Best magical realism books according to redditors

We found 32 Reddit comments discussing the best magical realism books. We ranked the 10 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.

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Top Reddit comments about Magical Realism:

u/DwarvenSteel25 · 47 pointsr/tumblr

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07NGLDM6N?ref_=dbs_s_def_awm_dirs_l_0&storeType=ebooks&qid=1550524218&sr=1-1-dbssearch-acs he wrote a follow up book even more about consent god damn

Also it's about a guy almost but not quite fucking bigfoot

u/xamueljones · 14 pointsr/rational

I've bought a fair amount of ebooks on Amazon recently and I think most of them are books that a lot of people here would enjoy (heck I heard about most of them through here!).

The Preorders:

Underlord - The sixth book in the Cradle series which is described as a Western Xianxia series. A lot of people here don't really like the Xianxia genre and I agree with their criticisms of how many main characters are very villainous, under-developed enemies and female characters, the economies of cultivation aren't logical, poor scaling in conflict as you go from one city to interstellar in scope, and awkward prose. But I bring up all of these flaws to say that the Cradle series completely avoids all of the typical flaws in Xianxia and has a very smart character who sets out to cultivate smartly instead of bullheadedly.

And the sixth book is coming out in March! (Get the box set. It has the first three books and is cheaper!)

Exhalation - Who here hasn't heard of Ted Chiang, the master of short stories that perfectly appeal to the r/rational crowd? The same guy that we literally use as an introduction to rational fiction. Well, if you enjoyed his first collection, Stories of Your Life and Others, you'll love hearing that the second collection is coming out in....May! (Ugh....really May? I don't think I can wait that long!)

The books you can read right now!:

The Beginner's Guide to Magical Licensing - Has a similar start to Unsong where a magical college-graduate, minimum-wage, sweat-shop worker stumbles on a powerful spell and sets out to start his own business competing with the powerful. The parts of the story that follows afterward makes a whole lot more logical sense than Unsong however. (Used to be online for free, but now you'll have to pay the price for your ignorance if you want to read it! (Nah, I lied.))

Six Sacred Swords - If you liked the Arcane Ascension series, but wished there was more dungeonnering and less of school shenanigans, then look no further! In some ways it's a lot like reading a very good DnD session played by really savvy players who never follow the 'standard' way to solve problems.

The author of Six Sacred Swords made a recommendation for The Ruin of Kings. He said that it reads like a Locke Lamora-esque rogue protagonist, telling the story in a style similar to Kvothe, in a setting similar to Game of Thrones. I haven't bought the book yet, but the review was interesting enough that I wanted to include it in my list of recommendations.

Senlin Ascends - I haven't read this yet either, but skimming through it, I see some fair bit of social manipulation/combat that I think people here would like. Plus the Tower of Babel setting is something that appeals very strongly to me.

Polyglot: NPC REVOLUTION - A lot of people here seem to really like LitRPG and Artificial Intelligence, but almost no one seem to ever question the implications of the NPCs in LitRPG stories having human-level intelligence.

Small Medium: Big Trouble - It's by the same author who wrote Threadbare that people here really liked. Similar to Polygot where the NPC is the main character who needs to deal with players, but smaller scale in scope. There's a lot of fast-talking to convince selfish sociopaths to do what you say.

Q is for Quantum - I was going through my older ebook orders when I found this one. It's the single best introduction for quantum mechanics that I have ever read (not that I've read too many of those). It focuses on building an intuition for the subject and once you've read through the book, you will understand on a gut level what superposition means. Note that it's meant as an introduction for the subject, so don't expect it to cover everything, just what's need to get started learning about quantum mechanics. But I'd still recommend it to experts if only for a better way to explain their subject to their peers and laypeople.

u/petit_lama · 5 pointsr/france

Blanche-Neige et les lances-missiles. Premier volume de la série Quand les dieux buvaient, de Catherine Dufour. http://www.amazon.fr/Blanche-Neige-lance-missiles-Tome-Quand-buvaient/dp/2253125407 C'est très Pratchett :)

u/whyswaldo · 3 pointsr/litrpg

They fought fate, but can they escape it?

