Best Circus, Sideshow and Museum Books

1.
Harley in the Sky
Harley in the Sky 3.96 avg rating — 1,656 ratings
2.
Circus of the Dead: Book 1
Circus of the Dead: Book 1 3.86 avg rating — 2,250 ratings
3.
The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,068,418 ratings
4.
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating — 1,680,821 ratings
5.
Geek Love
Geek Love 3.95 avg rating — 71,406 ratings
6.
Spectaccolo
Spectaccolo 1.77 avg rating — 123 ratings
7.
Jumbo: This Being the True Story of the Greatest Elephant in the World
Jumbo: This Being the True Story of the Greatest Elephant in the World 3.76 avg rating — 251 ratings
8.
The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy
The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy 3.96 avg rating — 2,772 ratings
9.
Awake
Awake 3.37 avg rating — 27 ratings
9.
The Life She Was Given
The Life She Was Given 4.10 avg rating — 50,855 ratings
9.
A Turn of Pandemonium (Cirque du Shadow, #1)
A Turn of Pandemonium (Cirque du Shadow, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 63 ratings
12.
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Something Wicked This Way Comes 3.90 avg rating — 145,999 ratings
12.
The Electric Woman: A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts
The Electric Woman: A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts 3.91 avg rating — 1,491 ratings
14.
The Book of Houdini
The Book of Houdini 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
15.
The Final Confession of Mabel Stark
The Final Confession of Mabel Stark 3.93 avg rating — 1,929 ratings
15.
Orphans of the Carnival
Orphans of the Carnival 3.36 avg rating — 1,466 ratings
17.
A Nightmare on Clown Street (Goosebumps Most Wanted, #7)
A Nightmare on Clown Street (Goosebumps Most Wanted, #7) 4.07 avg rating — 995 ratings
18.
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb 3.72 avg rating — 10,846 ratings
18.
The Museum of Extraordinary Things
The Museum of Extraordinary Things 3.77 avg rating — 56,222 ratings
20.
Dreamland
Dreamland 3.72 avg rating — 1,872 ratings
20.
The Blue Moon Circus
The Blue Moon Circus 3.85 avg rating — 233 ratings
22.
Among the Wonderful
Among the Wonderful 3.40 avg rating — 495 ratings
23.
Toby Tyler: Or Ten Weeks With a Circus
Toby Tyler: Or Ten Weeks With a Circus 3.67 avg rating — 466 ratings
24.
Dumbo and the Circus Train
Dumbo and the Circus Train 3.54 avg rating — 26 ratings
25.
The Biggest Modern Woman of the World
The Biggest Modern Woman of the World 3.67 avg rating — 52 ratings
25.
The Book of Speculation
The Book of Speculation 3.61 avg rating — 38,583 ratings
25.
The Crossing of Old Lady Probert (A Short Story from The Spirals of Danu Book 3)
The Crossing of Old Lady Probert (A Short Story from The Spirals of Danu Book 3) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
25.
Lucia Zarate
Lucia Zarate 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
25.
Suite for Calliope: A Novel of Music and the Circus
Suite for Calliope: A Novel of Music and the Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
25.
The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus
The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus 4.05 avg rating — 2,038 ratings
25.
Miraculum
Miraculum 3.53 avg rating — 705 ratings
25.
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Behind the Scenes at the Museum 3.98 avg rating — 42,717 ratings
25.
The Weight of Air
The Weight of Air 3.99 avg rating — 778 ratings
25.
Boy With Wings
Boy With Wings 3.87 avg rating — 134 ratings
35.
Bumping Noses and Cherry Pie
Bumping Noses and Cherry Pie 4.57 avg rating — 42 ratings
35.
The Life of P. T. Barnum, Written by Himself
The Life of P. T. Barnum, Written by Himself 3.38 avg rating — 480 ratings
35.
Magruder's Curiosity Cabinet
Magruder's Curiosity Cabinet
by: H.P. Wood
3.73 avg rating — 1,225 ratings
35.
The Museum of Modern Love
The Museum of Modern Love 3.90 avg rating — 10,926 ratings
35.
Under Lock & Skeleton Key (Secret Staircase Mystery, #1)
Under Lock & Skeleton Key (Secret Staircase Mystery, #1) 3.53 avg rating — 4,881 ratings
40.
Burning Bright
Burning Bright 3.41 avg rating — 15,417 ratings
40.
The Weight of Feathers
The Weight of Feathers 3.75 avg rating — 6,497 ratings
40.
Das Buch der vergessenen Artisten
Das Buch der vergessenen Artisten
by: Vera Buck
4.01 avg rating — 218 ratings
40.
Meet Me at the Museum
Meet Me at the Museum 3.92 avg rating — 15,004 ratings
40.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch 3.96 avg rating — 1,010,519 ratings
45.
The Mermaid's Child
The Mermaid's Child
by: Jo Baker
2.95 avg rating — 853 ratings
45.
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 4.28 avg rating — 35,446 ratings
45.
The Invisible Circus: A Novel
The Invisible Circus: A Novel 3.54 avg rating — 7,389 ratings
48.
The Orphan's Tale
The Orphan's Tale 4.05 avg rating — 92,184 ratings
49.
Inzared, Queen of the Elephant Riders (Book 1)
Inzared, Queen of the Elephant Riders (Book 1) 3.66 avg rating — 210 ratings
49.
The Mermaid
The Mermaid 3.63 avg rating — 10,283 ratings
49.
The Happy Hollisters at Circus Island (Happy Hollisters, #8)
The Happy Hollisters at Circus Island (Happy Hollisters, #8) 4.06 avg rating — 411 ratings
52.
