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Magic Realism

Description: A literary genre or style that incorporates magic, fantastic or mythical elements into otherwise realistic fiction. Originally associated with some Latin American literature during the 1940s, but from the 1960's to the present also with some post-modernist North American and European literature.

Based on tag: magical realism

Members: 44 participating members (show all)

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1
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
40,720 members, 629 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: alex68 (1), lunaindigo (1), Fausto.Gimondi (1), andomck (1), thecoroner (1), balmerline (1), ErikaLH.LFL (1), CGlanovsky (1), macha (1), eromsted (1), ahef1963 (1) — 6 more, roby72 (1), matthewmason (2), merrystar (10), 3709459s (11), Her_Royal_Orangeness (36), Tinuvia

Score: 60.48

2
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
10,594 members, 172 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (1), rplinke (1), andomck (2), ramsesiii (2), flisle (2), matthewmason (3), Dilara86 (3), ManWithAnAgenda (4), CGlanovsky (4), alex68 (11), CharlesTheB (14) — 2 more, 3709459s (17), ahef1963 (39)

Score: 37.66

3
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by Haruki Murakami
16,529 members, 349 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: indigorising (1), lunaindigo (2), eromsted (2), leigonj (3), andomck (3), ppqq (3), mspixieears (3), CGlanovsky (3), balmerline (5), ahef1963 (6), CharlesTheB (13) — 3 more, roby72 (13), thecoroner (14), macha (16)

Thumbs down: 3709459s

Score: 37.44

4
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino
11,453 members, 235 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: ramsesiii (1), matthewmason (1), flisle (1), thecoroner (2), balmerline (2), mspixieears (2), Dilara86 (2), alex68 (3), ahef1963 (4), 3709459s (9), roby72 (10)

Score: 35.88

Explanations:

matthewmason (1): Also a hallmark classic of postmodernist plot construction.

5
Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
25,569 members, 378 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (1), ErikaLH.LFL (2), lunaindigo (3), eromsted (3), balmerline (4), merrystar (5), matthewmason (5), CharlesTheB (6), ahef1963 (7), 3709459s (13), macha (15) — 2 more, roby72 (20), Her_Royal_Orangeness (35)

Score: 34.31

6
The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov
18,216 members, 433 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (1), Karoboro (1), leigonj (1), thecoroner (3), roby72 (4), ramsesiii (5), alex68 (8), CharlesTheB (8), balmerline (8), 3709459s (18), Tinuvia

Score: 32.66

7
Invisible Cities
by Italo Calvino
8,389 members, 186 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (1), 3709459s (2), balmerline (3), merrystar (4), matthewmason (4), Dilara86 (4), CGlanovsky (5), roby72 (5), thecoroner (11), alex68 (12), macha (14) — 1 more, CharlesTheB (17)

Score: 32.62

8
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera
20,858 members, 251 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: JadeSerena (1), CharlesTheB (2), ppqq (2), gypsysmom (3), ramsesiii (3), rplinke (3), balmerline (7), mspixieears (8), thecoroner (10), alex68 (13), roby72 (26) — 1 more, macha (29)

Score: 32.53

9
Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami
16,534 members, 441 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: electrice (1), indigorising (2), gypsysmom (4), lunaindigo (4), eromsted (4), ppqq (6), CGlanovsky (8), mspixieears (11), CharlesTheB (15), 3709459s (15), roby72 (19)

Score: 28.96

10
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
40,769 members, 969 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: ppqq (1), kara.shamy (2), ErikaLH.LFL (3), gypsysmom (5), lunaindigo (5), 3709459s (5), KimarieBee (5), mspixieears (9), ahef1963 (10), roby72 (41), ManWithAnAgenda (46)

Thumbs down: CharlesTheB

Score: 26.78

11
Fictions
by Jorge Luis Borges
6,745 members, 100 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), alex68 (2), vishbhavsar (2), roby72 (2), 3709459s (3), andomck (4), thecoroner (4), balmerline (9)

Score: 25.1

12
The House of the Spirits
by Isabel Allende
12,646 members, 227 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: roby72 (3), amberwitch (4), ErikaLH.LFL (4), lunaindigo (6), merrystar (6), thecoroner (8), alex68 (9), 3709459s (16), CGlanovsky (16), CharlesTheB (25)

