Magical Realism

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

V. E. Schwab · Literary Fiction

This is a story about hunger. 1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada. A young girl grows up wild and wily—her beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of…

magical realism · historical fiction · gothic atmosphere · twist ending

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke · Fantasy

**From the *New York Times* bestselling author of *Jonathan Strange & Mr.

magical realism · portal fantasy · twist ending

Bunny

Mona Awad · Literary Fiction

Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University.

dark academia · magical realism · gothic atmosphere · coming of age · grimdark

Theo of Golden

Allen Levi · Literary Fiction

“[A] word-of-mouth smash hit.” —The New York Times One spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden.

magical realism · small town

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter

Heather Fawcett · Fantasy

**A woman who runs a cat rescue in 1920s Montreal turns to a grouchy but charming wizard to help save the shelter in this heartwarming cozy fantasy…

second chance romance · found family · magical realism

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig · Literary Fiction

Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever.

magical realism · multiple timelines · trauma recovery · redemption arc

Beloved

Toni Morrison · Literary Fiction

Toni Morrison--author of Song of Solomon and Tar Baby--is a writer of remarkable powers: her novels, brilliantly acclaimed for their passion, their…

historical fiction · magical realism · trauma recovery · haunted setting · ghosts

The Seven Year Slip

Ashley Poston · Romance

Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it.

romantic comedy · time travel · magical realism · forced proximity

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V. E. Schwab · Fantasy

France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.

slow burn · forbidden romance · second chance romance · magical realism · time travel · dark romance

The Midnight Train

Matt Haig · Literary Fiction

When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop?

magical realism · time travel · second chance romance · trauma recovery

Vigil

George Saunders · Literary Fiction

An electric novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo, taking place at the bedside of an oil…

magical realism · unreliable narrator · psychological thriller

The Ministry of Time

Kaliane Bradley · Literary Fiction

In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she'll be working on.

magical realism · time travel · romantic comedy · multiple timelines

Cursed Daughters

Oyinkan Braithwaite · Literary Fiction

When Ebun gives birth to her daughter, Eniiyi, on the day they bury her cousin Monife, there is no denying the startling resemblance between the…

magical realism · coming of age · redemption arc · twist ending

Death of the Author

Nnedi Okorafor · Literary Fiction

Preorder now and receive the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last―featuring a special alternate cover design on the hardcover case,…

magical realism · paranormal romance

The Book Witch

Meg Shaffer · Literary Fiction

Rainy March is a proud third-generation book witch, sworn to defend works of fiction from all foes real and imaginary.

magical realism · slow burn · portal fantasy · romantic comedy

The Teller of Small Fortunes

Julie Leong · Fantasy

A wandering fortune teller finds an unexpected family in this cozy fantasy debut, hailed as “perfection…a beautiful treasure of a book that will warm…

found family · cozy vibes · magical realism · coming of age

Odessa

Gabrielle Sher · Literary Fiction

In a powerfully imagined Russia at the height of the pogroms, a grief-stricken family turn to ancient magic to bring their daughter back from the…

magical realism · historical fiction · trauma recovery · grimdark

The Elsewhere Express

Samantha Sotto Yambao · Fantasy

When you lose your way in life, the Elsewhere Express just might find you.

cozy vibes · magical realism · portal fantasy · coming of age

The River Has Roots

Amal El-Mohtar · Fantasy

In the small town of Thistleford, on the edge of Faerie, dwells the mysterious Hawthorn family.

magical realism · found family · portal fantasy · fae

A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing

Alice Evelyn Yang · Literary Fiction

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION A dark, magical realist debut family saga that moves through the Japanese occupation of Manchuria,…

magical realism · historical fiction · coming of age · trauma recovery

A Short Stay in Hell

Steven L. Peck · Literary Fiction

An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he’ll be reunited with his loved ones in an eternal hereafter.

magical realism · survival

Practical Magic

Alice Hoffman · Literary Fiction

For more than two hundred years, the Owens women had been blamed for everything that went wrong in their Massachusetts town.

