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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
718 books — 1,091 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
77 books — 186 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
264 books — 133 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
213 books — 40 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 AshBacchanal by Veronica G. Henry
Carnival Rides
133 books — 29 voters
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoFat Tuesday by Sandra BrownThe Moviegoer by Walker PercyLove Spirits by Diana CacheyMasks by M. Dalto
Mardi Gras -- Fasching -- Fastnacht -- Karneval -- Carnaval -- Carnival -- Carnevale -- Lent
79 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
124 books — 10 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
64 books — 5 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternGirl on a Wire by Gwenda BondThe Mermaid's Sister by Carrie Anne NobleCircus Mirandus by Cassie BeasleyThe Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore
Magical Circuses & Carnivals
16 books — 4 voters
Madball by Fredric BrownNightmare Alley by William Lindsay GreshamGuidance to Death by Daniel V. Meier Jr.Carny Kill by Robert Edmond AlterJoyland by Stephen King
Carny Noir
6 books — 3 voters

Mister Magic by Kiersten WhiteMister Magic by Kiersten WhiteClown in a Cornfield by Adam CesareForbidden Zone by Joshua MillicanThe Queen's Envoy by Lord David Prosser
Clowncore Aesthetic Lit.
11 books — 3 voters
Carnival Pleasures by Violet RaeMasked Intentions by Kylie MarcusBehind The Mask by Kameron ClaireMasked Man by Elsie JamesBeaded by Midnight by Eve London
World's Biggest Party
11 books — 2 voters

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas AdamsThe Foretelling by Caroline CraneA Magic Eye for Ida by Kay ChoraoMy Name is Evil by R.L. StineThe Castafiore Emerald by Hergé
Fortune Telling, Palmistry, etc. in Fiction
85 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

The Marvelwood Magicians by Diane ZahlerCircus Pony by Jeanne BetancourtThe Circus of Stolen Dreams by Lorelei SavarynThe Circus of Adventure by Enid BlytonAlmost Flying by Jake Maia Arlow
#MGCarousel - Books Set at the Circus
30 books — 2 voters
The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternCaraval by Stephanie GarberThe Immortal Circus by A.R. Kahler
Lyrical Carnival & Circus Fantasy (Atmospheric, Dark, Magical)
3 books — 1 voter

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