The most popular magical realism books of 2024

Magical realism tells realistic stories in which the impossible simply happens. A ghost sits down to dinner, it rains flowers, a family curse runs for a hundred years, and nobody finds it strange. The magic is never explained. Expect rich, dreamlike novels rooted in real places, families and histories. This list shows the ones first published in 2024.

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The Familiar
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The Familiar

Leigh Bardugo

2024 · 2025 edition

400 pages

Strange Folk
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Strange Folk

Alli Dyer

2024 · 2025 edition

448 pages

Fray
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Fray

Chris Carse Wilson

2024 · 2023 edition

240 pages

Ours
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Ours

Phillip B. Williams

2024 · 2025 edition

592 pages

Artemis
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Artemis

Gina Kincade, Erzabet Bishop

Published 2024

404 pages

Brat
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Brat

Gabriel Smith

Published 2024

320 pages