Books like The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
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Genre
Story type
Kind of book
- Novel
Ages
- Ages 15+
- Adult
About this book
Its Library of Congress subjects: Magicians, Circus, Games, Circus performers. It is listed for ages 15 and up.
Where this comes from: Library of Congress · Common Sense Media · Open Library subject
Books like this one
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Why: Both are fantasy books about magicians and magic.
What both books share
- fantasy
The Night Circus: "Fiction, romance, fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, historical" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy fiction" (LoC 655)
The Name of the Wind: "fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, epic" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject) - magicians
The Night Circus: "Magicians" (OL subject); "Magicians -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
The Name of the Wind: "Magician" (OL subject); "Magicians" (OL subject); "Magicians -- Fiction" (LoC 650) - magic
The Night Circus: "Magic" (OL subject); "magic" (WD main subject)
The Name of the Wind: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
- fantasy
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Why: Both are books about circus.
- Circus
What both books share
- circus
The Night Circus: "Circus" (OL subject); "circus" (WD main subject); "Circus -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
Water for Elephants: "Circus" (OL subject); "Circus -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
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Why: Both are fantasy books about magic.
What both books share
- fantasy
The Night Circus: "Fiction, romance, fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, historical" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy fiction" (LoC 655)
Fourth Wing: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy fiction" (LoC 655) - magic
The Night Circus: "main subject (P921): magic" (Wikidata)
Fourth Wing: "Magic -- Fiction" (Library of Congress)
- fantasy
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What they share, at a glance
The Night Circus next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Fantasy | Magic | Magicians | Circus |
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| The Name of the Wind | shared | shared | shared | not shared |
| Water for Elephants | not shared | not shared | not shared | shared |
| Fourth Wing | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Storm Front | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Shadow and Bone | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Skulduggery Pleasant | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Red Pyramid | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| A Great and Terrible Beauty | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Time Traveler's Wife | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| White Night | shared | not shared | shared | not shared |
| Cold Days | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
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