House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (1986) is a magical story about a Latin American family that survives internal and external pressures.

Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate, first published in 1989, chronicles the life of Tita de la Garza in northern Mexico during the early part of the century as she struggles to win the right to be with the man she loves.

One Hundred Years of Solitude, written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and published in 1967, is considered the classic example of magic realism. This novel explores several generations of a Latin American family set against the age of revolution.