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Magical Thinking is a cross-genre category for books that explore the human impulse to see intention, pattern, and power in the unseen—the belief that thoughts, symbols, and rituals can shape real-world outcomes. Spanning fiction and nonfiction, it includes novels, memoirs, essays, and cultural histories that engage with superstition, manifestation, synchronicity, divination, the occult, prayer and placebo, and everyday charms, from credulous portrayals to critical examinations. These works probe the psychology of belief and cognitive bias, dramatize characters who read meaning into coincidence, and unpack how individuals and societies use ritual and myth to navigate uncertainty. Whether wonder-filled or skeptical, they share a fascination with the porous boundary between imagination and reality and the stories we craft to feel agency, meaning, and hope.

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