Could anyone recommend some books that have a sort of bend to reality?
Something that kinda gives of a “Everything, Everywhere, All at Once” energy.
I like Before the Coffee Gets Cold vibes too. If anyone has any recs I’d be grateful!
THE magical realism novel is *Pedro Paramo* by Juan Rulfo
ChuckFromPhilly on
Love in the time of cholera. It’s by the same author as 100 years of solitude but much more accessible.
El_Hombre_Aleman on
Victory city, Rushdie‘s latest.
seeclick8 on
Read anything by Alice Hoffman
IzzyCris on
“One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel García Márquez.
HilmPauI on
Blood Brothers: Born of the Blood is mostly a historical fiction with vampires and werewolves but it has magical realism.
AsymptoticSpatula on
Read Louise Erdrich. Tracks is a good starting point.
BookVermin on
As others have mentioned, would definitely recommend reading some of the Latin American authors that pioneered the genre such as **Gabriel García Márquez** and **Juan Rulfo.** **Isabel Allende (The House of the Spirits)** should definitely be on that list as well.
Other favs:
**Cloud Atlas** by David Mitchell
**The Elephant Vanishes** and **The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle** by Haruki Murakami
**Labyrinths** by Jorge Luis Borges
**If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller** by Italo Calvino
RepresentativeJump67 on
The House of Spirits by Allende
andeargdue on
Babel 😌
splasher55 on
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
kateinoly on
I love Jonathan Safran Foer. Try *Everything is Illuminated*
licensedtojill on
Long Division by Kiese Laymon. Impeccable.
tomatobrother on
Apart from the Latin American classics mentioned here, I’d highly recommend Haruki Murakami.
I found “Kafka On The Shore” and “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle” the most accessible ones, with a very interesting plot and marvellous characters.
Smirkly on
The Master and Margarita. Hang onto your hat, it is a wild ride; but fun. By Bulgakov.
okaymoose on
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
KiraDo_02 on
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
qquirkyy on
The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Cordova
mcrfreak78 on
The night circus
IskaralPustFanClub on
Mistborn has realistic magic if that’s what you mean?
WannabeUltrarunner on
Murakami and Jonathan Carroll writes such books. I am a fan of Carroll’s books – Land of Laughs or Outside the Dog Museum are good places to start.
Odd_Salad_4854 on
Piranesi – Susanna Clarke
Alone_Cheetah_7473 on
Pretty much anything by Alice Hoffman
Streetduck on
Charles de Lint
Shot_Manager9059 on
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
edsicalz on
My favorite novel of all time: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Another rec would be The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin. Read it for the first time this year back in March and find myself thinking about that story often.
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The satanic verses and One hundred years of solitude
Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link. It’s short stories.
Antkind by Charlie Kauffman
[The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57224204) by Shehan Karunatilka
[The Time Traveler’s Wife](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18619684) by Audrey Niffenegger
*Catch-22* by Joseph Heller?
Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
THE magical realism novel is *Pedro Paramo* by Juan Rulfo
Love in the time of cholera. It’s by the same author as 100 years of solitude but much more accessible.
Victory city, Rushdie‘s latest.
Read anything by Alice Hoffman
“One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel García Márquez.
Blood Brothers: Born of the Blood is mostly a historical fiction with vampires and werewolves but it has magical realism.
Read Louise Erdrich. Tracks is a good starting point.
As others have mentioned, would definitely recommend reading some of the Latin American authors that pioneered the genre such as **Gabriel García Márquez** and **Juan Rulfo.** **Isabel Allende (The House of the Spirits)** should definitely be on that list as well.
Other favs:
**Cloud Atlas** by David Mitchell
**The Elephant Vanishes** and **The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle** by Haruki Murakami
**Labyrinths** by Jorge Luis Borges
**If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller** by Italo Calvino
The House of Spirits by Allende
Babel 😌
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
I love Jonathan Safran Foer. Try *Everything is Illuminated*
Long Division by Kiese Laymon. Impeccable.
Apart from the Latin American classics mentioned here, I’d highly recommend Haruki Murakami.
I found “Kafka On The Shore” and “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle” the most accessible ones, with a very interesting plot and marvellous characters.
The Master and Margarita. Hang onto your hat, it is a wild ride; but fun. By Bulgakov.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Cordova
The night circus
Mistborn has realistic magic if that’s what you mean?
Murakami and Jonathan Carroll writes such books. I am a fan of Carroll’s books – Land of Laughs or Outside the Dog Museum are good places to start.
Piranesi – Susanna Clarke
Pretty much anything by Alice Hoffman
Charles de Lint
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
My favorite novel of all time: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Another rec would be The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin. Read it for the first time this year back in March and find myself thinking about that story often.
The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks Dalton
And
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab