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24 books recommended for fans of The Elemental by Lisa Veldkamp, tied together by themes of Magical Realism, Urban, Paranormal, and Fantasy.

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Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Paranormal

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Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Paranormal

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Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Paranormal

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Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Paranormal

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Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Paranormal

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Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Paranormal

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Moonlight & Vines

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Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Fantasy

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Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Fantasy

Forbidden — Davis Bunn

Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Fantasy

Sister Mine — Nalo Hopkinson

Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Fantasy

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Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Fantasy

The Great When The Fantastical First Instalment of the Genre-Busting Long London Series — Alan Moore

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Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Fantasy

Daughter from the Dark A Novel — Marina Di︠a︡chenko

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Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Fantasy

Bleed More, Bodymore — Ian Kirkpatrick

Bleed More, Bodymore

Ian Kirkpatrick

Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Fantasy

Fragile Things Short Fictions and Wonders — Neil Gaiman

Fragile Things Short Fictions and Wonders

Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Fantasy

Plead More, Bodymore — Ian Kirkpatrick

Plead More, Bodymore

Ian Kirkpatrick

Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Fantasy

The Turn of Awakening – A Contemporary Novel about Ancient, Elemental Magic (Book One of the Tinaru) Book One of the Tinaru — Martha Ellen Kilcoyne

The Turn of Awakening – A Contemporary Novel about Ancient, Elemental Magic (Book One of the Tinaru) Book One of the Tinaru

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Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Fantasy

The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break — Steven Sherrill

The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break

Steven Sherrill

Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Fantasy

Sourdough (with Bonus Story “The Suitcase Clone”) A Novel — Robin Sloan

Sourdough (with Bonus Story “The Suitcase Clone”) A Novel

Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Fantasy

Tapping the Dream Tree — Charles de Lint

Tapping the Dream Tree

Charles de Lint

Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Fantasy

The Cloven Viscount — Italo Calvino

The Cloven Viscount

Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Fantasy

The Book of Doors — Gareth Brown

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Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Fantasy

The Binding A Novel — Bridget Collins

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Themes: Magical Realism • Urban • Fantasy

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