Most Popular Magical Realism Books

Resurrection Man

Sean Stewart

Fantasy · Magical Realism

1995

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

Jorge Amado

Magical Realism · Translation

1969

The Astral Library

Kate Quinn

Fantasy · Magical Realism · Historical Fiction

February 17, 2026

The Library at Hellebore

Cassandra Khaw

Horror · Magical Realism

July 22, 2025

Who Fears Death #2

The Book of Phoenix

Nnedi Okorafor

Science Fiction · Magical Realism

April 29, 2015

Snake Ropes

Jess Richards

Magical Realism · Young Adult

May 10, 2012

Black God #13

Black God: Volume 13

Dall-Young Lim, Sung-Woo Park

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Magical Realism · Comics

July 19, 2011

Black God #11

Black God: Volume 11

Dall-Young Lim, Sung-Woo Park

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Magical Realism · Comics

November 30, 2010

Black God #10

Black God: Volume 10

Dall-Young Lim, Sung-Woo Park

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Magical Realism · Comics

August 31, 2010

Black God #9

Black God: Volume 9

Dall-Young Lim, Sung-Woo Park

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Magical Realism · Comics

May 31, 2010

Redemption in Indigo

Karen Lord

Magical Realism · Mythopoeic Awards

July 6, 2010

Black God #7

Black God: Volume 7

Dall-Young Lim, Sung-Woo Park

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Magical Realism · Comics

October 31, 2009

Black God #6

Black God: Volume 6

Dall-Young Lim, Sung-Woo Park

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Magical Realism · Comics

June 30, 2009

Black God #3

Black God: Volume 3

Dall-Young Lim, Sung-Woo Park

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Magical Realism · Comics

June 30, 2008

The Gargoyle

Andrew Davidson

Magical Realism

2008

Metamorphosis and Other Stories

Franz Kafka

Horror · Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

1971

Blindness #1

Blindness

José Saramago

Dystopia · Magical Realism · Translation

1995

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

Mariana Enríquez

Horror · Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

January 2009

The Sirens

Emilia Hart

Fantasy · Magical Realism · Historical Fiction · Mystery

April 1, 2025

Mr. Vertigo

Paul Auster

Magical Realism · Mainstream

1994

The Lost Apothecary

Sarah Penner

Magical Realism · Historical Fiction

March 2, 2021

A Sunny Place for Shady People

Mariana Enríquez

Horror · Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

September 17, 2024

The City of Mist

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Historical Fantasy · Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

November 23, 2021

Blackberry Wine

Joanne Harris

Magical Realism

2000

Bad Girls

Camila Villada

Magical Realism · Translation

March 1, 2019

The Magic Toyshop

Angela Carter

Fantasy · Magical Realism

1967

Beloved

Toni Morrison

Horror · Magical Realism

1987

They Both Die at the End #3

The Survivor Wants to Die at the End

Adam Silvera

Science Fiction · Magical Realism · Young Adult · Romance

May 6, 2025

They Both Die at the End #1

They Both Die at the End

Adam Silvera

Science Fiction · Magical Realism · Young Adult · Romance

September 4, 2017

The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother

Gabriel García Márquez

Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

1972

Timbuktu

Paul Auster

Magical Realism · Mainstream

1998

Things We Lost in the Fire

Mariana Enríquez

Horror · Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation · Mainstream

February 2017

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Haruki Murakami

Magical Realism · Translation

1997

The Other Side of Silence

Margaret Mahy

Magical Realism · Young Adult · Mainstream · Mystery

October 1995

Wizard of the Crow

Ngugi wa Thiongo

Magical Realism

2006

Weyward

Emilia Hart

Fantasy · Magical Realism · Historical Fiction

March 7, 2023