Katabasis (Standard Edition) A Novel
R. F. Kuang
Published 2025
560 pages
The most popular magical realism books of 2025
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 2025.
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The Amalfi Curse
Sarah Penner
Published 2025
304 pages
I Am Not Jessica Chen
Ann Liang
Published 2025
310 pages
The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands
Sarah Brooks
Published 2025
400 pages
Anima Rising
Christopher Moore
Published 2025
400 pages
The White Octopus Hotel
Alexandra Bell
Published 2025
368 pages
The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah
Jean Meltzer
Published 2025
368 pages
Archive of Unknown Universes
Ruben Reyes Jr.
Published 2025
288 pages
Ultramarine
Mariette Navarro
Published 2025
159 pages
The Underwood Tapes
Amanda DeWitt
Published 2025
320 pages
The Burial Witch
Cari Thomas
Published 2025
150 pages
Through an Open Window
Pamela Terry
Published 2025
352 pages
Send Flowers
Emily Buchanan
Published 2025
352 pages
With the Heart of a Ghost
Lim Sunwoo
2025 · 2026 edition
200 pages
Severe and Unusual Weather
Jessie Ann Foley
Published 2025
272 pages
Overmorrow
Lancelot Schaubert
Published 2025
324 pages
The Florentine Quilt
Chrissie Bellbrae
Published 2025
362 pages
The Way Back to Eden
Kurt Mahler
Published 2025
272 pages
The In-between Bookstore A Novel
Edward Underhill
Published 2025
272 pages
Number 6 Denton Road
Ricardo Knight
Published 2025
273 pages
Addie's Eyes A Historical Fantasy
Tim Landry
Published 2025
220 pages
My Father's Orchards
Domnica Radulescu
Published 2025
353 pages
The Edge of Yesterday
Rita Woods
2025 · 2026 edition
304 pages
The Dallergut Dream-Making District
Miye Lee
Published 2025
288 pages