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What Is Magical Realism?

What is Magical Realism? It can be hard to pin down. Ultimately we have the authors of Latin America to thank for this, quite literally, fantastic genre. Magical Realism has come to encompass surealism and fabulism and helps us to reconsider the realities we've become too embroiled in to think about questioning.

100 Must Reads Of Magical Realism

Here are 100 magical realism books and must-read recommendations, from novels to short story collections, from authors like Isabel Allende and Borges.

The 10 Best Books to Introduce You to Magical Realism

Ten great book recommendations to introduce you to the world of magical realism.

Meet Your New Favorite Darkly Comic, Magical Realist Writer: Eden Robinson

An introduction to the Indigenous, Canadian author Eden Robinson who writes gritty, raw fiction that is magical, hilarious, suspenseful, and moving.

Book Style: BONE GAP by Laura Ruby

An outfit inspired by the cover and themes of Laura Ruby's Bone Gap.

Book Style: OF THINGS GONE ASTRAY by Janina Matthewson

Fashionable interpretation of Janina Matthewson's OF THINGS GONE ATRAY. Pure whimsy and perfect for Spring!

Defining The End of the World As We Know It: Apocalyptic vs. Dystopia vs. Spec Fic

Confused about apocalyptic vs. dystopia vs. speculative fiction vs. slipstream? Get sci-fi lit terms defined here!