88 books
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11 voters
Circus Books
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The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 666 times as circus)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,092,172 ratings — published 2011
Water for Elephants (Paperback)
by (shelved 650 times as circus)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,695,343 ratings — published 2006
Caraval (Caraval, #1)
by (shelved 169 times as circus)
avg rating 3.97 — 857,636 ratings — published 2016
Geek Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as circus)
avg rating 3.95 — 72,656 ratings — published 1989
The Book of Speculation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 88 times as circus)
avg rating 3.61 — 38,857 ratings — published 2015
Kiss an Angel (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as circus)
avg rating 4.17 — 69,677 ratings — published 1996
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as circus)
avg rating 3.90 — 153,027 ratings — published 1962
Nights at the Circus (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as circus)
avg rating 3.88 — 14,625 ratings — published 1984
Circus of Wonders (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as circus)
avg rating 3.63 — 10,110 ratings — published 2021
Circus Mirandus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as circus)
avg rating 4.08 — 10,842 ratings — published 2015
The Orphan's Tale (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as circus)
avg rating 4.05 — 93,595 ratings — published 2017
Legendary (Caraval, #2)
by (shelved 59 times as circus)
avg rating 4.10 — 447,288 ratings — published 2018
The Life She Was Given (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as circus)
avg rating 4.10 — 52,987 ratings — published 2017
The Failed Audition (Circus Is Family #1)
by (shelved 54 times as circus)
avg rating 4.21 — 10,813 ratings — published 2014
Pantomime (Micah Grey, #1)
by (shelved 54 times as circus)
avg rating 3.91 — 3,407 ratings — published 2013
Girl on a Wire (Cirque American, #1)
by (shelved 53 times as circus)
avg rating 3.65 — 5,639 ratings — published 2014
Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as circus)
avg rating 3.81 — 3,225 ratings — published 2011
The Circus Train (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as circus)
avg rating 4.02 — 24,472 ratings — published 2022
Finale (Caraval, #3)
by (shelved 49 times as circus)
avg rating 4.13 — 370,850 ratings — published 2019
The Circus In Winter: A Debut Literary Novel of Family, Love, and Small-Town Dreams (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as circus)
avg rating 3.64 — 1,604 ratings — published 2004
The Ladies of the Secret Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as circus)
avg rating 3.83 — 11,696 ratings — published 2021
Menagerie (Menagerie, #1)
by (shelved 46 times as circus)
avg rating 4.01 — 6,258 ratings — published 2015
Extraordinary Jane (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as circus)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,242 ratings — published 2014
The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as circus)
avg rating 3.96 — 2,809 ratings — published 2000
Where Dreams Descend (Kingdom of Cards, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as circus)
avg rating 3.64 — 9,866 ratings — published 2020
Hearts of Fire (Hearts, #2)
by (shelved 38 times as circus)
avg rating 4.21 — 6,190 ratings — published 2015
Daughter of the Burning City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as circus)
avg rating 3.67 — 7,149 ratings — published 2017
The Gracekeepers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as circus)
avg rating 3.56 — 7,443 ratings — published 2015
The Immortal Circus: Act One (Cirque des Immortels, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as circus)
avg rating 3.75 — 6,087 ratings — published 2012
Church of Marvels (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as circus)
avg rating 3.78 — 10,507 ratings — published 2015
The First Bright Thing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as circus)
avg rating 3.57 — 3,479 ratings — published 2023
The One and Only Ivan (The One and Only #1)
by (shelved 31 times as circus)
avg rating 4.27 — 209,003 ratings — published 2012
Wonder Show (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as circus)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,827 ratings — published 2012
The Weight of Feathers (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 30 times as circus)
avg rating 3.75 — 6,520 ratings — published 2015
The Circus Ship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as circus)
avg rating 4.48 — 3,523 ratings — published 2009
The Final Confession of Mabel Stark (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as circus)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,956 ratings — published 2001
The Museum of Extraordinary Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as circus)
avg rating 3.77 — 56,841 ratings — published 2014
Queen of the Air: A True Story of Love and Tragedy at the Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as circus)
avg rating 3.69 — 957 ratings — published 2013
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as circus)
avg rating 3.72 — 10,901 ratings — published 2011
The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as circus)
avg rating 3.91 — 16,206 ratings — published 2024
The Contortionist (Harrow Faire, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as circus)
avg rating 3.91 — 5,792 ratings — published 2020
Harley in the Sky (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as circus)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,671 ratings — published 2020
A Son of the Circus (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as circus)
avg rating 3.67 — 21,265 ratings — published 1994
The Farmer and the Clown (The Farmer Books)
by (shelved 25 times as circus)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,992 ratings — published 2015
That Time I Joined the Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as circus)
avg rating 3.61 — 2,028 ratings — published 2013
Cirque Du Freak: A Living Nightmare (Cirque Du Freak, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as circus)
avg rating 4.08 — 63,741 ratings — published 2000
If I Ran the Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as circus)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,932 ratings — published 1956
Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as circus)
avg rating 4.22 — 12,568 ratings — published 1997
The Boundless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as circus)
avg rating 3.86 — 6,650 ratings — published 2014
The Pilo Family Circus (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as circus)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,863 ratings — published 2006
“Quality of education and employment is like a politician's promise—sounds amazing during the campaign, but once elected, it vanishes into thin air, leaving us with a circus full of clowns juggling our dimes.”
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“Circus has always made him believe that anything is possible. But he knows, too, that it is illusion, that life does not share its boldness, its neat stories.”
― Circus of Wonders
― Circus of Wonders












