Magical Realism

Dive into a world where the extraordinary blends into the everyday with this week's Midweek Reads selection of magical realism!

Updated March 5, 2025
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One hundred years of solitude
García Márquez, Gabriel
Paper Book
Now a Netflix original series! "An irresistible work of storytelling, mixing the magic of the fairy tale, the realistic detail of the domestic novel and the breadth of the family saga." -- New York Times One of the most influential literary works of our time, One Hundred...
Pedro Páramo, Juan Rulfo
Riveiro Espasandín, José.
Paper Book
Vampires in the lemon grove : stories
Russell, Karen
Paper Book
From the author of the New York Times best seller Swamplandia!--a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--a magical new collection of stories that showcases Karen Russell's gifts at their inimitable best. A dejected teenager discovers that the universe is communicating with...
Quichotte : a novel
Rushdie, Salman
Paper Book
The epic new novel from the Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie - a playful inversion of Don Quixote set in contemporary America. ***SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019*** In a tour-de-force that is both an...
A tale for the time being
Ozeki, Ruth
Paper Book
The golden house : a novel
Rushdie, Salman
Paper Book
**New York Times bestseller** A Guardian / Observer Book of the Year When powerful real-estate tycoon Nero Golden immigrates to the States under mysterious circumstances, he and his three adult children assume new identities, taking 'Roman'...
The book of form and emptiness
Ozeki, Ruth
Paper Book
Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction "No one writes like Ruth Ozeki--a triumph." --Matt Haig, New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library "Inventive, vivid, and propelled by a sense of wonder." --TIME "If you've lost your...
The wind-up bird chronicle
Murakami, Haruki
Paper Book
A "dreamlike and compelling" tour de force (Chicago Tribune)--an astonishingly imaginative detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets from Japan's forgotten campaign in Manchuria during World War II. Now with a new...
Kelala yu tai yang
Ishiguro, Kazuo
Paper Book
Life of Pi : a novel
Martel, Yann.
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE One boy. One boat. One tiger.    After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a...
La sombra del viento
Ruiz Zafón, Carlos
Paper Book
Barcelona 1945, Semper lleva a su hijo Daniel al "cementerio de libros olvidados", un edificio grande, viejo y sombrío, lleno de volúmenes que la gente ha ido llevando allí para preservarlos del abandono o destrucción; según la tradición quien entra por primera vez tiene que adoptar un libro. Entre...
The alchemist
Coelho, Paulo
Paper Book
Paulo Coelho's enchanting novel has inspired a devoted following around the world. This story, dazzling in its powerful simplicity and soul-stirring wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of...
New directions in the psychological treatment of serious mental illness
Marsh, Diane T.
Paper Book
This volume offers a comprehensive examination of current theory, research, and practice concerning people with serious mental illness and their families. There are presently many exciting developments under way, as professional practice is reformulated to emphasize the contributions of...
The time traveler's wife
Niffenegger, Audrey.
Paper Book
A dazzling novel in the most untraditional fashion, this is the remarkable story of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare's passionate love affair...

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