Score: 24.28

13
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
12,752 members, 230 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: CGlanovsky (2), ahef1963 (3), ppqq (5), thecoroner (5), roby72 (6), alex68 (10), mspixieears (10), 3709459s (24)

Score: 20.62

14
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll
23,575 members, 305 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: CharlesTheB (1), kara.shamy (5), gypsysmom (6), lunaindigo (7), ppqq (14), mspixieears (21), ManWithAnAgenda (45), ahef1963 (78)

Score: 18.52

15
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
by Haruki Murakami
8,969 members, 182 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: electrice (2), indigorising (3), ramsesiii (4), CharlesTheB (12), CGlanovsky (17), macha (31), Tinuvia

Score: 18.09

16
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
34,656 members, 575 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (3), gypsysmom (7), merrystar (12), ppqq (12), mspixieears (22), balmerline (23), ahef1963 (31), ManWithAnAgenda (44)

Score: 16.72

17
Steppenwolf
by Hermann Hesse
12,364 members, 169 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: indigorising (4), leigonj (4), ppqq (11), mspixieears (15), balmerline (20), CharlesTheB (23), 3709459s (26), Tinuvia

Thumbs down: electrice

Score: 16.42

18
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
23,211 members, 547 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: merrystar (2), gypsysmom (8), ppqq (9), CharlesTheB (10), balmerline (12), macha (13), ahef1963 (16), ManWithAnAgenda (43)

Thumbs down: andomck

Score: 16.12

19
The Island of the Day Before
by Umberto Eco
6,648 members, 61 reviews
3.32 stars (3.32 stars)

Lists: CharlesTheB (4), indigorising (5), hailelib (6), merrystar (8), thecoroner (13), 3709459s (19), roby72 (42)

Score: 16.03

20
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
20,456 members, 381 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: ErikaLH.LFL (5), ahef1963 (5), gypsysmom (9), roby72 (12), andomck (16), balmerline (19), CharlesTheB (21), ManWithAnAgenda (42)

Thumbs down: 3709459s

Score: 15.16

21
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman
12,592 members, 880 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: hailelib (1), Dilara86 (6), gypsysmom (10), CharlesTheB (11), balmerline (14), ManWithAnAgenda (41)

Score: 14.65

22
Our Ancestors
by Italo Calvino
909 members, 8 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: alex68 (4), thecoroner (6), CGlanovsky (6), balmerline (11), mspixieears (13), 3709459s (14), roby72 (22)

Thumbs down: CharlesTheB

Score: 14.16

23
Dandelion Wine
by Ray Bradbury
6,915 members, 173 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: hailelib (5), lunaindigo (8), merrystar (13), andomck (17), CharlesTheB (29), macha (37), ManWithAnAgenda (40)

Score: 14.07

24
Blindness
by José Saramago
11,881 members, 366 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (3), CharlesTheB (7), 3709459s (8), balmerline (17), ahef1963 (18), CGlanovsky (28)

Score: 13.53

25
Pedro Páramo
by Juan Rulfo
2,782 members, 66 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: alex68 (5), thecoroner (7), roby72 (9), CGlanovsky (14), CharlesTheB (20), balmerline (21)

Score: 13.27

26
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
40,508 members, 644 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: andomck (6), gypsysmom (14), CharlesTheB (19), mspixieears (23), ppqq (28), ManWithAnAgenda (39), ahef1963 (44)

Score: 13.26

27
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
8,588 members, 160 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: rplinke (4), ramsesiii (6), andomck (14), CGlanovsky (15), CharlesTheB (24), macha (30)

Score: 13

28
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
by Michael Chabon
17,859 members, 390 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), aulsmith (4), indigorising (8), CharlesTheB (9), gypsysmom (11), balmerline (22)

Thumbs down: homeless

Score: 12.92

29
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind
16,666 members, 414 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (6), ppqq (7), balmerline (10), mspixieears (12), ahef1963 (14), 3709459s (25), roby72 (52)

Thumbs down: CharlesTheB

Score: 12.76

30
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie
10,847 members, 128 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: CharlesTheB (5), ahef1963 (8), CGlanovsky (10), balmerline (15), roby72 (24), ManWithAnAgenda (38)

