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Top 20 Ennui-Filled Magical Realism Reads

These stories take place in worlds similar to ours with magical elements that blue the lines between fantasy and reality. Their characters must first conquer their own demons before they can conquer any others.

1Q84

1Q84
ByHaruki Murakami,Jay Rubin(Translator),+1 more

2009 • 715 Readers • 1,184 pages 3.7

American Gods

American Gods
ByNeil Gaiman

2001 • 2,232 Readers • 558 pages 4

Catherine House

Catherine House
ByElisabeth Thomas

2020 • 190 Readers • 320 pages 3.4

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

2010 • 208 Readers • 257 pages 3.3

How to Stop Time

How to Stop Time
ByMatt Haig

2017 • 400 Readers • 352 pages 3.8

Kindred

Kindred
ByOctavia E. Butler

1979 • 799 Readers • 292 pages 4.3

Klara and the Sun

Klara and the Sun
ByKazuo Ishiguro

1901 • 1,107 Readers • 418 pages 3.8

Life of Pi

Life of Pi
ByYann Martel

1980 • 1,026 Readers • 480 pages 3.8

Mexican Gothic

Mexican Gothic
BySilvia Moreno-Garcia,Dan Sociu(Translator)

2020 • 1,076 Readers 3.7

Nothing to See Here

Nothing to See Here
ByKevin Wilson

2019 • 291 Readers • 288 pages 4.2

Piranesi

Piranesi
BySusanna Clarke,Viktor Janiš(translator)

2019 • 2,030 Readers • 273 pages 4.2

The Chosen and the Beautiful

2021 • 205 Readers • 260 pages 3.5

The Falling in Love Montage

2020 • 106 Readers • 368 pages 3.7

The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel

1996 • 469 Readers • 512 pages 4.2

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

2020 • 1,989 Readers • 560 pages 4.1

The Midnight Library

2020 • 2,594 Readers • 288 pages 3.8

The Passion

The Passion
ByJeanette Winterson

1987 • 78 Readers • 178 pages 3.5

The Rose Garden

The Rose Garden
BySusanna Kearsley

2011 • 29 Readers • 476 pages 4

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

2020 • 715 Readers • 404 pages 3.8

Toil & Trouble

Toil & Trouble
ByAugusten Burroughs

2019 • 28 Readers • 320 pages 3.7