forbidden romance · witches · magical realism · coming of age

Thistlemarsh

Moorea Corrigan · Fantasy

Faeries disappeared over one hundred years ago, as suddenly as slipping through a doorway.

cozy vibes · magical realism · fae · found family

Sounds Like Love

Ashley Poston · Romance

A hitmaking songwriter and a bitter musician share a startling and inexplicable connection that they’ll do anything to shake, in the next sparkling,…

opposites attract · slow burn · magical realism

Palaces of the Crow

Ray Nayler · Literary Fiction

In Ray Nayler’s speculative novel of the recent past, four young teens caught between Nazis and the Red Army survive winter in the woods with the…

historical fiction · magical realism · survival · found family · coming of age

American Fantasy

Emma Straub · Literary Fiction

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, PEOPLE, AND TIME, AND HARPER'S BAZAAR "I can hardly remember the last time I read…

magical realism · coming of age · found family · fish out of water

Exit Party

Emily St. John Mandel · Literary Fiction

COMING AUTUMN 2026 From the bestselling author of Station Eleven, Exit Party is Emily St.

magical realism · multiple timelines · twist ending

Homebound

Portia Elan · Literary Fiction

'A work of joyous and serious invention' KALIANE BRADLEY 'Gripping...

magical realism · historical fiction · multiple timelines

Gliff

Ali Smith · Literary Fiction

From a literary master, a moving and genre-bending story about our era-spanning search for meaning and knowingAn uncertain near-future.

dystopian society · magical realism · portal fantasy · political intrigue

The Sun and the Starmaker

Rachel Griffin · Fantasy

There once was a village so far north that most considered it the top of the world...

slow burn · romantic comedy · magical realism · small town · paranormal romance

Water Moon

Samantha Sotto Yambao · Fantasy

**A woman inherits a pawnshop where you can sell your regrets, and then embarks on a magical journey when a charming young physicist wanders into the…

magical realism · romantic comedy · slow burn

The Library of Amorlin

Kalyn Josephson · Fantasy

A brilliant con artist and a secretive librarian collide in New York Times bestselling author Kalyn Josephson’s enchanting adult fantasy debut packed…

slow burn · urban fantasy · heist · enemies to lovers · magical realism

Lincoln in the Bardo

George Saunders · Literary Fiction

February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long,…

historical fiction · magical realism · found family · trauma recovery

Endling

Maria Reva · Literary Fiction

Ukraine, 2022. Yeva is a loner and a maverick biologist who lives out of her mobile lab. She scours the country’s forests and valleys, trying and…

magical realism · historical fiction · trauma recovery

Garden Spells

Sarah Addison Allen · Literary Fiction

**In a garden surrounded by a tall fence, tucked away behind a small house in the smallest of towns, is an apple tree rumored to bear a very special…

magical realism · small town · found family · cozy vibes

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Jesmyn Ward · Literary Fiction

**A SEARING AND PROFOUND SOUTHERN ODYSSEY BY NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER JESMYN WARD** In Jesmyn Ward's first novel since her National Book…

coming of age · found family · trauma recovery · magical realism · ghosts

Once There Were Wolves

Charlotte McConaghy · Literary Fiction

"Inti Flynn arrives in Scotland with her twin sister, Aggie, to lead a team of biologists tasked with reintroducing fourteen gray wolves into the…

coming of age · magical realism · trauma recovery

The Gingerbread Bakery

Laurie Gilmore · Romance

**From the international bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café and The Cinnamon Bun Book Store, comes the highly anticipated Dream Harbor…

small town · cozy vibes · romantic comedy · magical realism

What You Are Looking For Is in the Library

Michiko Aoyama · Literary Fiction

２０２１年本屋大賞第２位！！　「お探し物は、本ですか?　仕事ですか?　人生ですか?」　仕事や人生に行き詰まりを感じている5人が訪れた、町の小さな図書室。彼らの背中を、不愛想だけど聞き上手な司書さんが、思いもよらない本のセレクトと可愛い付録で、後押しします。　自分が本当に「探している物」に気がつき、明…

found family · magical realism · cozy vibes · coming of age

The Vivisectors

Missouri Williams · Literary Fiction

A reclusive graduate student is forced into a friendship that destabilizes her life in this surreal, allegorical romance.

