Favorite modern magical realism reads? I love Shadow of the Wind, Big Fish, and the Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
Favorite modern magical realism reads? I love Shadow of the Wind, Big Fish, and the Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
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I just finished She Would Be King, and it was incredible <3 Highly recommend!
I love all of Charles de Lint’s Newford series. The first one I read was ‘Forests of the Heart’, but ‘Onion Girl’ (and ‘Widdershins’, which involves the same main character) is my favorite.
Night circus!!
One of my favs too!! I have to reeread that since i last read it like 6 years ago
@Joanna you’d probably like Caraval too then!
@Barbara YES! I’m reading that this summer probably. Still need to get through Wheel of Time.
@Barbara I second The Night Circus 😍
Aimee Bender, Kelly Link, and Karen Russell are all good, especially if you like short stories (Bender and Russell both have at least one novel as well), and if you also like things that might stray to the darker side of weird. Anne-Marie McLemore is lovely if you don’t mind YA. Francesca Lia Block as well. Helen Oyeyemi is great.
I didn’t realize Oscar Wao was magical realism. I added it to my DNF pile because I could NOT get myself to finish it
the Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies
the first in the series (Fifth Business) is actually on sale today on Kindle & Nook for $1.99
I enjoy Carrie Hope Fletcher’s books! I make them my bath reads so I have something to read in the bath when I only have library books.
LOVED both Shadow of the Wind and The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Both soooo good.