22 books
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11 voters
Carnivals Books
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Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as carnivals)
avg rating 3.89 — 154,584 ratings — published 1962
Joyland (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as carnivals)
avg rating 3.93 — 179,995 ratings — published 2013
The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9)
by (shelved 10 times as carnivals)
avg rating 4.01 — 140,735 ratings — published 2002
Beholding Bee (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as carnivals)
avg rating 4.02 — 2,850 ratings — published 2013
The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as carnivals)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,103,141 ratings — published 2011
The Funhouse (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as carnivals)
avg rating 3.65 — 24,792 ratings — published 1980
Caraval (Caraval, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as carnivals)
avg rating 3.97 — 889,134 ratings — published 2016
Legendary (Caraval, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as carnivals)
avg rating 4.10 — 464,243 ratings — published 2018
The Book of Speculation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as carnivals)
avg rating 3.61 — 38,952 ratings — published 2015
Geek Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as carnivals)
avg rating 3.95 — 73,200 ratings — published 1989
Satan's Affair (Cat and Mouse, #0.5)
by (shelved 2 times as carnivals)
avg rating 3.71 — 153,352 ratings — published 2021
Empty Smiles (Small Spaces, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as carnivals)
avg rating 3.81 — 4,955 ratings — published 2022
Finale (Caraval, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as carnivals)
avg rating 4.13 — 385,156 ratings — published 2019
The Magic Misfits (The Magic Misfits, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as carnivals)
avg rating 3.99 — 16,396 ratings — published 2017
Freeks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as carnivals)
avg rating 3.72 — 3,509 ratings — published 2017
Twilight Eyes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as carnivals)
avg rating 3.93 — 28,055 ratings — published 1985
The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as carnivals)
avg rating 4.16 — 123,138 ratings — published 1968
The Bear and the Hare and the Fair (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 3.75 — 16 ratings — published
The First Fall (Incryptid, #0.07)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 3.93 — 781 ratings — published 2013
Freakslaw (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 3.52 — 2,128 ratings — published 2024
American OZ: An Astonishing Year Inside Traveling Carnivals at State Fairs & Festivals: Hitchhiking From California to New York, Alaska to Mexico (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 3.91 — 531 ratings — published 2020
Cornbread & Poppy at the Carnival (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 4.24 — 391 ratings — published
No Place to Hide (Havoc's Playground, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 3.72 — 20,730 ratings — published 2023
King of Spades (Wonderland, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,814 ratings — published 2022
Palisades Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 3.79 — 6,985 ratings — published 2013
The Fourth Suit (The Magic Misfits, #4)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,247 ratings — published 2020
The Minor Third (The Magic Misfits, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,236 ratings — published 2019
Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 3.94 — 894,286 ratings — published 2021
The Second Story (The Magic Misfits, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 4.17 — 5,498 ratings — published 2018
Revelle: A Breathtaking Stand-Alone YA Fantasy of Magic and Romance in Prohibition New York (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,593 ratings — published 2023
Double-Edged (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 4.05 — 5,864 ratings — published 2022
Saturnalia (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 3.43 — 1,647 ratings — published 2022
Adrenaline (In Secret We Sin, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 4.15 — 502 ratings — published 2022
Circus of Monsters (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 3.79 — 135 ratings — published
Water for Elephants (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,704,607 ratings — published 2006
A Cabinet of Wonders (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 3.58 — 189 ratings — published 2006
Bacchanal (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 3.83 — 10,966 ratings — published 2021
Boardwalk Babies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 4.38 — 261 ratings — published 2021
Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,783 ratings — published 2022
The Blue Moon Circus (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 3.86 — 237 ratings — published 2003
Sit, Stay, Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,181 ratings — published 2016
Sinners' Playground (The Harlequin Crew, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 4.18 — 21,611 ratings — published 2020
Popped Star (The Gumazing Gum Girl! #3)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 4.17 — 75 ratings — published 2014
Carnival of Contagion (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 3.20 — 5 ratings — published
In Peace Lies Havoc (Midnight Mayhem, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 4.06 — 14,019 ratings — published 2019
Carniepunk: The Demon Barker of Wheat Street (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #4.4)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 4.03 — 3,888 ratings — published 2014
Bird of Paradis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 2.91 — 23 ratings — published
Carnival Magic (The Other Side #2)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 3.51 — 169 ratings — published 2018
Barren (Carnaval des Ténèbres, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 3.30 — 187 ratings — published 2020
Monster Midway: An Uninhibited Look at the Glittering World of the Carny (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as carnivals)
avg rating 4.33 — 42 ratings — published 1953
“It's difficult to spend time in any carnival or amusement park and not realize that a repressed fear of death may be the one emotion that is constant in the human heart even if, most of the time, it is confined to the unconscious as we go about our business. Thrill rides offer us a chance to acknowledge our ever-present dread, to release the tension that arises from repression of it, and to subtly delude ourselves with the illusion of invulnerability that surviving the Big Drop can provide.”
― Saint Odd
― Saint Odd
“She had seen it done. Wherever they glittered in the afterlife – flying among the high rafters of heaven, swimming with her mother in an undersea cave – she hoped the tigers had known it, and roared.”
― Church of Marvels
― Church of Marvels










