Books Like The Night Circus

The Night Circus has a specific kind of pull. These books share it — not just the genre, the feeling.

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The Night Circus

Erin Morgenstern

The House in the Cerulean Sea

TJ Klune

Shares both escape and both fantasy with The Night Circus. About as warm and gentle as fantasy gets, with real heart underneath.

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

Shares both mysterious and both fantasy with The Night Circus. Strange, beautiful, and unlike almost anything else you've read.

Circe

Madeline Miller

Shares both escape and both fantasy with The Night Circus. Turns a footnote in mythology into the most compelling character in it.

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