dark academia · magical realism · slow burn · found family · friends to lovers

The Great Wherever

Shannon Sanders · Literary Fiction

NAMED ONE OF 2026'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS BY: ESQUIRE | LITERARY HUB | BOOKPAGE | DEBUTIFUL 'An epic and deeply human story' PATRICK RYAN, author of…

magical realism · coming of age · found family

Fairydale

Veronica Lancet · Literary Fiction

"I might be evil personified, but you're the only one I'll ever be good to." August 1955, When Miss Darcy O’Sullivan, an orphaned English teacher…

historical fiction · magical realism · coming of age · small town

Cloud Atlas

David Stephen Mitchell · Literary Fiction

A stunning, innovative Matyroshka doll of six nested narratives, which start in the 19th century and vault us into a dystopian future.

multiple timelines · magical realism · post apocalyptic · quest

The Bear and the Nightingale

Katherine Arden · Fantasy

At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses.

magical realism · historical fiction · dark academia · gothic atmosphere

Hum

Helen Phillips · Literary Fiction

A Most Anticipated Book for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Goodreads, LitHub, and Book Riot A Best Book of the Summer for Esquire,…

magical realism · trauma recovery

Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt

Ben Reeves · Literary Fiction

For fans of Fredrik Backman, Virginia Evan s and Lisa Ridzén, an astonishing, deeply moving novel about finding beauty in the brevity of life, as…

coming of age · magical realism · trauma recovery

The End of Everything

M. John Harrison · Literary Fiction

'Harrison is without peer as a chronicler of the fraught, unsteady state we're in' Olivia Laing Phillip Tennent makes his living at the tideline,…

magical realism · post apocalyptic

Daughter of the Forest

Juliet Marillier · Fantasy

Daughter of the Forest is a testimony to an incredible author's talent, a first novel and the beginning of a trilogy like no other: a mixture of…

slow burn · forbidden romance · historical fiction · trauma recovery · magical realism · redemption arc

The Salt Grows Heavy

Cassandra Khaw · Horror

You may think you know how the fairy tale goes: a mermaid comes to shore and weds the prince.

dark romance · gothic atmosphere · magical realism · paranormal romance

The Book of Records

Madeleine Thien · Literary Fiction

One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of the Summer A Literary Hub, Esquire, and Washington Post Most Anticipated Book of 2025 One of Time's and…

magical realism · multiple timelines

Orlando

Virginia Woolf · Literary Fiction

In her most exuberant, most fanciful novel, Woolf has created a character liberated from the restraints of time and sex.

historical fiction · magical realism · secret identity · multiple timelines

Migrations

Charlotte McConaghy · Literary Fiction

"Franny Stone has always been a wanderer.

slow burn · magical realism · survival · trauma recovery

The Poppy Fields

Nikki Erlick · Literary Fiction

Welcome to the Poppy Fields, where there’s hope for even the most battered hearts to heal.

found family · magical realism · trauma recovery · coming of age

Canon

Paige Lewis · Literary Fiction

“A scorchingly brilliant, wildly funny, and deeply moving epic.” —John Green, #1 globally bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars Two unlikely…

coming of age · magical realism · found family · quest

Nymph

Sofia Montrone · Literary Fiction

A STYLIST BEST QUEER FICTION BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2026 'Immersive, queer and atmospheric.

magical realism · coming of age · paranormal romance

Greenteeth

Molly O'Neill · Fantasy

From an outstanding new voice in cozy fantasy comes Greenteeth, "a joyful, warm-hearted" (H.

found family · cozy vibes · fae · magical realism

The Somewhat Wicked Witch of Brigandale

C. M. Waggoner · Fantasy

A practical witch must sabotage her beloved son's ascension to the throne in order to keep the kingdom from ruin, in this delightful cozy fantasy…

cozy vibes · romantic comedy · found family · magical realism

The Sirens

Emilia Hart · Fantasy

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • #1 LibraryReads Pick • Indie Next Pick A spellbinding novel about sisters…

found family · magical realism · historical fiction · multiple timelines

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

Tia Williams · Romance

"Leap years are a strange, enchanted time.

