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Carnival Books
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Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.89 — 157,635 ratings — published 1962
Caraval (Caraval, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.97 — 948,248 ratings — published 2016
Geek Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.95 — 74,543 ratings — published 1989
Legendary (Caraval, #2)
by (shelved 22 times as carnival)
avg rating 4.09 — 497,344 ratings — published 2018
The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,127,158 ratings — published 2011
Finale (Caraval, #3)
by (shelved 15 times as carnival)
avg rating 4.12 — 413,890 ratings — published 2019
Joyland (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.93 — 184,435 ratings — published 2013
Carnival Nightmare (Carnival #1)
by (shelved 9 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.42 — 9,755 ratings — published 2024
Water for Elephants (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as carnival)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,719,593 ratings — published 2006
Carnival Stalker (Carnival #4)
by (shelved 8 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,376 ratings — published
Carnival Monster (Carnival #3)
by (shelved 8 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.84 — 5,249 ratings — published
Daughter of the Burning City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.67 — 7,185 ratings — published 2017
The Book of Speculation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.60 — 39,167 ratings — published 2015
Carnival Mayhem (Carnival #6)
by (shelved 7 times as carnival)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,490 ratings — published
Carnival Master (Carnival #5)
by (shelved 7 times as carnival)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,433 ratings — published
Carnival Obsession (Carnival #2)
by (shelved 7 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.91 — 3,093 ratings — published
Hollow Hellion (The Hollows Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as carnival)
avg rating 4.19 — 9,140 ratings — published 2024
Carnival Shadows (Carnival #7)
by (shelved 6 times as carnival)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,296 ratings — published
No Place to Hide (Havoc's Playground, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.71 — 21,524 ratings — published 2023
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.92 — 22,357 ratings — published 2009
The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)
by (shelved 6 times as carnival)
avg rating 4.01 — 142,573 ratings — published 2002
The Contortionist (Harrow Faire, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.89 — 6,438 ratings — published 2020
By a Charm and a Curse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.48 — 707 ratings — published 2018
Twilight Eyes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.93 — 28,227 ratings — published 1985
The Midnight Fair (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as carnival)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,047 ratings — published 2021
The Museum of Extraordinary Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.78 — 57,725 ratings — published 2014
Carnival Fantástico (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,404 ratings — published 2026
Cirque Obscurum (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,508 ratings — published 2024
His Revelry (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.67 — 1,679 ratings — published 2021
The Spark in You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.61 — 126 ratings — published
Leap For It (A Monster Romance Novella) (The Carnival of Curiosities Book 10)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.96 — 161 ratings — published
Carnival Creeps (Sinner's Sideshow #2)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,312 ratings — published
Love, Lah Lah (Library Binding)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.69 — 101 ratings — published
Satan's Affair (Cat and Mouse, #0.5)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.71 — 161,958 ratings — published 2021
Where Dreams Descend (Kingdom of Cards, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.63 — 10,002 ratings — published 2020
FantasticLand (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.83 — 56,968 ratings — published 2016
Bacchanal (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.83 — 11,084 ratings — published 2021
Circus of the Dead: Book 1 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,396 ratings — published 2019
Freak Show (Harem of Freaks, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,647 ratings — published 2018
Rewrite the Stars (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 4.22 — 4,064 ratings — published 2018
Menagerie (Menagerie, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 4.01 — 6,303 ratings — published 2015
Full Tilt (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.87 — 9,962 ratings — published 2003
Malaika’s Costume (The Malaika Series, 1)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.88 — 241 ratings — published 2016
The Funhouse (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.65 — 24,954 ratings — published 1980
Freezer Burn (Trade Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,544 ratings — published 1999
Church of Marvels (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.78 — 10,583 ratings — published 2015
The Traveling Man (Traveling, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,084 ratings — published 2015
Conjured (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.59 — 3,271 ratings — published 2013
Carniepunk (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as carnival)
avg rating 3.64 — 3,179 ratings — published 2013
“On the ferry back from Büyükada
the setting sun’s soft rays
scarcely light the faces
of my fellow weary travellers
sons joke with their fathers
daughters sleep on mothers’ laps
friends play faded playing cards
with an envelope for the missing jack
here a toddler’s hand under his chin
like a scholar there a family roars
with laughter eating sunflower seeds
from a pink plastic bag
we breathe the crisp marmara sea
together suddenly i loved you
despite your carnival of violence
i love you Humanity!
with all your many ifs
and your many thens”
―
the setting sun’s soft rays
scarcely light the faces
of my fellow weary travellers
sons joke with their fathers
daughters sleep on mothers’ laps
friends play faded playing cards
with an envelope for the missing jack
here a toddler’s hand under his chin
like a scholar there a family roars
with laughter eating sunflower seeds
from a pink plastic bag
we breathe the crisp marmara sea
together suddenly i loved you
despite your carnival of violence
i love you Humanity!
with all your many ifs
and your many thens”
―
“A tired man lay down his head
in a dusty room so dim,
and for so long his wife did shake
and yell to waken him.
Meanwhile his thoughts, his dreams, did stir
of sandy, red bullfights,
of powder-blasts in the air
and carnival delights.
Yet still his wife was in despair
in a dusty room so dim,
for she knew death was a whore
not far from tempting him.”
―
in a dusty room so dim,
and for so long his wife did shake
and yell to waken him.
Meanwhile his thoughts, his dreams, did stir
of sandy, red bullfights,
of powder-blasts in the air
and carnival delights.
Yet still his wife was in despair
in a dusty room so dim,
for she knew death was a whore
not far from tempting him.”
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