5 must-read magical realism books like River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta

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River Mumma

By: Zalika Reid-Benta

3.77

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Issa Rae’s Insecure with a magical realist spin: River Mumma is an exhilarating contemporary fantas…

If you liked the magical realism plot in River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk

1. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

By: Shane Hawk

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to… read more

Similar categories in Shane Hawk's Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology book and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma

  • mythology
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2) by Waubgeshig Rice

2. Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

By: Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow , a br… read more

Similar categories in Waubgeshig Rice's Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2) book and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma

  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
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3. Shut Up You're Pretty

By: Téa Mutonji

3.57

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

In Téa Mutonji's disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions du… read more

Similar categories in Téa Mutonji's Shut Up You're Pretty book and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
"Her sadness was overwhelming. Her sadness was an illusion. She'd pretend to be fine but then wash the same dish for twenty minutes"

-Téa Mutonji, Shut Up You're Pretty

Cover of Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0) by Darcie Little Badger

4. Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0)

By: Darcie Little Badger

4.29

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Darcie Little Badger's Elatsoe launched her career and in the years since has become a beloved favo… read more

Similar categories in Darcie Little Badger's Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0) book and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma

  • magical realism
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. The Future

By: Catherine Leroux

3.32

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In an alternate history in which the French never surrendered Detroit, children protect their own k… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Leroux's The Future book and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma

  • magical realism
  • canada
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It'll come back," Ulysses says again. "This place isn't made for disappearing, it's a place for resurrection."

-Catherine Leroux, The Future

"The exact opposite of the huge car factories she imagines as the city's womb, a uterus that makes automobiles the way others make promises, or laws."

-Catherine Leroux, The Future

Cover of River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta

6. River Mumma

By: Zalika Reid-Benta

3.77

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Issa Rae’s Insecure with a magical realist spin: River Mumma is an exhilarating contemporary fantas… read more

Similar categories in Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma book and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma

  • urban fantasy
  • adult fiction
  • magical realism
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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7. And Then She Fell

By: Alicia Elliott

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A mind-bending, razor-sharp look at motherhood and mental health that follows a young Indigenous wo… read more

Similar categories in Alicia Elliott's And Then She Fell book and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma

  • fiction
  • magical realism
  • canada
  • contemporary
"Nothing I do is done solely for me. Everything is done to elevate Steve or Dawn, in some way. I'm an afterthought in my own life."

-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell

"A part of me wants to cry at this small request, because I know what that longing is like, what it means. I won't be there forever, but I will be there for her. For her sister. For her mother. I'll b…"

-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell

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8. Bad Cree

By: Jessica Johns

3.92

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping debut tinged with supernatural horror, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a p… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Johns's Bad Cree book and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma

  • magical realism
  • canada
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"On cloudless days I swear the prairies are closer to the sun than anywhere else in the world. Not because of the heat. It's the size of the floating orb when nothing else is around it. Beating like a…"

-Jessica Johns, Bad Cree

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9. Denison Avenue

By: Christina Wong

4.17

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vuln… read more

Similar categories in Christina Wong's Denison Avenue book and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma

  • adult fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. The Story of Us

By: Catherine Hernandez

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Canada Reads finalist Scarborough, a stunning new novel about the unbreakable bo… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Hernandez's The Story of Us book and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma

  • adult fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. The Circle

By: Katherena Vermette

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of The Break and The Strangers comes a poignant an… read more

Similar categories in Katherena Vermette's The Circle book and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma

  • adult fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. Behind You

By: Catherine Hernandez

4.04

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

As terror grips a city, a young girl faces danger closer to home and chilling memories that last a … read more

Similar categories in Catherine Hernandez's Behind You book and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma

  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
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13. The Islands: Stories

By: Dionne Irving

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Powerful stories that explore the legacy of colonialism, and issues of race, immigration, sexual di… read more

Similar categories in Dionne Irving's The Islands: Stories book and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
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14. Cold

By: Drew Hayden Taylor

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERA tragic plane crash that leaves two women stranded and fighting for the… read more

Similar categories in Drew Hayden Taylor's Cold book and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
Cover of The Double Life of Benson Yu by Kevin  Chong

15. The Double Life of Benson Yu

By: Kevin Chong

3.54

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

This work of metafiction follows a graphic novelist losing control of his own narrative as he attem… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Chong's The Double Life of Benson Yu book and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
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16. The Observer: A Novel

By: Marina Endicott

3.81

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

A spare and powerful new novel from the award-winning author of Good to a Fault and The Little Shad… read more

Similar categories in Marina Endicott's The Observer: A Novel book and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma

  • novels
  • fiction
  • canada
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17. Lost Ark Dreaming

By: Suyi Davies Okungbowa

3.69

Format: 179 pages, Hardcover

The brutally engineered class divisions of Snowpiercer meets Rivers Solomon’s The Deep in this high… read more

Similar categories in Suyi Davies Okungbowa's Lost Ark Dreaming book and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Rooftop Garden by Menaka Raman-Wilms

18. The Rooftop Garden

By: Menaka Raman-Wilms

3.66

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A thought-provoking debut novel that examines the intersection of climate change, human connection … read more

Similar categories in Menaka Raman-Wilms's The Rooftop Garden book and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma

  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
Cover of Away from the Dead by David Bergen

19. Away from the Dead

By: David Bergen

3.96

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Longlisted, Scotiabank Giller Prize Violence is the domain of both the rich and poor. Or so it seem… read more

Similar categories in David Bergen's Away from the Dead book and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma

  • novels
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
Cover of Age 16 by Rosena Fung

20. Age 16

By: Rosena Fung

4.32

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

A powerful coming-of-age graphic novel about three generations of mothers and daughters passing dow… read more

Similar categories in Rosena Fung's Age 16 book and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of We Rip the World Apart by Charlene Carr

21. We Rip the World Apart

By: Charlene Carr

4.26

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Hold My Girl comes a sweeping multi-generational story about motherhoo… read more

Similar categories in Charlene Carr's We Rip the World Apart book and Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma

  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary

21 Best fiction books like River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta

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Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Shane Hawk

3.98

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Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

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Shut Up You're Pretty

Téa Mutonji

3.57

Transform Your Habits

Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0)

Darcie Little Badger

4.29

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16 best-selling fiction books like Age 16 by Rosena Fung

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The Worst Ronin

Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.00

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Plain Jane and the Mermaid

Vera Brosgol

4.38

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Freshman Year

Sarah Mai

3.76

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The Deep Dark

Molly Knox Ostertag

4.42

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