Editors Reads

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Magical Realism

29 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.

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Where to Start with Erin Morgenstern: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Erin Morgenstern — whether to begin with The Night Circus or The Starless Sea. A complete reading guide to the fantasy author.

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Where to Start with Haruki Murakami: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Haruki Murakami — Norwegian Wood is the ideal entry point, Hard-Boiled Wonderland is his most ambitious novel, and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is his masterpiece. How to navigate one of contemporary fiction's most essential catalogs. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Mo Yan: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Mo Yan — whether to begin with Red Sorghum, Big Breasts and Wide Hips, or The Republic of Wine. A complete guide to the Chinese Nobel laureate.

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Best Japanese Literature: Essential Novels and Stories

The best Japanese literature — from Snow Country and Norwegian Wood to Kafka on the Shore and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Essential reading from Japan.

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Best Latin American Literature: Essential Reading List

The best Latin American literature — from One Hundred Years of Solitude and Ficciones to Love in the Time of Cholera and The Aleph. Essential novels and stories.

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Best Magical Realism Books: The Essential Reading List

The best magical realism novels from García Márquez and Borges to Toni Morrison and Salman Rushdie — books where the magical and the mundane coexist without explanation, and the result is more real than realism.

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Best Spanish Literature: Essential Novels from Spain

The best Spanish literature — from Don Quixote and The Shadow of the Wind to One Hundred Years of Solitude. Essential novels from Spain and the Spanish-speaking world.

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Gabriel García Márquez Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Guide

García Márquez's complete bibliography in order — from One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera to Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Best starting points for new readers.

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Isabel Allende Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points

Isabel Allende's complete bibliography in order — from The House of the Spirits and Eva Luna to Daughter of Fortune and A Long Petal of the Sea. Best starting points.

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Jorge Luis Borges Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points

Jorge Luis Borges's complete bibliography in order — from Ficciones and Labyrinths to The Aleph and Dreamtigers. Best starting points for new readers.

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Mikhail Bulgakov Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points

Mikhail Bulgakov's complete bibliography in order — from The Master and Margarita and The Heart of a Dog to The White Guard. Best starting points for new readers.

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Salman Rushdie Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points

Salman Rushdie's complete bibliography in order — from Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses to The Ground Beneath Her Feet. Best starting points and reading order.

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Where to Start with Gabriel García Márquez: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Gabriel García Márquez — whether to begin with One Hundred Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera, or No One Writes to the Colonel.

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Where to Start with Günter Grass: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Günter Grass — whether to begin with The Tin Drum, Cat and Mouse, or The Flounder. A complete reading guide to Grass's Danzig novels.

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Where to Start with Isabel Allende: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Isabel Allende — whether to begin with The House of the Spirits, Eva Luna, or Daughter of Fortune. A complete reading guide to her novels.

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Where to Start with Jorge Luis Borges: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Jorge Luis Borges — whether to begin with Ficciones, Labyrinths, or The Aleph. A complete reading guide to Borges's short stories and essays.

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Where to Start with José Saramago: A Reading Guide

Where to start with José Saramago — whether to begin with Blindness, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, or Death with Interruptions. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Mario Vargas Llosa: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Mario Vargas Llosa — whether to begin with Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, Conversation in the Cathedral, or The Feast of the Goat. A complete guide.

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Where to Start with Mikhail Bulgakov: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Mikhail Bulgakov — whether to begin with The Master and Margarita, The Heart of a Dog, or The White Guard. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Olivie Blake: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Olivie Blake — whether to begin with The Atlas Six, The Atlas Paradox, or The Atlas Complex. A complete reading guide to the Atlas series.

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