20 Best fiction books like The Carnivale of Curiosities by Amiee Gibbs

Cover of The Carnivale of Curiosities by Amiee Gibbs

The Carnivale of Curiosities

By: Amiee Gibbs

3.59

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling gothic tale of Faustian bargains, jealousy, and murder set in a spectacular circus, wher…

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Cover of The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

1. The Warm Hands of Ghosts

By: Katherine Arden

4.02

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despit… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Arden's The Warm Hands of Ghosts book and Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
"Winter said there's ghosts all around you. Faland snorted. When you swim in the ocean there's water all around you, but no one mentions it."

-Katherine Arden, The Warm Hands of Ghosts

Cover of The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

2. The Familiar

By: Leigh Bardugo

3.84

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent, and creator of the Grishavers… read more

Similar categories in Leigh Bardugo's The Familiar book and Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities

  • romance
  • historical
  • magic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"But let it be my ambition and not my fear that seals my fate."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"There was nothing more dangerous than a woman witha pen in her hand."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"She was allowed to want more for herself. And even if she wasn't, she would find a way to get it."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"And you're not afraid...of the devil? Of his minions? "Fear men, Luzia," he said. "Fear their ambition and the crimes they commit in its service. But don't fear magic or what you may do with it."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

Cover of Stelle e Ottone (The Hidden Society #1) by Jude Archer

3. Stelle e Ottone (The Hidden Society #1)

By: Jude Archer

3.65

Format: 468 pages, Kindle Edition

Ambra Valmori pensa che i suoi unici problemi siano l’imminente esame di Archeologia Persiana e la … read more

Similar categories in Jude Archer's Stelle e Ottone (The Hidden Society #1) book and Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Fragile Threads of Power (Threads of Power, #1) by Victoria Schwab

4. The Fragile Threads of Power (Threads of Power, #1)

By: Victoria Schwab

4.30

Format: 648 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, and set in the … read more

Similar categories in Victoria Schwab's The Fragile Threads of Power (Threads of Power, #1) book and Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities

  • magic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"A head gets lost, but a heart knows home."

-Victoria Schwab, The Fragile Threads of Power (Threads of Power, #1)

"Is it possible to have a death wish when you know you cannot die?"

-Victoria Schwab, The Fragile Threads of Power (Threads of Power, #1)

"Just because we do not carry on doesn't mean we haven't been. We live a life, we leave a legacy. But the river runs one way and we are carried on it."

-Victoria Schwab, The Fragile Threads of Power (Threads of Power, #1)

"I always wanted one. I don't know why. It wasn't ego. Some women just want to see their own reflection. I wanted to know what it felt like. To make another person. And then, when she was here, I want…"

-Victoria Schwab, The Fragile Threads of Power (Threads of Power, #1)

Cover of Sword Catcher (The Chronicles of Castellane, #1) by Cassandra Clare

5. Sword Catcher (The Chronicles of Castellane, #1)

By: Cassandra Clare

3.80

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

In the vibrant city-state of Castellane, the richest of nobles and the most debauched of criminals … read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Clare's Sword Catcher (The Chronicles of Castellane, #1) book and Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Here is the thing you should know about children,"

-Cassandra Clare, Sword Catcher (The Chronicles of Castellane, #1)

"Falconet may be a bit mad." "All the best people are."

-Cassandra Clare, Sword Catcher (The Chronicles of Castellane, #1)

"But it is said by the sages that he who desires all, loses all."

-Cassandra Clare, Sword Catcher (The Chronicles of Castellane, #1)

"I really don't care that much about retaining the moral high ground."

-Cassandra Clare, Sword Catcher (The Chronicles of Castellane, #1)

Cover of The Star and the Strange Moon by Constance Sayers

6. The Star and the Strange Moon

By: Constance Sayers

4.13

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

From the author of A Witch in Time comes a haunting tale of ambition, obsession, and the eternal my… read more

Similar categories in Constance Sayers's The Star and the Strange Moon book and Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
Cover of Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

7. Starling House

By: Alix E. Harrow

3.83

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

A grim and gothic new tale from author Alix E. Harrow about a small town haunted by secrets that ca… read more

Similar categories in Alix E. Harrow's Starling House book and Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities

  • romance
  • gothic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • adult
  • paranormal
"You’re a pretty good liar"

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"Survival is a hard habit to break."

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"Maybe the truth is always messy that way."

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"the Bible only got it half right: there were demons aplenty, but no fire at all"

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

Cover of The Magician’s Daughter by H.G. Parry

8. The Magician’s Daughter

By: H.G. Parry

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A young woman raised on an isolated island by a magician discovers things aren’t as they seem and m… read more

Similar categories in H.G. Parry's The Magician’s Daughter book and Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities

  • historical
  • magic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"It's a change. You never know what might happen, do you?" "Never." The kind of things, perhaps, that might have happened in books written by authors who still remembered magic."

-H.G. Parry, The Magician’s Daughter

"Biddy knew the trees as soon as Hutchincroft led her to them: three of them in a triangle, each slender and white-limbed, leaves turning golden brown and bristling with red berries. Rowan trees."