magical realism · fated mates

Private Rites

Julia Armfield · Literary Fiction

A NEW YORK TIMES Editors' Choice!

magical realism · forbidden romance · portal fantasy

The Warm Hands of Ghosts

Katherine Arden · Literary Fiction

During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this…

historical fiction · magical realism · quest · ghosts

Shark Heart

Emily Habeck · Literary Fiction

For Lewis and Wren, their first year of marriage is also their last.

slow burn · magical realism · trauma recovery

There Are Rivers in the Sky

Elif Shafak · Literary Fiction

From the Booker Prize finalist, author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about three characters living along two great rivers,…

magical realism · historical fiction

salt slow

Julia Armfield · Literary Fiction

In her brilliantly inventive and haunting debut collection of stories, Julia Armfield explores bodies and the bodily, mapping the skin and bones of…

magical realism · coming of age

Clear

Carys Davies · Literary Fiction

“Tender, riveting, and inventive is Clear, the newest offering and masterpiece from the brilliant Carys Davies.

magical realism · coming of age

A Monster Calls

Patrick Ness · Literary Fiction

A brilliant, graphic novel written by young but promising Patrick Ness.

coming of age · trauma recovery · magical realism · found family

Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut · Literary Fiction

One of Vonnegut's major works, a young writer decides to interview the children of a scientist primarily responsible for the creation of the atomic…

magical realism · twist ending

Villa Coco

Andrew Sean Greer · Literary Fiction

Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer ("A great chronicler of our times." —San Francisco Chronicle) showcases his wit, sophistication and deep…

magical realism · coming of age · fish out of water

Autumn

Ali Smith · Literary Fiction

A girl's friendship with an older neighbor stands at the center of this multifaceted meditation on aging, art, love, and affection.

magical realism · historical fiction · coming of age · trauma recovery

Dandelion Wine

Ray Bradbury · Literary Fiction

The summer of '28 was a vintage season for a growing boy.

coming of age · magical realism · small town

The Rainshadow Orphans

Naomi Ishiguro · Fantasy

Featuring stenciled edges and original art for the front and back endpapers.

magical realism · dragons · found family

The Book of Doors

Gareth Brown · Fantasy

Bookseller Cassie Andrews feels something is missing from her life.

slow burn · opposites attract · urban fantasy · portal fantasy · magical realism · found family

The White Octopus Hotel

Alexandra Bell · Fantasy

Journey to a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps, where two lost souls living in different centuries meet and discover if a second chance awaits them…

second chance romance · time travel · magical realism · multiple timelines · paranormal romance

The Unmaking of June Farrow

Adrienne Young · Fantasy

In the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her.

time travel · slow burn · second chance romance · revenge plot · magical realism

The Starseekers

Nicole Glover · Fantasy

Indiana Jones meets Hidden Figures in this brand-new stand-alone historical fantasy set in the world of The Conductors, in which the space race of…

historical fiction · magical realism · coming of age

Sipsworth

Simon Van Booy · Literary Fiction

A LOVE READING STAR PICK AND BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A gorgeously odd tale about finding yourself again, unexpectedly.

magical realism · coming of age · found family · cozy vibes

The Book of Lost Hours

Hayley Gelfuso · Fantasy

"A spectacular historical and speculative novel about a WWII-era girl who grows up trapped in the "time space," a cavernous library featuring books…

historical fiction · magical realism · forbidden romance · multiple timelines · survival

Love Me Tomorrow

Emiko Jean · Romance

From the New York Times bestselling author of Tokyo Ever After comes “an endearing, lightly magical romantic comedy” (Kirkus Reviews) about a girl…

romantic comedy · magical realism · time travel · slow burn · fated mates

Bad Cree

Jessica Johns · Horror

When Mackenzie wakes up with a severed crow’s head in her hands, she panics.

coming of age · magical realism · trauma recovery

In the Company of Witches

Auralee Wallace · Mystery & Thriller

The cozy, magical TikTok sensation, now in trade paperback with exclusive bonus content!

