Books like Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
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What it is about
- Circus
- Depressions
- Circus performers
Where it happens
When it happens
- 1929
Ages
- Adult
About this book
Its Library of Congress subjects: Circus, Depressions, Circus performers. It is set in United States and listed for an audience of adults.
Where this comes from: Library of Congress · Wikidata
Books like this one
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Why: Both are books about circus performers.
- Circus performers
What both books share
- circus performers
Water for Elephants: "circus performers" (OL subject); "Circus performers -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
The Night Circus: "Circus performers" (OL subject); "Circus performers -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
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Why: Both are romance and historical fiction books.
What both books share
- romance
Water for Elephants: "romance" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, historical" (OL subject); "romance" (WD genre)
Atmosphere: "Romance" (OL subject); "romance" (WD genre) - historical fiction
Water for Elephants: "Historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction" (LoC 655)
Atmosphere: "Historical Fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre)
- romance
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Why: Both are romance books about love.
What both books share
- romance
Water for Elephants: "romance" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, historical" (OL subject); "romance" (WD genre)
Vision in White: "Romance" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, contemporary" (OL subject); "romance" (WD genre) - love
Water for Elephants: "Love stories" (OL subject); "Love stories" (LoC 655)
Vision in White: "Love stories, American" (OL subject); "Love stories" (OL subject); "Love stories." (LoC 655)
- romance
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What they share, at a glance
Water for Elephants next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Historical fiction | Romance | Love | Circus performers |
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| The Night Circus | not shared | not shared | not shared | shared |
| Atmosphere | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Vision in White | not shared | shared | shared | not shared |
| Outlander | shared | not shared | shared | not shared |
| Memoirs of a Geisha | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Song of Achilles | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Lord John and the Private Matter | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Notebook | not shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| March Violets | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Help | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| A Breath of Snow and Ashes | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Voyager | shared | not shared | shared | not shared |
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Water for Elephants: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published on May 26, 2006. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Edition checked
- The edition checked here is a 350-page paperback from Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026.
9781565125605 ... pbk. ... 350 p. ... Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
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