Hi, I’m looking for books but I have a hard time finding things I like. These are books I’ve read that I really enjoy:
To kill a mockingbird (classic but favorite)
Where the crawdads sing
Every Gabriel Garcia Marquez book
Victoria knut hamson
A raisin in the sun
Anything from Toni Morrison, especially Beloved
Any book Rex’s that you think I’d like based on my favorites?
by LimeApprehensive8612
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This tender land by William Kent Krueger
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
Idk if these for perfectly but hope you can find one to try they are all good reads !
So from Marquez and Morrison I think other magical realists within and out of the Latin American tradition are probably a good bet.
Salman Rushdie, like, Morrison, often mixes magical realism with historical fiction, and I feel like to some degree he’s a comparably dense writer that requires careful working through. I’d recommend either *Midnight’s Children* or *The Satanic Verses* as good entry points.
Italo Calvino is, I think, comparable to Marquez in some ways, though on the whole I’d say it’s less tragic, more contemplative, and a touch more whimsical. *Invisible Cities* or some of the short stories in *Cosmicomics* are good spots to see if it vibes with you.
Jorge Luis Borges is, for me, the best of the Latin American magical realists. He’s significantly more cerebral and less emotionally resonant (in an obvious way) than Marquez, and he writes primarily in the short story not the novel, but I think it’s worth checking out especially since from the rest of your list it’s clear you’re not afraid of stuff with difficult prose or puzzling ideas. The collection *Ficciones* is a good starting point, there’s various translations but I think most of what you’d find in bookstores (either as a separate volume or as part of the *Complete Fictions* omnibus) will be good.