The Confabulist
The Confabulist 3.38 avg rating — 1,835 ratings
52.
ZooBorns Motherly Love: Celebrating the Mother-Baby Bond at the World's Zoos and Aquariums
ZooBorns Motherly Love: Celebrating the Mother-Baby Bond at the World's Zoos and Aquariums 4.15 avg rating — 61 ratings
54.
The Bearded Lady
The Bearded Lady 3.55 avg rating — 65 ratings
54.
The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and their Patients
The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and their Patients 3.98 avg rating — 1,663 ratings
56.
Little Pearl's Circus World
Little Pearl's Circus World really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
56.
Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives
Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives 3.99 avg rating — 3,207 ratings
58.
The Swan Gondola
The Swan Gondola 3.47 avg rating — 1,497 ratings
58.
Pippi Goes to the Circus
Pippi Goes to the Circus 3.97 avg rating — 370 ratings
58.
The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise
The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise 3.58 avg rating — 9,987 ratings
61.
The Hatbox Baby
The Hatbox Baby 3.33 avg rating — 374 ratings
61.
Olivia Saves the Circus (Olivia, #2)
Olivia Saves the Circus (Olivia, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 5,701 ratings
61.
Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived
Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived 4.22 avg rating — 12,353 ratings
64.
The Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno
The Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno 3.20 avg rating — 936 ratings
64.
Nights at the Circus
Nights at the Circus 3.88 avg rating — 14,348 ratings
64.
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World 3.87 avg rating — 62,009 ratings
67.
The Aerialist
The Aerialist 3.53 avg rating — 117 ratings
67.
The Circus Goes to Sea
The Circus Goes to Sea 3.91 avg rating — 124 ratings
67.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating — 1,726,628 ratings
70.
The Electric Michelangelo
The Electric Michelangelo 3.62 avg rating — 2,626 ratings
70.
The Circus Ship
The Circus Ship 4.47 avg rating — 3,436 ratings
72.
Shadow in Serenity
Shadow in Serenity 3.99 avg rating — 2,333 ratings
72.
Sandy's Circus: A Story About Alexander Calder
Sandy's Circus: A Story About Alexander Calder 4.03 avg rating — 429 ratings
74.
Spot Goes to the Circus
Spot Goes to the Circus
by: Eric Hill
3.85 avg rating — 296 ratings
75.
Circus Shoes (A Puffin Book)
Circus Shoes (A Puffin Book) 3.83 avg rating — 1,293 ratings
76.
Give Me My Father's Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo
Give Me My Father's Body: The Life of Minik, the New York Eskimo 3.86 avg rating — 457 ratings
76.
If I Ran the Circus
If I Ran the Circus
by: Dr. Seuss
3.93 avg rating — 5,822 ratings
78.
Harper and the Circus of Dreams
Harper and the Circus of Dreams 4.23 avg rating — 173 ratings
79.
Little Grey Rabbit And The Circus
Little Grey Rabbit And The Circus 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings
80.
A Circus Wish (Magic Kitten, #6)
A Circus Wish (Magic Kitten, #6) 4.25 avg rating — 367 ratings
81.
Topsy and Tim at the Circus
Topsy and Tim at the Circus 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
82.
Circus Mirandus
Circus Mirandus 4.08 avg rating — 10,752 ratings
83.
The Circus of Adventure (7) (Adventure series)
The Circus of Adventure (7) (Adventure series) 4.16 avg rating — 3,249 ratings
84.
The Mumbo Jumbo Circus (Mumbo Jumbo Circus, #1)
The Mumbo Jumbo Circus (Mumbo Jumbo Circus, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 155 ratings
85.
That Time I Joined the Circus
That Time I Joined the Circus 3.61 avg rating — 2,019 ratings
86.
Paddington Bear at the Circus
Paddington Bear at the Circus 3.90 avg rating — 338 ratings
87.
Ernest and Celestine at the Circus
Ernest and Celestine at the Circus 3.66 avg rating — 65 ratings
88.
The Traveling Circus (Travels with My Family, 4)
The Traveling Circus (Travels with My Family, 4) 3.78 avg rating — 51 ratings
89.
Circus
Circus
by: Prelutsky
3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
90.
Curious George Goes to the Circus
Curious George Goes to the Circus 3.44 avg rating — 88 ratings
91.
Ned’s Circus of Marvels (Ned’s Circus of Marvels, #1)
Ned’s Circus of Marvels (Ned’s Circus of Marvels, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 512 ratings
92.
The Secret Circus
The Secret Circus 3.57 avg rating — 206 ratings
93.
Peter Spier's Circus (A Picture Yearling Book)
Peter Spier's Circus (A Picture Yearling Book) 3.99 avg rating — 175 ratings
94.
All Aboard the Circus McGurkus
All Aboard the Circus McGurkus
by: Dr. Seuss
4.14 avg rating — 133 ratings
95.
Tree-Ring Circus
Tree-Ring Circus
by: Adam Rex
3.86 avg rating — 304 ratings
96.
The Mysterious Circus (Hall Family Chronicles #7)
The Mysterious Circus (Hall Family Chronicles #7) 3.45 avg rating — 51 ratings
97.
Clifford at the Circus
Clifford at the Circus 3.92 avg rating — 1,128 ratings
98.
Harold's Circus (Harold, #5)
Harold's Circus (Harold, #5) 3.94 avg rating — 529 ratings
99.
Circus Camp
Circus Camp 4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings
100.
Goofy Joins the Circus: An Adventure in Russia
Goofy Joins the Circus: An Adventure in Russia 3.50 avg rating — 34 ratings
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