The Greatest Magical Realism Books of 2017

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
1022 Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders 2017 American English
1650 Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward 2017 American English
2227 Exit West Mohsin Hamid 2017 Pakistani English
3541 Her Body and Other Parties Carmen Maria Machado 2017 American English
7050 The Changeling Victor LaValle 2017 American English
9699 Beasts Made Of Night Tochi Onyebuchi 2017 American English
9699 The Black Tides Of Heaven Neon Yang 2017 Singaporean English
9882 The Gentleman’s Guide To Vice And Virtue Mackenzi Lee 2017 American English
11291 Le Pietre Claudio Morandini 2017 Italian Italian
14984 Ka John Crowley 2017 American English
14984 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Vol. 1 Emil Ferris 2017 American English
14984 The Enlightenment Of The Greengage Tree Shokoofeh Azar 2017 Iranian Persian
17125 The New Animals Pip Adam 2017 New Zealander English
17125 How To Stop Time Matt Haig 2017 British English
17125 Reincarnation Blues Michael Poore 2017 American English
17125 Animals Eva Menasse 2017 Austrian German
17125 The Beautiful Ones Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2017 Mexican English
17125 Lonely Castle In The Mirror Mizuki Tsujimura 2017 Japanese Japanese
17125 Strange The Dreamer Laini Taylor 2017 American English
17125 The Cat Who Saved Books Sōsuke Natsukawa 2017 Japanese Japanese
17125 Rabbit Cake Annie Hartnett 2017 American English
17125 Ghosts Unknown 2017 Unknown English
17125 Lincoln In The Bardo By George Saunders Instaread Summaries 2017 American English
17125 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Emil Ferris 2017 American English