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Magical Realism
35 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
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Authors Like Haruki Murakami: 6 Writers to Read Next
Authors like Haruki Murakami for fans of Kafka on the Shore and Norwegian Wood — Kazuo Ishiguro, David Mitchell, Italo Calvino, Borges, and more, with where to start.
Authors Like Neil Gaiman: 7 Fantasy Writers to Read
Authors like Neil Gaiman for fans of American Gods and The Ocean at the End of the Lane — Terry Pratchett, Susanna Clarke, V.E. Schwab, Erin Morgenstern, and more.
Authors Like V.E. Schwab: 6 Fantasy Writers to Read Next
Authors like V.E. Schwab for fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue — Erin Morgenstern, Susanna Clarke, Neil Gaiman, Madeline Miller, and more, with where to start.
Books Like The Night Circus: 10 Atmospheric Fantasies
Books like The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern — 10 atmospheric, magical novels from The Starless Sea to Addie LaRue and Piranesi, with where to start for each.
Books Like Caraval: 8 Magical Romantasy Reads
If Caraval's immersive magical game, lush atmosphere, and morally gray romance enchanted you, these whimsical and dark fantasy picks deliver the same spellbound feeling.
Books Like The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: 9 Reads
If Schwab's haunting story of a woman cursed to be forgotten enchanted you, these magical, atmospheric novels of memory, time, and longing hit the same nerve.
Where to Start with Erin Morgenstern: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Erin Morgenstern — whether to begin with The Night Circus or The Starless Sea. A complete reading guide to the fantasy author.
Where to Start with Haruki Murakami: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Haruki Murakami — Norwegian Wood is the ideal entry point, Hard-Boiled Wonderland is his most ambitious novel, and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is his masterpiece. How to navigate one of contemporary fiction's most essential catalogs. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Mo Yan: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Mo Yan — whether to begin with Red Sorghum, Big Breasts and Wide Hips, or The Republic of Wine. A complete guide to the Chinese Nobel laureate.
Best Japanese Literature: Essential Novels and Stories
The best Japanese literature — from Snow Country and Norwegian Wood to Kafka on the Shore and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Essential reading from Japan.
Best Latin American Literature: Essential Reading List
The best Latin American literature — from One Hundred Years of Solitude and Ficciones to Love in the Time of Cholera and The Aleph. Essential novels and stories.
Best Magical Realism Books: The Essential Reading List
The best magical realism novels from García Márquez and Borges to Toni Morrison and Salman Rushdie — books where the magical and the mundane coexist without explanation, and the result is more real than realism.
Best Spanish Literature: Essential Novels from Spain
The best Spanish literature — from Don Quixote and The Shadow of the Wind to One Hundred Years of Solitude. Essential novels from Spain and the Spanish-speaking world.
Gabriel García Márquez Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Guide
García Márquez's complete bibliography in order — from One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera to Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Best starting points for new readers.
Isabel Allende Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Isabel Allende's complete bibliography in order — from The House of the Spirits and Eva Luna to Daughter of Fortune and A Long Petal of the Sea. Best starting points.
Jorge Luis Borges Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Jorge Luis Borges's complete bibliography in order — from Ficciones and Labyrinths to The Aleph and Dreamtigers. Best starting points for new readers.
Mikhail Bulgakov Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Mikhail Bulgakov's complete bibliography in order — from The Master and Margarita and The Heart of a Dog to The White Guard. Best starting points for new readers.
Salman Rushdie Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Salman Rushdie's complete bibliography in order — from Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses to The Ground Beneath Her Feet. Best starting points and reading order.
Where to Start with Gabriel García Márquez: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Gabriel García Márquez — whether to begin with One Hundred Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera, or No One Writes to the Colonel.
Where to Start with Günter Grass: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Günter Grass — whether to begin with The Tin Drum, Cat and Mouse, or The Flounder. A complete reading guide to Grass's Danzig novels.
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