magical realism · found family · witches

Mayra

Nicky Gonzalez · Literary Fiction

An eerie, hypnotic debut about friendship, desire, and memory set against the sultry backdrop of Florida’s swamplands.

magical realism · found family · trauma recovery · gothic atmosphere

Paradise Logic

Sophie Kemp · Literary Fiction

**A hilarious, surreal, and devastating journey into the mind of Reality Kahn, a young woman on a quest to be the greatest girlfriend of all…

magical realism · coming of age · psychological thriller

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison · Literary Fiction

A cloth bag containing ten copies of the title, that may also include a folder with miscellaneous notes, discussion questions, biographical…

coming of age · magical realism · found family · quest

The Other Valley

Scott Alexander Howard · Literary Fiction

LONGLISTED FOR CANADA READS 2025 | Shortlisted for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize For fans of Emily St.

magical realism · coming of age · portal fantasy

Beautyland

Marie-Helene Bertino · Literary Fiction

From the acclaimed author of Parakeet, Marie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland is a wise, tender novel about a woman who doesn't feel at home on Earth.

magical realism

The Shadow of the Object

Chloe Aridjis · Literary Fiction

***LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026*** 'One of our boldest writers' Deborah Levy A magnificent work of shadow-play and a meditation on desire,…

magical realism · unreliable narrator · multiple timelines · trauma recovery

When Women Were Dragons

Kelly Barnhill · Fantasy

A GOODREADS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A fiery feminist fantasy tale set in 1950s America where thousands of women have spontaneously transformed into…

magical realism · historical fiction · dragons · coming of age · redemption arc

Honeysuckle

Bar Fridman-Tell · Fantasy

In a lush, quiet field, a girl made of flowers opens her eyes and meets Rory, a boy who is desperate to have a friend.

gothic atmosphere · magical realism · coming of age · found family · forbidden romance

Wyrd Sisters

Terry Pratchett · Fantasy

Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Maigrat have fairy godmother-dom thrust upon them.

found family · cozy vibes · witches · quest · magical realism

The Snow Child

Eowyn Ivey · Fantasy

November, 1920. Jack and Mabel have staked everything on making a fresh start in a homestead 'at the world's edge' in the Alaskan wilderness. But as…

magical realism · historical fiction · coming of age · gothic atmosphere

The Baby Dragon Café

A. T. Qureshi · Fantasy

magical realism · found family · small town

The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore

Amanpreet Kaur · Romance

A seaside bookstore. Fresh cinnamon buns. One flirty carpenter... and a secret room that changes everything. When Ellie Harper escapes burnout to run…

slow burn · workplace romance · romantic comedy · magical realism · cozy vibes

Nightbitch

Rachel Yoder · Horror

In this blazingly smart and voracious debut novel, an artist turned stay-at-home mom becomes convinced she's turning into a dog.

magical realism · psychological thriller · trauma recovery · grimdark · gothic atmosphere

Catherine House

Elisabeth Thomas · Literary Fiction

A gothic-infused debut of literary suspense, set within a secluded, elite university and following a dangerously curious, rebellious undergraduate…

gothic atmosphere · magical realism · haunted setting

The Penelopiad

Margaret Atwood · Literary Fiction

Homer's Odyssey is not the only version of the story.

historical fiction · magical realism · twist ending · redemption arc

The Paper Menagerie

Ken Liu · Literary Fiction

Presents the author's selection of his best short stories, as well as a new piece.

magical realism · coming of age

Paradise

Toni Morrison · Literary Fiction

"Rumors had been whispered for more than a year.

historical fiction · magical realism · found family · trauma recovery

The Rouse

China Miéville · Literary Fiction

From the bestselling, award-winning master of uncanny fiction comes a defining work, twenty years in the making – a deeply moving, decade- and…

grimdark · magical realism · trauma recovery · political intrigue

You've Reached Sam

Dustin Thao · Literary Fiction

Seventeen-year-old Julie has her future all planned out—move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city, spend a summer…

coming of age · trauma recovery · magical realism · small town · missing person

The Garden

Nick Newman · Literary Fiction

A darkly beautiful, eerie, hypnotic novel about two elderly sisters living alone at the edge of the world.

