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title: "Magical Realism Books"
description: "Browse award-recognized magical realism books with examples, counts, and a filtered app link."
canonical: "https://sffawards.com/subgenres/magical-realism/"
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# Magical Realism Books

Fiction where magical or impossible elements appear in an otherwise realistic world and are treated as part of ordinary reality.

- **matching books:** 171
- **recognitions:** 270
- **winner records:** 37
- **award years:** 1963-2025
- **updated:** Aug 28, 2026

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## Representative Books

- **The Time Traveler's Wife** by Audrey Niffenegger - 4.00 average rating, 1,870,502 ratings, 1 recognitions, 0 wins, published 2003
- **The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue** by V\.E\. Schwab, Victoria Schwab - 4.16 average rating, 1,575,892 ratings, 2 recognitions, 0 wins, published 2020

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