Recs if you like The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina...

Standalone fantasy books that won't make you invest your life in a dozen installments

books about people transforming into, or being reincarnated as, plants 🌱 (or trying their best to)

suggestions welcome!

Here's every book so far from BOTM's monthly shortlist since February 2015 for anyone who wants to read them all like I do!

A list of books in the magical realism genre by Latin American authors.

Magical Realism is defined as a genre that contains magical elements in a real-world setting. Latin American Magical Realism emerged as a way to describe the realities of living in Latin America and explore how myth, politics, spirituality, and the legacy of colonialism intersect in the region as well as challenge the history that is told about Latin America.

A masterlist of standalone adult fantasy novels (no novellas).

Always looking for recs!

Magical realism is a genre prominently defined by Latin American authors responding to the socio-political realities Latin Americans face through the use of fantastical elements grounded in the mundanity of reality to highlight the surreal experiences of post-colonial life in oppressive regimes. This genre has been deeply influential and this list showcases the Latin American literature that is defined by and/or influenced by magical realism.

Love casts a spell; the real monster is oppression. Modern magical realism, urban fantasy, and fabulism: books that use supernatural elements to explore themes of family, desire, history, and society.

while these don't all take place in springtime, they definitely evoke the mood and would make great seasonal reads 🌷

Literature from or about Ecuador! Recommendations are always welcome! :)

Literatura de o sobre Ecuador! Las recomendaciones son bienvenidas :)

(Some books I want to add aren't on PB yet, so, I'll work on that. ~~ Algunos de los libros que quiero añadir todavía no están en PB, así que voy a intentar en añadirlos!) 😅

These are books with magical systems and abilities that I found truly unique! They stood out to me so much that I can probably tell you about the magic in the book but not the plot. 😂

23 books of all genres by non-white non-male authors for the anti-brainrot challenge by thisstoryaintover

A collection of stories that explore themes of motherhood & mother-child relationships through a darker lens.

Tags: Horror, Motherhood, Matriarch, Matriarchy, Magical Realism, Thriller

sometimes I wanna read a book by a latinx author who writes romance, fantasy, historical fiction, etc. NOT because I DON’T wanna read about their experience, but because I believe they are so much more than that!

*** still working on this!

Fantasy novels with settings directly inspired by or set in countries of our world!

Stories we don’t just read, we recognize. Latinx books that feel like home, memory, family, language, love, loss, and the little rebellions we inherit and create. Books for daughters, mothers, tias, mujeres finding their voice, and anyone who grew up between cultures with cafecito in one hand and big feelings in the other.

Get your witch on!

fiction about generations of families, their relationships, and their legacies.

Goodreads 60 Most Popular Fantasy Novels of the Past 3 Years