gothic atmosphere · magical realism · psychological thriller · haunted setting · closed circle · trauma recovery

Ours

Phillip B. Williams · Literary Fiction

Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, People, Los Angeles Times, NPR, and more “An inventive ode to self-determination and also a…

magical realism · coming of age

My Death

Lisa Tuttle · Literary Fiction

The narrator of 'My Death' is living in isolation after the death of her husband.

magical realism · trauma recovery · historical fiction

Stories of Your Life and Others

Ted Chiang · Sci-Fi

Ted Chiang's first published story, "Tower of Babylon," won the Nebula Award for 1990.

magical realism · time travel

Freshwater

Akwaeke Emezi · Literary Fiction

Both a recounting of trauma and its impacts, as well as a retelling of a Nigerian fable.

coming of age · magical realism · trauma recovery · unreliable narrator

The Lost Story

Meg Shaffer · Literary Fiction

As boys, best friends Jeremy Cox and Rafe Howell went missing in a vast West Virginia state forest, only to mysteriously reappear six months later…

magical realism · coming of age · quest · portal fantasy · found family

The Witch Below the Dreaming Wood

H. G. Parry · Fantasy

Wales, 1941. As the second world war ravages the globe and bombs fall from the sky, people all over the world begin to dream of King Arthur. The…

magical realism · historical fiction · witches · portal fantasy · gothic atmosphere

Wildwood Dancing

Juliet Marillier · Fantasy

High in the Transylvanian woods, at the castle Piscul Draculi, live five daughters and their doting father.

slow burn · forbidden romance · gothic atmosphere · paranormal romance · fae · magical realism

The Wood at Midwinter

Susanna Clarke · Fantasy

From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an enchanting, beautifully illustrated…

magical realism · historical fiction

Blacktail

Scott Hawkins · Fantasy

A visceral dark fantasy novel, Blacktail is the long-awaited second novel from Scott Hawkins, the critically acclaimed author of The Library at Mount…

grimdark · magical realism · forbidden romance · survival

Gods and Monsters

E E King · Fantasy

"Combines the dark mythology of fantasy with the dangerous social commentary of Hunter S.

urban fantasy · magical realism · slow burn

The Starless Sea

Erin Morgenstern · Fantasy

**FAR BENEATH** the surface of the earth, upon the shores of the Starless Sea, there is a labyrinthine collection of tunnels and rooms filled with…

slow burn · portal fantasy · magical realism · found family

The Charmed Library

Jennifer Moorman · Fantasy

With her signature blend of magical and heartfelt storytelling, USA TODAY bestselling author Jennifer Moorman returns with The Charmed Library, a…

found family · cozy vibes · magical realism · portal fantasy

Carnival Fantástico

Angela Montoya · Fantasy

An unputdownable romantasy following a young woman posing as fortune-teller at a magical traveling carnival, where the handsome boy who once broke…

enemies to lovers · slow burn · coming of age · found family · magical realism

The Impossible Garden of Clara Thorne

Summer N. England · Fantasy

Love grows in the most unimaginable of places in Summer N.

slow burn · found family · cozy vibes · romantic comedy · magical realism

Uprooted

Naomi Novik · Fantasy

"Our Dragon doesn't eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley.

enemies to lovers · slow burn · dark academia · magical realism · found family · gothic atmosphere

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

Alix E. Harrow · Fantasy

In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself.

coming of age · portal fantasy · slow burn · magical realism · found family

The City We Became

N. K. Jemisin · Fantasy

Three-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K.

urban fantasy · magical realism · found family · political intrigue

Sorrowland

Rivers Solomon · Sci-Fi

A TIME 100 Must-Read Book of 2021 A New York Times Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2021 The Stonewall Book Award winner of 2022 Named a Best…

dystopian society · magical realism · trauma recovery · found family

The Einstein Intersection

Samuel R. Delany · Sci-Fi

The surface story tells of the problems a member of an alien race, Lo Lobey, has assimilating the mythology of earth, where his kind have settled…

magical realism · space opera · quest