Rika, a player, sets off to the new world to hunt down a heretic friar with a dangerous power.
In France, an NPC inquisitor stumbles upon a discovery that could very well change the world - or destroy it.



Gamelit / LitRPG lite

Standalone part of the Polyglot Duality. Events take place before Polyglot: NPC ReEvolution.

Disclaimer: This story contains lighthearted cannibalism, sexual innuendo, existential despair in the context of simulation theory, spooky clowns, Hispanophobes, grandma harems, consensual torture, and swear language.



World:
The game is a simulation of 16th century Earth, a time of great religious strife and dramatic conflicts across the world. With the introduction of magic, the world is shaken at the sight of growing cults and spellcasters. Kami, djinn, and warlocks are just some of the names that the natives have come to call the players.

Mechanics:
Magic is divided by the elements and received only by the designated temples around the world. Once a player unlocks an element, they may then invest points into that particular tree, however most use the game to practice more mundane, fantasy things, like opening a bakery in Medieval Paris or global tax fraud.

Yet those who partake fully into the magic system have heard of the elusive World Quest, and while little is known about it or its rewards, few have decided to embark on its journey.

Get it now!

u/JonathanWattsAuthor · 2 pointsr/Fantasy

Sorry! Will get one in there now. In the meantime...

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https://www.amazon.com/Bury-Me-Where-They-Fall/dp/1912092735/

u/nziring · 2 pointsr/scifi

Nobody has mentioned Iain M. Banks yet, so how about

The Algebraist

Excession

Against a Dark Background

Another military sci-fi novel with several unique twists would be Vernor Vinge's:
A Fire Upon the Deep


Hard to beat Ender's Game, though. Old Man's War is really good; Armor is good but kinda depressing.

I can think of lots more, reply if you'd like more suggestions :-)

u/adityared · 2 pointsr/suggestmeabook

Neil Gaiman, perhaps? If you haven't read Sandman, then you have a treat waiting ahead of you.
Cloud atlas is a personal favourite.
Wheel of time is an excellent expansive series.
Can't go wrong with the greats - Asimov, Philip K Dick, Arthur C Clarke.
And if i can sneak in a self published book, you could check out recursion. It's free for a limited time, but not sure if it'd be an easy read.

u/_waltzy · 2 pointsr/sciencefiction

Neither had I, looks like he has only released One book which would explain why.

u/amazon-converter-bot · 1 pointr/FreeEBOOKS

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u/donkanonji · 1 pointr/indianwriters

I think this is the link for those interested.

u/SpeakWhenItRains · 1 pointr/suggestmeabook

Grazing the Sky is a good novel that fits what you're looking for :)Grazing the Sky

u/RAYMONDSTELMO · 1 pointr/Fantasy

When I was fourteen my family moved into a burning house. The movers complained of the smoke but we handed out masks, opened windows and set up fans to keep the conflagration towards the back. Mom organized us kids in a bucket-line to splash water into the kitchen so they could start unloading the silver-ware and china plates. We took it for a game, drenching each other more than the flames.

Soon as we could we dropped our buckets and dodged into the smoke to explore. We found a stone-lined basement the fire never seemed to reach, and a living room with a light continual shower of sparks from rooms above. A door beyond led to a library with shelves of bug-husk shells of burned books. I picked one up, scanned the ashen title: "The Great Gatsby". We'd had that in English last year. When I put it back it crumbled to ash.

On the floor lay a yellowed copy of Blake's poems. It looked singed and soaked, soaked and singed, tempered to some state beyond destruction. I picked it up, read of tigers and anvils, brains and hammers. I put it on the shelf in the ashes of Gatsby.
--Stations of the Angels
https://www.amazon.com/Stations-Angels-Raymond-St-Elmo-ebook/dp/B01NAY3ME7

u/imnotreallyapeach · 1 pointr/iwatchedanoldmovie

The original book by Christopher Priest that the film is based on is awesome too. It's got a different spin than the movie, but a great weird read.