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The Best Books About Magic for Adults

May 14, 2026

Do you love magic, but don’t typically read fantasy? Fantasy isn’t everyone’s favorite genre, but the presence of magic in a book isn’t the genre-defining trait it once was. Literature-lovers rejoice: there’s enchantment to be found in the everyday world (of fiction). Ghosts, curses, and unexplainable encounters have found their way into literary fiction, allowing […]

The Best Literary Journals for Magical Realism and Speculative Genres

May 12, 2026

The Best Magical Realism Books About Parenting

May 10, 2026

Book Recommendations

Let's face it: parenting basically is magical realism. There are lovely moments that glisten like an iridescent bubble rising to the sky, yucky moments that slime like an otherworldly mold, and terrible moments that snarl like a creature in a cave. Novels and short stories that place parenthood under a distorted, almost familiar lens show […]

Books About Mother-Daughter Relationships and Magic

May 10, 2026

Book Recommendations | Featured Reads | Library

Just like snowflakes and fingerprints, mother-daughter relationships are never exactly alike. Giving birth, raising a child, learning to love that child for who they are (unconditionally): becoming a mother can be both one of the most rewarding and challenging roles a woman fulfills in her lifetime. Motherhood and daughterhood can be difficult to put into […]

The Best Mythology Books for Adults

May 6, 2026

Book Recommendations | Featured Reads

Do you love epic stories about gods and goddesses, but want a contemporary twist to the telling? One glance at this lineup of modern mythological fiction, and you'll notice that most of them have a couple things in common: they're written by women, about women. Maybe that's because mythology needs a female-centric recasting, a feminine […]

Medieval Mystic Women and Their Magical Experiences

May 4, 2026

Featured Reads | Library | Magic & Scholarship

Magical literature is not only reserved for the genre of fiction; throughout history, it has been written from personal experience and retrieved from memory. Accounts of magical experiences are ubiquitous throughout history, but it is perhaps the memoirs of pious women in the Middle Ages that are best remembered for their "magical" experiences, which can […]

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