Most Popular Magical Realism Books of the 2000s

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

Fantasy · Magical Realism · Adventure

2005

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Díaz

Magical Realism · Mainstream

2007

Queen of Dreams

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Magical Realism

2004

The Invention of Morel

Adolfo Bioy Casares

Magical Realism

2003

When Autumn Leaves

Amy S. Foster

Fantasy · Magical Realism

October 2009

The Sound of Building Coffins

Louis Maistros

Magical Realism

2009

Tides from the New Worlds

Tobias S. Buckell

Science Fiction · Magical Realism · Short Stories

April 2009

The Blue Fox

Sjón

Fantasy · Magical Realism · Translation · Mainstream

March 2008

Snakehead

Ann Halam

Fantasy · Magical Realism · Young Adult

2007

The Ingenious Edgar Jones

Elizabeth Garner

Magical Realism

2007

The Bestiary

Nicholas Christopher

Magical Realism

2007

The Gospel of the Knife

Will Shetterly

Magical Realism

2007

The New Moon's Arms

Nalo Hopkinson

Magical Realism

2007

No Castles Here

A. C. E. Bauer

Magical Realism · Young Adult

2007

A Patch of Dreams

Hideji Oda

Fantasy · Magical Realism · Comics

January 2006

St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

Karen Russell

Fantasy · Magical Realism · Short Stories

2006

Impossible Stories

Zoran Zivkovic

Fantasy · Magical Realism · Anthology

April 2006

Rain Village

Carolyn Turgeon

Magical Realism

2006

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Walter Mosley

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Magical Realism · Young Adult · Historical Fiction

April 1, 2005

Travels in the Scriptorium

Paul Auster

Magical Realism · Mainstream · Mystery

January 2005

Black Sunshine

Alexander Zelenyj

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Magical Realism

2005

Weetzie Bat #6

Necklace of Kisses

Francesca Lia Block

Magical Realism · Young Adult

2005

Margarettown

Gabrielle Zevin

Magical Realism

2005

Trash Sex Magic

Jennifer Stevenson

Magical Realism

2004

Weetzie Bat (omnibus editions)

Beautiful Boys

Francesca Lia Block

Magical Realism · Young Adult

2004

Weetzie Bat (omnibus editions)

Goat Girls

Francesca Lia Block

Magical Realism · Young Adult

2004

Animal Crackers

Hannah Tinti

Magical Realism · Short Stories

2004

Memories of My Melancholy Whores

Gabriel García Márquez

Magical Realism · Translation

2004

The English Disease

Joseph Skibell

Magical Realism · Mainstream

2003

Nightdancing

Elizabeth Garner

Magical Realism

2003

The Golems of Gotham

Thane Rosenbaum

Magical Realism

2002

Valentine

Lucius Shepard

Magical Realism

2002

The Facts of Life

Graham Joyce

Magical Realism · World Fantasy Award

2002

Green Music

Ursula Pflug

Magical Realism

2001

Nectar

David C. Fickett

Magical Realism · Mainstream

2001

Jubilee

Jack Dann

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Magical Realism · Short Stories

2001