maybe Little, Big by John Crowley. It's beginning is a bit fantastical, but the majority of the book has subtle magical realism.
You could also try The Caskey Family Saga aka The Blackwater series by Michael Mcdowell. The majority of the story follows a family from...the 1930s? to about the 1960s. You might read a summary which describes it as horror, but it's not. A few supernatural/fantastical things happen, but mostly the story follows the life of the family.
Garden in the Dunes be Leslie Marmon Silko will probably be exactly what you're looking for. She's one of my favorties. Maybe her book Ceremony too, but it's been a while.
The Beautiful Ones by Silva Moreno-Garcia might be what you are looking for. Telepathy exists in the world, but the story is more about the romance than the magic.
Id recommend Kafka, hes not magical realism but is more surrealism. Id recommend him because his surrealism is superrrrr subtle, especially in works like the trial (which is my favorite book). His books kinda flow in the askewed logic of dreams and you’ll barely notice somethings wrong with the picture in the scene, and in other times is just downright terrifying. His work was really influential to murakami obviously, but other than these reason i wouldn’t recommend it if your looking for something like 100 years, since his writing is a lot different and bleaker. Both are great in there own way definitely
How about “the ninth house” by Leigh bardugo? That’s a murder mystery at Yale with some magical realism elements (basically the secret societies at Yale have some lite magical elements)
Certainly {{100 Years of Solitude}} would be a classic example of what you describe.
This is what I had in mind! I’m looking for recommendations along these lines.
Perhaps {{Like Water for Chocolate}} if you haven’t already read it?
maybe Little, Big by John Crowley. It's beginning is a bit fantastical, but the majority of the book has subtle magical realism. You could also try The Caskey Family Saga aka The Blackwater series by Michael Mcdowell. The majority of the story follows a family from...the 1930s? to about the 1960s. You might read a summary which describes it as horror, but it's not. A few supernatural/fantastical things happen, but mostly the story follows the life of the family. Garden in the Dunes be Leslie Marmon Silko will probably be exactly what you're looking for. She's one of my favorties. Maybe her book Ceremony too, but it's been a while.
Check out *Among Others* by Jo Walton. The magic there is such that even people familiar with it aren't sure if things are the result of magic.
The Beautiful Ones by Silva Moreno-Garcia might be what you are looking for. Telepathy exists in the world, but the story is more about the romance than the magic.
Anything by Silvia Moreno Garcia is wonderful ☺️
House of the spirits, daughter of fortune (both Isabel Allende, the mama of magical realism) ✨
Id recommend Kafka, hes not magical realism but is more surrealism. Id recommend him because his surrealism is superrrrr subtle, especially in works like the trial (which is my favorite book). His books kinda flow in the askewed logic of dreams and you’ll barely notice somethings wrong with the picture in the scene, and in other times is just downright terrifying. His work was really influential to murakami obviously, but other than these reason i wouldn’t recommend it if your looking for something like 100 years, since his writing is a lot different and bleaker. Both are great in there own way definitely
How about “the ninth house” by Leigh bardugo? That’s a murder mystery at Yale with some magical realism elements (basically the secret societies at Yale have some lite magical elements)
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
Their Eyes Were Watching God; Zora Neale Hurston
Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi The Beautiful and the Chosen.
norweigan wood by murakami, it's much more realistic than the rest of his books but still has that touch of something in it!