-H.G. Parry, The Magician’s Daughter

"At this time of year, the path was like a dark green cathedral, dappled with sun, and Biddy told the other two about the words the Japanese had for different kinds of light: Light through leaves was …"

-H.G. Parry, The Magician’s Daughter

"She was breaking apart. Her heart was unfurling like a flower awakening to sunlight, her ribs expanding, her head splitting open like that of Zeus when Athena sprang full-formed. She couldn't scream …"

-H.G. Parry, The Magician’s Daughter

Cover of Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2) by Heather Fawcett

9. Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

By: Heather Fawcett

4.32

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wi… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2) book and Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities

  • romance
  • historical
  • magic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"One of the guiding principles of dryadology,"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"I may not be a miller's daughter, but you are not so different from the Folk as you think, Your Highness." I lifted her wineglass and dashed the remainder against her face, spilling it across her mou…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"I brushed the hair from his face. It is very soft--- ludicrously so, in fact, more like rabbit down or dandelion seed than human hair--- and I found I could not stop stroking it. He murmured somethin…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"Dr. Farris Rose has served as Department Head for over a decade, taking over from Letitia Barrister, who was abducted by a bogle in the Hebrides and returned several weeks later aged to approximately…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

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10. A Short Walk Through a Wide World

By: Douglas Westerbeke

3.56

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue meets Life of Pi in this dazzlingly epic debut that charts the in… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Westerbeke's A Short Walk Through a Wide World book and Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Book of Doors by Gareth  Brown

11. The Book of Doors

By: Gareth Brown

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

If you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go? In New York City, bookseller Cassie An… read more

Similar categories in Gareth Brown's The Book of Doors book and Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
"It's not the number of books that matters, is it? It's what one does with them."

-Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

"One does not look at a dog and assume it is the only animal to exist. ~ Edmund Fox"

-Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

Cover of The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1) by Josiah Bancroft

12. The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)

By: Josiah Bancroft

3.82

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

The first book in a wildly inventive and mesmerizing new fantasy series from acclaimed author Josia… read more

Similar categories in Josiah Bancroft's The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1) book and Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities

  • historical
  • magic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
"Do not neglect to live your life. No cause, no matter how noble, will ever love you."

-Josiah Bancroft, The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)

"Administrators are oblivious and generally get in the way; effective employees learn to work around them. That's how it always is."

-Josiah Bancroft, The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)

"I read in the paper yesterday that astronomers believe there are planets out there that don't ride on a rail around a star like our rock does. They call them nomads. These nomads are up there wanderi…"

-Josiah Bancroft, The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)

Cover of The Curse of Penryth Hall (Ruby Vaughn #1) by Jess Armstrong

13. The Curse of Penryth Hall (Ruby Vaughn #1)

By: Jess Armstrong

3.56

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

An atmospheric gothic mystery that beautifully brings the ancient Cornish countryside to life, Arms… read more

Similar categories in Jess Armstrong's The Curse of Penryth Hall (Ruby Vaughn #1) book and Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
"The only creatures in my whole dismal life who never once failed me were an overly fluffy black house cat and an eccentric Scottish bookseller."

-Jess Armstrong, The Curse of Penryth Hall (Ruby Vaughn #1)

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14. The City of Stardust

By: Georgia Summers

3.34

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A young woman descends into a seductive magical underworld of power-hungry scholars, fickle gods an… read more

Similar categories in Georgia Summers's The City of Stardust book and Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities

  • romance
  • gothic
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Book of Gothel: Memoir of a Witch by Mary McMyne

15. The Book of Gothel: Memoir of a Witch

By: Mary McMyne

3.84

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Everyone knows the story of Rapunzel in her tower, but do you know the story of the witch who put h… read more

Similar categories in Mary McMyne's The Book of Gothel: Memoir of a Witch book and Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

16. Ink Blood Sister Scribe

By: Emma Törzs

4.03

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this spellbinding debut novel, two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family's li… read more

Similar categories in Emma Törzs's Ink Blood Sister Scribe book and Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities

  • fantasy
  • adult
  • magic
  • fiction
"Cold was easier to bear when you'd never been warm."

-Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe

"Secrets were currency and Isabel intended to stay rich."

-Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe

"Nothing could be worse than being stared at by his own eye."

-Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe

"...the closet of her sexual subconscious was full of petticoats."

-Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe

Cover of The Wren in the Holly Library by K.A. Linde

17. The Wren in the Holly Library

By: K.A. Linde

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Can you love the dark when you know what it hides? Some things aren’t supposed to exist outside … read more

Similar categories in K.A. Linde's The Wren in the Holly Library book and Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
Cover of The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah  Brooks

18. The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

By: Sarah Brooks

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Piranesi and The Midnight Library, a stunning historical fantasy novel set on a grand e… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands book and Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Carnivale of Curiosities by Amiee Gibbs

19. The Carnivale of Curiosities

By: Amiee Gibbs

3.59

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling gothic tale of Faustian bargains, jealousy, and murder set in a spectacular circus, wher… read more

Similar categories in Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities book and Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities

  • romance
  • gothic
  • historical
  • magic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
Cover of Weird Ghosts: True Tales of the Eeriest Legends and Hair-Raising Hauntings Across America (Volume 24) by Joanne Austin

20. Weird Ghosts: True Tales of the Eeriest Legends and Hair-Raising Hauntings Across America (Volume 24)

By: Joanne Austin

3.78

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Prepare to be scared! This fully illustrated, award-winning collection of ghost stories will send s… read more

Similar categories in Joanne Austin's Weird Ghosts: True Tales of the Eeriest Legends and Hair-Raising Hauntings Across America (Volume 24) book and Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities

  • mystery
  • paranormal
Cover of The Sirens by Emilia Hart

21. The Sirens

By: Emilia Hart

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A story of sisters separated by hundreds of years but bound together in more ways than they can ima… read more

Similar categories in Emilia Hart's The Sirens book and Amiee Gibbs's The Carnivale of Curiosities

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy

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