From my list on magical realism books that turn the ordinary into the extraordinary.
Why am I passionate about this?
I am a Minnesota writer of cozy mysteries and contemporary fiction. I love the magical and care deeply about nature, the environment, and what is happening due to climate change. My novel was a chance to combine both interests. I wrote the first draft of Up There during the pandemic. While we were locked down, I spent time with a character who could fly. But while she was free, I discovered she was still lost. I spent so much of that year walking in the woods—thinking about how our world is changing, how confusing it is, and how we all are a little lost in these times.
Sherry's book list on magical realism books that turn the ordinary into the extraordinary
Why did Sherry love this book?
In the Midnight Library, I can check out any book and each one will tell me a different story of my life. I wondered as I read it if I would really want to be given all those options: my life as it is or my life how it could have been if I’d made different choices.
Would I be happier now if I’d married my high school sweetheart? No. Did I make the right career choice? Yes, although it will never turn me into a millionaire.
Perhaps the great gift of this book is that I discovered how happy I am in this life that I have chosen.
33 authors picked The Midnight Library as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
The #1 New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon
Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | Independent (London) Ten Best Books of the Year
"A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits."-The Washington Post
The dazzling reader-favorite about the choices that go into a life well lived, from the acclaimed author of How To Stop Time and The Comfort Book.
Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of…