Score: 12.75

31
The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes
by Neil Gaiman
10,859 members, 250 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: vishbhavsar (1), macha (2), hailelib (3), mspixieears (4), ahef1963 (70)

Thumbs down: CharlesTheB

Score: 12.61

32
The Trial
by Franz Kafka
18,265 members, 216 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: dara85 (2), kara.shamy (4), ppqq (8), ramsesiii (8), ManWithAnAgenda (37)

Score: 12.57

33
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
39,595 members, 2,041 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: lunaindigo (10), dara85 (11), KimarieBee (11), gypsysmom (12), ahef1963 (30), CharlesTheB (36)

Score: 12.13

34
The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
37,442 members, 1,233 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (9), gypsysmom (13), ahef1963 (13), thecoroner (15), CharlesTheB (28), roby72 (47)

Score: 11.82

35
The Baron in the Trees
by Italo Calvino
4,117 members, 56 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: ppqq (10), mspixieears (14), CharlesTheB (16), CGlanovsky (19), 3709459s (21), macha (35)

Score: 11.75

36
Anansi Boys
by Neil Gaiman
18,899 members, 447 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (12), ppqq (13), Dilara86 (14), gypsysmom (16), balmerline (18), ManWithAnAgenda (36), roby72 (45)

Thumbs down: CharlesTheB

Score: 11.44

37
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison
9,708 members, 110 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: eromsted (5), kara.shamy (6), ErikaLH.LFL (6), gypsysmom (15), CharlesTheB (22), roby72 (29)

Thumbs down: 3709459s

Score: 11.39

38
1Q84
by Haruki Murakami
7,849 members, 315 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: indigorising (6), ramsesiii (7), CGlanovsky (12), balmerline (13), roby72 (14)

Score: 11.34

39
The Enchantress of Florence
by Salman Rushdie
3,199 members, 128 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: CharlesTheB (3), electrice (3), eromsted (6), indigorising (10)

Score: 10.88

40
The Sugar Queen
by Sarah Addison Allen
2,753 members, 215 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: amberwitch (1), KimarieBee (3), lunaindigo (9), dara85 (17), roby72 (46)

Thumbs down: CharlesTheB

Score: 10.86

41
Collected Fictions
by Jorge Luis Borges
4,658 members, 56 reviews
4.6 stars (4.6 stars)

Lists: 3709459s (4), andomck (15), balmerline (16), CGlanovsky (20), macha (34)

Score: 10.41

42
Orlando: A Biography
by Virginia Woolf
9,426 members, 157 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: macha (7), aulsmith (10), mspixieears (16), CharlesTheB (32), ManWithAnAgenda (35)

Score: 10.04

43
Labyrinths
by Jorge Luis Borges
6,259 members, 79 reviews
4.43 stars (4.43 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (8), indigorising (14), andomck (18), CharlesTheB (26), macha (32)

Score: 9.84

44
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
34,659 members, 958 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: merrystar (3), 3709459s (6), ahef1963 (9), lunaindigo (11), thecoroner (16), roby72 (39)

Thumbs down: CharlesTheB, Tomleesteenboek

Score: 9.7

46
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
15,399 members, 1,176 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (4), Her_Royal_Orangeness (8), 3709459s (12), lunaindigo (14), gypsysmom (17)

Thumbs down: CharlesTheB

Score: 9.39

47
Fifth Business
by Robertson Davies
3,035 members, 82 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (7), gypsysmom (18), macha (26), CharlesTheB (37), ahef1963 (59)

Score: 9.24

48
The President
by Miguel Ángel Asturias
865 members, 17 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: alex68 (7), roby72 (8), thecoroner (9), CharlesTheB (43)

Score: 8.71

49
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
18,147 members, 284 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: merrystar (15), gypsysmom (19), ppqq (27), CharlesTheB (39), macha (77)

Score: 8.65

50
Reservation Blues
by Sherman Alexie
1,947 members, 27 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: hailelib (4), indigorising (12), ahef1963 (24), CharlesTheB (31)

Score: 8.48

51
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
33,648 members, 916 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: dara85 (5), hailelib (7), gypsysmom (20), ahef1963 (22), CharlesTheB (41)

