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The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 685 times as circus)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,136,136 ratings — published 2011
Water for Elephants (Paperback)
by (shelved 654 times as circus)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,725,626 ratings — published 2006
Caraval (Caraval, #1)
by (shelved 173 times as circus)
avg rating 3.97 — 973,447 ratings — published 2016
Geek Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as circus)
avg rating 3.95 — 75,131 ratings — published 1989
The Book of Speculation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as circus)
avg rating 3.60 — 39,278 ratings — published 2015
Kiss an Angel (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as circus)
avg rating 4.16 — 71,179 ratings — published 1996
Nights at the Circus (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as circus)
avg rating 3.87 — 15,181 ratings — published 1984
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as circus)
avg rating 3.89 — 158,927 ratings — published 1962
Circus of Wonders (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as circus)
avg rating 3.62 — 10,493 ratings — published 2021
Circus Mirandus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as circus)
avg rating 4.08 — 10,979 ratings — published 2015
Legendary (Caraval, #2)
by (shelved 62 times as circus)
avg rating 4.08 — 511,195 ratings — published 2018
The Orphan's Tale (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as circus)
avg rating 4.05 — 96,484 ratings — published 2017
Pantomime (Micah Grey, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as circus)
avg rating 3.91 — 3,576 ratings — published 2013
The Life She Was Given (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as circus)
avg rating 4.10 — 57,390 ratings — published 2017
The Circus Train (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as circus)
avg rating 4.01 — 25,586 ratings — published 2022
The Failed Audition (Circus Is Family #1)
by (shelved 53 times as circus)
avg rating 4.20 — 10,945 ratings — published 2014
Girl on a Wire (Cirque American, #1)
by (shelved 53 times as circus)
avg rating 3.65 — 5,647 ratings — published 2014
Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as circus)
avg rating 3.81 — 3,243 ratings — published 2011
Finale (Caraval, #3)
by (shelved 50 times as circus)
avg rating 4.12 — 425,732 ratings — published 2019
The Circus In Winter (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as circus)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,633 ratings — published 2004
The Ladies of the Secret Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as circus)
avg rating 3.82 — 12,232 ratings — published 2021
Menagerie (Menagerie, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as circus)
avg rating 4.01 — 6,325 ratings — published 2015
Extraordinary Jane (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as circus)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,251 ratings — published 2014
The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as circus)
avg rating 3.95 — 2,878 ratings — published 2000
Daughter of the Burning City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as circus)
avg rating 3.67 — 7,195 ratings — published 2017
Where Dreams Descend (Kingdom of Cards, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as circus)
avg rating 3.63 — 10,023 ratings — published 2020
Hearts of Fire (Hearts, #2)
by (shelved 39 times as circus)
avg rating 4.20 — 6,202 ratings — published 2015
The Gracekeepers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as circus)
avg rating 3.56 — 7,533 ratings — published 2015
The Immortal Circus: Act One (Cirque des Immortels, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as circus)
avg rating 3.75 — 6,098 ratings — published 2012
Church of Marvels (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as circus)
avg rating 3.78 — 10,606 ratings — published 2015
The First Bright Thing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as circus)
avg rating 3.57 — 3,688 ratings — published 2023
Wonder Show (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as circus)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,828 ratings — published 2012
The Contortionist (Harrow Faire, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as circus)
avg rating 3.88 — 6,633 ratings — published 2020
The One and Only Ivan (The One and Only, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as circus)
avg rating 4.27 — 217,399 ratings — published 2012
The Final Confession of Mabel Stark (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as circus)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,033 ratings — published 2001
The Weight of Feathers (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 30 times as circus)
avg rating 3.75 — 6,557 ratings — published 2015
The Circus Ship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as circus)
avg rating 4.48 — 3,624 ratings — published 2009
The Museum of Extraordinary Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as circus)
avg rating 3.78 — 57,989 ratings — published 2014
Queen of the Air: A True Story of Love and Tragedy at the Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as circus)
avg rating 3.69 — 961 ratings — published 2013
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as circus)
avg rating 3.72 — 11,077 ratings — published 2011
Harley in the Sky (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as circus)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,692 ratings — published 2020
Cirque Du Freak: A Living Nightmare (Cirque Du Freak, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as circus)
avg rating 4.08 — 65,122 ratings — published 2000
A Son of the Circus (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as circus)
avg rating 3.67 — 21,618 ratings — published 1994
The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as circus)
avg rating 3.91 — 18,302 ratings — published 2024
The Farmer and the Clown (The Farmer Books)
by (shelved 25 times as circus)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,002 ratings — published 2015
That Time I Joined the Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as circus)
avg rating 3.61 — 2,032 ratings — published 2013
If I Ran the Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as circus)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,040 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 — 12,980 ratings — published 1997
Circus Creeps (Sinner's Sideshow, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as circus)
avg rating 4.25 — 5,356 ratings — published
Under the Big Top: A Season with the Circus – An Unforgettable Memoir of Childhood Fantasy and Clown Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as circus)
avg rating 3.76 — 323 ratings — published 1995
“At cocktail parties, I played the part of a successful businessman's wife to perfection. I smiled, I made polite chit-chat, and I dressed the part. Denial and rationalization were two of my most effective tools in working my way through our social obligations. I believed that playing the roles of wife and mother were the least I could do to help support Tom's career.
During the day, I was a puzzle with innumerable pieces. One piece made my family a nourishing breakfast. Another piece ferried the kids to school and to soccer practice. A third piece managed to trip to the grocery store. There was also a piece that wanted to sleep for eighteen hours a day and the piece that woke up shaking from yet another nightmare. And there was the piece that attended business functions and actually fooled people into thinking I might have something constructive to offer.
I was a circus performer traversing the tightwire, and I could fall off into a vortex devoid of reality at any moment. There was, and had been for a very long time, an intense sense of despair. A self-deprecating voice inside told me I had no chance of getting better. I lived in an emotional black hole.
p20-21, talking about dissociative identity disorder (formerly multiple personality disorder).”
― Wholeness: My Healing Journey from Ritual Abuse
During the day, I was a puzzle with innumerable pieces. One piece made my family a nourishing breakfast. Another piece ferried the kids to school and to soccer practice. A third piece managed to trip to the grocery store. There was also a piece that wanted to sleep for eighteen hours a day and the piece that woke up shaking from yet another nightmare. And there was the piece that attended business functions and actually fooled people into thinking I might have something constructive to offer.
I was a circus performer traversing the tightwire, and I could fall off into a vortex devoid of reality at any moment. There was, and had been for a very long time, an intense sense of despair. A self-deprecating voice inside told me I had no chance of getting better. I lived in an emotional black hole.
p20-21, talking about dissociative identity disorder (formerly multiple personality disorder).”
― Wholeness: My Healing Journey from Ritual Abuse
“If you believe that the show you’re
making will improve the world, there’s nothing saying that your goals and
self-interests and someone else’s goals and interests have to be mutually
exclusive. They can align.”
― The Contemporary Circus Handbook: A Guide to Creating, Funding, Producing, Organizing, and Touring Shows for the 21st Century
making will improve the world, there’s nothing saying that your goals and
self-interests and someone else’s goals and interests have to be mutually
exclusive. They can align.”
― The Contemporary Circus Handbook: A Guide to Creating, Funding, Producing, Organizing, and Touring Shows for the 21st Century
