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The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternWater for Elephants by Sara GruenSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyGeek Love by Katherine DunnCaraval by Stephanie Garber
Circus/Carnival Books
700 books — 1,081 voters
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyTiger's Voyage by Colleen HouckTiger's Quest by Colleen HouckWhen The Circus Came To Town by Deborah McClatcheyCircus of the Dead by Kimberly Loth
Best Horror or Creepy Carnival or Circus Books
76 books — 179 voters

Harley in the Sky by Akemi Dawn BowmanCircus Mirandus by Cassie BeasleyCaraval by Stephanie GarberGirl on a Wire by Gwenda BondThe Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket
YA & Middle Grade Circus/Carnivals/Amusement Parks
215 books — 127 voters
It by Stephen KingDown A Dark Road by Taryn WomackWhen The Circus Came To Town by Deborah McClatcheyFloppy Shoes Apocalypse by John LedgerHeathen's Barrow by Nash Nelson
Clown Horror
51 books — 46 voters

Trick Me Twice by Becca SteeleLiberty Falls by Lee JacquotCapturing the Devil by Kerri ManiscalcoBrothers in Blood by Rory IrelandSlay Me by Jessica Wayne
Ferris Wheels on the Cover
212 books — 39 voters
Circus of the Dead by Kimberly LothHarley in the Sky by Akemi Dawn BowmanThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Life She Was Given by Ellen Marie Wiseman
Circus Fiction
64 books — 36 voters

Liberty Falls by Lee JacquotTrick Me Twice by Becca SteeleSlay Me by Jessica WayneHarem of Freaks by Crystal AshBrothers in Blood by Rory Ireland
Carnival Rides
130 books — 27 voters
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoFat Tuesday by Sandra BrownThe Moviegoer by Walker PercyMasks by M. DaltoLove Spirits by Diana Cachey
Mardi Gras -- Fasching -- Fastnacht -- Karneval -- Carnaval -- Carnival -- Carnevale -- Lent
78 books — 26 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Mermaid by Christina HenryGeek Love by Katherine DunnThe Ladies of the Secret Circus by Constance Sayers
Circus Historical Fiction
42 books — 11 voters
Freak Show by Crystal AshThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternMenagerie by Rachel VincentAbra Cadabra by Crystal AshNights at the Circus by Angela Carter
Sideshow Attraction-Romances With Hero Or Heroine Part Of A Circus, Carnival Or Traveling Show
123 books — 9 voters

Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCullyThe Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai GersteinLouise, The Adventures of a Chicken by Kate DiCamilloWalking on Air by Kelly EastonLet the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
Walking the Tightrope
41 books — 8 voters
The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie LeongThe Adventurous Summer by Mabel Esther AllanMortimer's Portrait on Glass by Joan AikenThe Diddakoi by Rumer GoddenCharley by Joan G. Robinson
Gypsy Caravan - Vardo - Romani Wagon
63 books — 5 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe First Bright Thing by J.R. DawsonCruel Illusions by Margie FustonGirl on a Wire by Gwenda BondThe Mermaid's Sister by Carrie Anne Noble
Magical Circuses & Carnivals
16 books — 4 voters
Carnival Pleasures by Violet RaeMasked Man by Elsie JamesMasked Intentions by Kylie MarcusBehind The Mask by Kameron ClaireBeaded by Midnight by Eve London
World's Biggest Party
11 books — 2 voters

The Routledge Companion to Commedia dell'Arte by Judith ChaffeeScenarios Of The Commedia dell'arte by Henry F. SalernoHarlequin on the Moon by Lynne LawnerBefriending the Commedia dell'Arte of Flaminio Scala by Natalie Crohn SchmittThe Commedia dell'Arte of Flaminio Scala by Richard Andrews
Commedia dell'arte
15 books — 2 voters
Circus Pony by Jeanne BetancourtThe Marvelwood Magicians by Diane ZahlerThe Circus of Stolen Dreams by Lorelei SavarynThe Circus of Adventure by Enid BlytonLittle Black Goes to the Circus by Walter Farley
#MGCarousel - Books Set at the Circus
30 books — 2 voters

Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay GreshamMadball by Fredric BrownCarny Kill by Robert Edmond AlterJoyland by Stephen KingInnocent Bystander by Craig Rice
Carny Noir
5 books — 2 voters
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas AdamsA Magic Eye for Ida by Kay ChoraoMy Name is Evil by R.L. StineThe Castafiore Emerald by HergéCicely and Other Stories by Annie Fellows Johnston
Fortune Telling, Palmistry, etc. in Fiction
83 books — 1 voter

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