Hello! I am looking for some good recommendations for historical fiction vs magical realism. Some of my favorites include
1. The immortal life of Addie La Rue
2. The Golemn and the Jinni
3. The bear and the nightingale series (loved this one)
4. Memoirs of a geisha
5. The book thief
by iweewoo
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• The nightingale by kristin hannah ( historical fiction)
• the night circus or the starless sea by erin morgenstern (magical realism/fantasy)
• lessons in chemistry by bonnie garmus (historical fiction/literary fiction)
•pretty much any (new)Taylor Jenkins-reid (historical fiction)
Macunaima by Mario de Andrade, a magical realist novel set in the Brazilian Amazon and based on local mythology and folklore.
Oh, the Book Their was really great.
I also really loved **Anna’s World** by husband and wife team Wim Coleman & Pat Perrin. It follows a teenage girl in 1840s New England (during the Mexican-American War). When her father’s business (and much of her home town) is destroyed in a flood, Anna is send off to live with the Shakers while her father rebuilds his life in Boston.