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My favorite book recs

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Magical Surrealism is my favorite ✨
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Magical Realism

Magical Realism is my favorite genre
 
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This is a surreal masterpiece by Mark Twain
The Mysterious Stranger - Mark Twain
 
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The feeling this book leaves you with lingers for a life (of pi) time
Life of Pi (Booker Prize Winner) by Yann Martel, Paperback
 
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A sprawling novel about a family in Venezuela. Surreal and beautiful
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, Paperback
 
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One of my favorites and an OG horror book. One of those books where the reader ends up as confused as the characters. What is truly going on?
The Haunting of Hill House: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
 
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I read this over 15 years ago and it has stuck with me. A magical book and a magical feeling it leaves
Through the Arc of the Rain Forest by Karen Tei Yamashita, Paperback
 
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Beautiful, magical book with a heavy subject. Unlike anything I’ve ever read
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi, Paperback

Sci Fi

Sci Fi is second favorite genre
 
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An overwhelmingly strange book
Annihilation (Southern Reach Trilogy #1) by Jeff VanderMeer, ...
 
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I read this when I was a teenager and was completely engrossed by it. So much fun. Love some deep sea sci fi
Sphere: A Novel by Michael Crichton, Paperback
 
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This work is just straight up fun.
Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan, Paperback
 
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I really don’t know which I like more, the book or the movie!
Contact by Carl Sagan, Paperback
 
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Super exciting and addicting to read
Ender's Game|Paperback - Orson Scott Card
 
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This is a collection of short stories, which isn’t usually my thing, but each one generates a unique feeling. I will hang onto my copy of this for life.
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang, Paperback
 
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This book is Sci Fi but has a heavy humanistic elements and feels so refreshing
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, Paperback

Cozy Reads

Low stakes, low stress books for when you want to turn your brain off
 
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Reading this felt like drinking sunlight
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, Paperback
 
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L. Frank Baum has such a knack for curating a *vibe*.
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum, Paperback
 
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Read this in the fall.
The Cider House Rules by John Irving, Paperback
 
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I want to live in this world
Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle Series #1)
 
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This is a snuggle up on the couch in mid January type of book
The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy #1)
 
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Comfort book, comfort movie.
Practical Magic (25th Anniversary Edition) by Alice Hoffman, Paperback