1995

8.0/10 20 ratings

The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

Haruki Murakami

Magical Realism · Translation

1991

7.9/10 26 ratings

Chocolat #1

Chocolat

Joanne Harris

Magical Realism

1999

7.8/10 57 ratings

The Other Side of Silence

Margaret Mahy

Magical Realism · Young Adult · Mainstream · Mystery

October 1995

7.4/10 22 ratings

The Course of the Heart

M. John Harrison

Fantasy · Magical Realism

1992

6.4/10 25 ratings

A Series of Unfortunate Events #2

The Reptile Room

Lemony Snicket

Magical Realism · Young Adult

August 30, 1999

6.4/10 89 ratings

A Series of Unfortunate Events #1

The Bad Beginning

Lemony Snicket

Magical Realism · Young Adult

August 30, 1999

6.4/10 115 ratings

Signs of Life

M. John Harrison

Science Fiction · Magical Realism

1997

5.9/10 23 ratings

Practical Magic #1

Practical Magic

Alice Hoffman

Magical Realism

July 1995

5.7/10 21 ratings

Temps

Neil Gaiman, Alex Stewart

Fantasy · Magical Realism · Anthology

1991

9.5/10 2 ratings

The Night Watch

Sean Stewart

Fantasy · Magical Realism

1997

8.0/10 2 ratings

Resurrection Man

Sean Stewart

Fantasy · Magical Realism

1995

8.0/10 2 ratings

Mr. Vertigo

Paul Auster

Magical Realism · Mainstream

1994

7.5/10 6 ratings

Timbuktu

Paul Auster

Magical Realism · Mainstream

1998

7.8/10 6 ratings

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Haruki Murakami

Magical Realism · Translation

1997

7.7/10 7 ratings

The House of the Spirits

Isabel Allende

Magical Realism

1993

6.8/10 5 ratings

Dance Dance Dance

Haruki Murakami

Magical Realism · Translation

1994

6.5/10 6 ratings

Sarah Canary

Karen Joy Fowler

Magical Realism · Mainstream

1991

10.0/10 1 ratings

The Woman in the Wall

Patrice Kindl

Magical Realism · Young Adult

1997

6.0/10 1 ratings

Like Water for Chocolate

Laura Esquivel

Magical Realism

1992

6.0/10 1 ratings

The Artist of the Missing

Paul La Farge

Magical Realism · Mainstream

1999

The Famished Road #3

Infinite Riches

Ben Okri

Magical Realism

1999

Violet and Claire

Francesca Lia Block

Magical Realism · Young Adult

1999

Gone for Good

Mark Childress

Magical Realism

1998

The Flower in the Skull

Kathleen Alcalá

Magical Realism

1998

Collected Fictions

Jorge Luis Borges

Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

1998

Weetzie Bat (omnibus editions)

Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books

Francesca Lia Block

Magical Realism · Young Adult

1998

A Blessing on the Moon

Joseph Skibell

Magical Realism · Mainstream

1997

Spirits of the Ordinary

Kathleen Alcalá

Magical Realism

1997

Dogland

Will Shetterly

Magical Realism

1997

Thunder Mountain

Uncle River

Magical Realism

1996

Veronica

Nicholas Christopher

Magical Realism

1996

Goldsmith's Return

Terry Richard Bazes

Magical Realism · Mainstream

1995

Red Earth, Pouring Rain

Vikram Chandra

Magical Realism

1995

Weetzie Bat #5

Baby Be-Bop

Francesca Lia Block

Magical Realism · Young Adult

1995

Euphemia MacFarrigle and the Laughing Virgin

Christopher Whyte

Magical Realism

1995