Magical Realism

Do you love magical realism in fiction? Are you looking for your next magical realism fiction pick or trying to decide on a novel for your book club? If so, check out the magical realism fiction featured here on Book Club Bites. Each includes a book club guide just for you!

The Midnight Library Book Club Questions and Food Ideas

The Midnight Library Book Club Questions and Food Ideas

Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library takes a quirky main character, Nora Seed, dealing with some hard issues and places her in a unique situation. The Midnight Library sprinkles in a heavy dose of magical realism in the form of a library at the edge of the universe that contains an infinite amount of books, each with a different reality. This library specifically has an infinite number of realities of Nora Seed’s life.

Imagine being able to try on all the possibilities of your life if you’d just made a slightly different decision along the road and you have The Midnight Library.

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The Alchemist Book Club Questions and Recipe

The Alchemist Book Club Questions and Recipe

The Alchemist is a novel that reads like a centuries-old tale, although it was first published in 1988. It is the masterpiece of Paulo Coelho who has written many other great novels. A short book at around 200 pages, it contains a depth of wisdom that has catapulted it to the top of many book clubs’ lists.

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Peace Like a River Book Club Questions and Recipe

Peace Like a River Book Club Questions and Recipe

Peace Like a River by Leif Enger is a great choice for your book club. It was released in 2001, so it’s an older title, but one that you may have missed. The nostalgia is dripping from it and it has a wonderful narrator…11-year-old Reuben Land. Sprinkle in some magical realism and you’ve got a winner.

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