Magical Realism Fiction

The new head gardener at the enchanting Lilymoor House stumbles upon a secret garden . . . with a mysterious man trapped inside, in the next magical novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Sounds Like Love and The Seven Year Slip. When Sophie Drear plans her escape to coastal Maine...

Disconnected and listless, twenty-eight-year-old Mattie Bridges is fraying at the edges. Working as a wardrobe assistant on a charming Christmas movie in an even more charming small town should be a balm to her turmoil. But she still can’t find her footing. And after falling headfirst into her own closet, her life—or more accurately, her lives—becomes a lot more unsteady. Following a hidden passageway, Mattie uncovers a portal to all the paths her life could have taken. Each reality sees her in a different career, different headspace, and sometimes, a different romance.

Jimmy fyller snart trettiofem men bor fortfarande hemma hos morsan. Sen bäste kompisen Jonas dog har han mest suttit framför datorn och ätit chips. Innan dess var han ungdomsbrottsling, så det är inte konstigt att folk betraktar honom som en loser. Den nya praktikplatsen på Sjöfartsmuseet skulle kunna bli hans stora revansch på arbetsmarknaden om det inte vore för den hemliga jättebläckfisken under luckan. Samtidigt som Jimmy försöker lista ut varför det är just han som valts ut för att sköta vidundret i sumpen börjar rapporter om mystiska försvinnanden och upphittade likdelar strömma in från hamnen.

Deer Lawn Book One of the Where Time Breaks Series By Carol Lynn Napora A clang at the gate. A girl with familiar eyes. A house that doesn't exist—anymore. When Callie Lynn Moore returns to Port Huron, Michigan, all she wants is stillness and a place to start over. But a Sunday morning walk past the ruins of an old estate—once known as Deer Lawn—changes everything. She hears a sound no one else hears. Sees a girl no one else sees. And finds herself pulled toward a mystery buried beneath a century of silence.

Launching into new territory that the author hadn’t mapped out when he embarked on the series, NEKOMONOGATARI (White) tells the tale of heroine Tsubasa Hanekawa from her own perspective, in her own voice—if that can hold true for a damaged soul who, depending on who you’re asking, suffers...

Ein unzufriedener Mann von dreißig Jahren, gerade ohne Arbeit und von seiner tüchtigen Frau zur Selbsterforschung ermutigt, so einer ist Murakamis Held Toru Okada in diesem schillernden Roman. Wenn er fliegen kann, dann eher wie ein Spielzeugvogel, von wer weiß wem aufgezogen. Vor diesem Herrn Aufziehvogel tun sich plötzlich Wirklichkeiten auf, von denen er bisher nichts ahnte. Erotische, ökonomische und politische.

The Seeker blends inspirational Visionary Fiction with Mythic Fiction in this epic reimagining of the tale of Icarus. In his plunge from glory, rather than perishing in the waters of the Aegean, Icarus is rescued by a passing mariner, fictional demigod Amitayus, who is unaware of his own divinity. The two embark on an epic odyssey, braving impediments only Zeus himself could whip up, as Amitayus seeks the truth that will earn him a place in Elysium. Told through the lens of Greek Classicism, The Seeker puts a modern spin on classic archetypes that lend it unmatched spiritual resonance.

One war. One world. One woman. It all comes down to that. It always has. Genevieve Beaufont just never knew she'd decide the fate of the planet. Somethings are better left as a secret until the very end.

Al pueblo ha llegado «la mala hora» de los campesinos, la hora de la desgracia. La comarca ha sido «pacificada» después de tanta guerra civil. Han ganado los conservadores, que se dedican a perseguir cruel y pertinazmente a sus adversarios liberales. Al alba de una mañana, mientras el padre Ángel se dispone a celebrar la misa, suena un disparo en el pueblo. Un comerciante de ganado, advertido de la infidelidad de su mujer por un pasquín pegado a la puerta de su casa, acaba de matar al presunto amante de ésta.

“A laugh-out-loud funny romance with depth and heart, readers will love this spellbinding novel!” —Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author Is he the real deal…or did she truly summon a golem? Faye Kaplan used to be engaged. She also used to have a successful legal...

Érase una vez un pueblo donde las noches eran largas y la muerte contaba su propia historia. En el pueblo vivía una niña que quería leer, un hombre que tocaba el acordeón y un joven judío que escribía bellos cuentos para escapar del horror de la guerra. Al cabo de un tiempo, la niña se convirtió en una ladrona que robaba libros y regalaba palabras. Con estas palabras comienza una historia hermosa y cruel que ahora ya es una novela inolvidable.

After slipping on Chelsea - a magical wig that comes with a gregarious personality - Janet is making strides at work and has a new friend and a confident strut. Life is fab. Isn’t it? Honestly, there’s something missing. Where’s the adventure? The purpose? What she needs is to tap into her inner daredevil. But her mystical wigmaker has a word of caution: should Janet lose control, it might not be so easy to get it back.

Lady Miss Jacqueline swears that hair makes a difference. And it does! Now Janet is taking charge on the job and making moves on a local barista she’s always shied away from. But when her brash new Lady Miss drawl gets all the wrong attention, Janet realizes that she needs to change her style - and her wig. It’s all a matter of finding the perfect fit.

Five teens are caught in a continuous time loop where they are forced to choose who lives and who dies in this absorbing psychological thriller from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Special Topics in Calamity Physics and Night Film. "Beautifully creepy." --The New York Times...

Ren lives alone on the remote frontier of a country devastated by a coup d'état. She survives by hunting, farming, trading, and forgetting the contours of what was once a normal life. But her quiet stability is disrupted when an army unit, led by a young female soldier, comes to the mountains on government orders in search of a legendary creature called the rain heron - a mythical, dangerous, form-shifting bird with the ability to change the weather. Ren insists that the bird is simply a story, yet the soldier will not be deterred, forcing them both into a gruelling quest.

Aurora was meant to wake. The prophecy promised a hundred years of sleep. But centuries passed, her kingdom crumbled to dust, and now she rests in a museum display, an artifact of myth and magic. Dez is a museum custodian and aspiring engineer who stumbles upon a way to enter Aurora’s dreams. What starts as curiosity becomes something deeper as he pieces together her story—and uncovers a connection that defies time.

For former pushover Janet, her Sophie curls appear to be a balanced and beautiful new addition to her magical, life-changing wig collection. She’s positively beaming, has smoothed out the wrinkles in her personal life, and is embarking on a philanthropic new business venture. Everything is ideal until the unthinkable happens and she has to stand on her own - with a final push from Lady Miss Jacqueline, of course!

After her latest life-altering wig switch, Janet slips into leather leggings, quits her job, goes full advance on her barista crush, and makes a career commitment to her bestie, Candace. The follow-through? Not pretty. With guilt and betrayal hanging over her head (not to mention that dangerous, if fetching, wig), Janet must comb out the mess she’s made. And there’s only one way to do it.

Instead, in the course of a moment, she is transformed into the stuff of myth, the stuff of her grandmother’s old Filipino stories—an aswang. She spent her life on the margins, knowing very little about her own life, let alone the lives of others; she was shot like a pinball through a childhood of loss, a veteran of Child Protective Services and a survivor, but always reacting, watching from a distance. Death brings her into the hearts and minds of those she has known—even her killer—as she is able to access their memories and to see anew the meaning of her own.

Published in 1980 by Japanese author Haruki Murakami, Pnball, 1973 is the second book in the "Trilogy of the Rat" series. It is preceded by Hear the Wind Sing (1979) and followed by A Wild Sheep Chase (1982), and is the second novel written by Murakami...