Thumbs down: 3709459s

Score: 8.45

52
Cosmicomics
by Italo Calvino
2,958 members, 41 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: andomck (8), macha (12), indigorising (13), CharlesTheB (33)

Score: 8.3

53
Sophie's World
by Jostein Gaarder
17,300 members, 261 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (6), indigorising (9), lunaindigo (12), 3709459s (22), ahef1963 (62)

Thumbs down: CharlesTheB

Score: 8.29

54
The Witches of Eastwick
by John Updike
2,963 members, 41 reviews
3.3 stars (3.3 stars)

Lists: electrice (4), Dilara86 (11), ManWithAnAgenda (34), CharlesTheB (40)

Score: 8.27

55
Eva Luna
by Isabel Allende
4,664 members, 65 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: merrystar (7), 3709459s (10), roby72 (25), CharlesTheB (34)

Score: 8.15

56
The Crying of Lot 49
by Thomas Pynchon
10,234 members, 177 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (5), andomck (7), CharlesTheB (35), macha (78)

Score: 8.13

57
Garden Spells
by Sarah Addison Allen
4,686 members, 351 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: amberwitch (3), dara85 (3), lunaindigo (13), roby72 (35)

Thumbs down: CharlesTheB

Score: 7.83

58
House of Leaves
by Mark Z. Danielewski
13,300 members, 338 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: indigorising (15), ppqq (24), ManWithAnAgenda (33), ahef1963 (37)

Score: 7.13

59
Blow Up
by Julio Cortázar
538 members, 10 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (17), macha (21), CharlesTheB (38), roby72 (40)

Score: 7.04

60
Wizard of the Pigeons
by Megan Lindholm
522 members, 25 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (1), indigorising (7), merrystar (9)

Thumbs down: CharlesTheB

Score: 6.77

61
The Peach Keeper: A Novel
by Sarah Addison Allen
2,088 members, 218 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: amberwitch (9), dara85 (12), lunaindigo (15)

Score: 6.49

62
First Frost
by Sarah Addison Allen
1,053 members, 109 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: amberwitch (8), dara85 (14), lunaindigo (16)

Score: 6.45

63
After Dark
by Haruki Murakami
6,321 members, 209 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: leigonj (5), CGlanovsky (13), CharlesTheB (42)

Score: 6.35

64
Troll: A Love Story
by Johanna Sinisalo
936 members, 32 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: amberwitch (2), aulsmith (5), Dilara86 (9)

Thumbs down: CharlesTheB

Score: 6.35

65
The Famished Road
by Ben Okri
2,164 members, 37 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (1), CGlanovsky (11), 3709459s (20)

Thumbs down: CharlesTheB

Score: 6.09

66
Practical Magic
by Alice Hoffman
4,873 members, 148 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: amberwitch (6), roby72 (27), ManWithAnAgenda (32)

Score: 5.99

67
Sputnik Sweetheart
by Haruki Murakami
6,281 members, 133 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: andomck (5), ppqq (16), CGlanovsky (23), roby72 (54)

Thumbs down: CharlesTheB

Score: 5.98

68
Who Fears Death
by Nnedi Okorafor
1,882 members, 96 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (7), andomck (19), CharlesTheB (44)

Score: 5.93

69
I Sing the Body Electric
by Ray Bradbury
1,728 members, 19 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (8), andomck (20), CharlesTheB (45)

Score: 5.81

70
The Sandman: Dream Country
by Neil Gaiman
6,633 members, 101 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: hailelib (2), macha (3), ahef1963 (85)

Thumbs down: CharlesTheB

Score: 5.72

71
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
18,158 members, 329 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (9), roby72 (38), CharlesTheB (46)

Score: 5.46

72
The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
25,759 members, 979 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: roby72 (17), gypsysmom (27), ManWithAnAgenda (31)

Score: 5.42

73
A Wild Sheep Chase
by Haruki Murakami
7,210 members, 132 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: ppqq (18), mspixieears (19), CharlesTheB (47)

Score: 5.39

74
Hopscotch
by Julio Cortázar
4,522 members, 91 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: andomck (23), macha (25), CharlesTheB (27)

Score: 5.37

75
The Metamorphosis [Bantam Classics]
by Franz Kafka
4,885 members, 70 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: andomck (10), ahef1963 (40), CharlesTheB (48)

Score: 5.36

76
Sabine's Notebook: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues
by Nick Bantock
2,328 members, 28 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: indigorising (11), macha (23), 3709459s (28), ahef1963 (41)

Thumbs down: CharlesTheB

Score: 5.34

77
The Ice Queen
by Alice Hoffman
2,133 members, 87 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (21), roby72 (28), Her_Royal_Orangeness (33)

Score: 5.28

78
Everything Is Illuminated
by Jonathan Safran Foer
13,542 members, 252 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (11), roby72 (44), CharlesTheB (49)

Score: 5.26

79
The Complete Stories
by Franz Kafka
5,614 members, 31 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: andomck (11), CharlesTheB (50), macha (59)

Score: 5.14

80
The Stolen Child
by Keith Donohue
2,399 members, 126 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (2), ManWithAnAgenda (30)

Score: 5.07

81
The City & The City
by China Miéville
5,617 members, 330 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: andomck (25), ManWithAnAgenda (29), macha (50)

Score: 5.02

82
Palimpsest
by Catherynne Valente
1,201 members, 66 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: Her_Royal_Orangeness (14), 3709459s (23), ManWithAnAgenda (28), macha (71)

Thumbs down: CharlesTheB

Score: 5.01

83
Matilda
by Roald Dahl
19,033 members, 436 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (27), ppqq (29), ahef1963 (81)

Score: 4.81

84
The Book of Lost Things
by John Connolly
6,376 members, 316 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (5), ahef1963 (20)

Score: 4.57

85
George's Marvelous Medicine
by Roald Dahl
7,420 members, 87 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: ppqq (31), ManWithAnAgenda (51), ahef1963 (86)

Score: 4.51

86
Mama Day
by Gloria Naylor
1,184 members, 23 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: amberwitch (7), roby72 (16)

Score: 4.46

87
Bones of the Moon
by Jonathan Carroll
814 members, 19 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (6), Her_Royal_Orangeness (23)

Score: 4.38

88
The Probable Future
by Alice Hoffman
1,825 members, 56 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: amberwitch (5), Her_Royal_Orangeness (32)

Score: 4.36

89
The Magicians
by Lev Grossman
9,005 members, 632 reviews
3.45 stars (3.45 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (6), ManWithAnAgenda (26)

Score: 4.33

90
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
39,040 members, 701 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (20), 3709459s (27), gypsysmom (31), ppqq (37), ahef1963 (76)

Thumbs down: aulsmith, electrice

Score: 4.32

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): I'd just call it fantasy

91
The Brief History of the Dead
by Kevin Brockmeier
2,470 members, 169 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (10), Her_Royal_Orangeness (19)

Score: 4.17

92
Sleeping in Flame
by Jonathan Carroll
702 members, 19 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (7), andomck (22), Her_Royal_Orangeness (24)

Thumbs down: CharlesTheB

Score: 4.11

93
The Particular Sadness Of Lemon Cake
by Aimee Bender
3,158 members, 262 reviews
3.35 stars (3.35 stars)

Lists: Her_Royal_Orangeness (9), ManWithAnAgenda (25)

Score: 4.1

94
The Double
by José Saramago
2,236 members, 53 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: 3709459s (7), CGlanovsky (18), ahef1963 (32)

Thumbs down: CharlesTheB

Score: 4.08

95
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
by Jeanette Winterson
5,787 members, 135 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: amberwitch (12), gypsysmom (30)

Score: 3.86

96
Chocolat
by Joanne Harris
7,418 members, 192 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: Her_Royal_Orangeness (13), gypsysmom (29)

Score: 3.83

97
Winter's Tale
by Mark Helprin
4,410 members, 136 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: Her_Royal_Orangeness (12), ppqq (15), roby72 (36)

Thumbs down: CharlesTheB

Score: 3.82

98
Shoeless Joe
by W. P. Kinsella
1,808 members, 39 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (15), gypsysmom (28)

Score: 3.77

99
Girlfriend in a Coma
by Douglas Coupland
3,119 members, 45 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (8), ahef1963 (87)

Score: 3.69

100
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
by Louis De Bernières
7,509 members, 147 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (7), gypsysmom (26), ahef1963 (57)

Thumbs down: electrice

Score: 3.69

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