18 Best fantasy books like The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

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The Night Circus

By: Erin Morgenstern

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday…

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Cover of Caraval (Caraval, #1) by Stephanie Garber

1. Caraval (Caraval, #1)

By: Stephanie Garber

3.98

Format: 407 pages, Hardcover

A legendary competition. A mesmerizing romance. An unbreakable bond between two sisters. Scar… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Garber's Caraval (Caraval, #1) book and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Remember, it’s only a game."

-Stephanie Garber, Caraval (Caraval, #1)

"He was mystery and unanswered questions."

-Stephanie Garber, Caraval (Caraval, #1)

"There's more to life then staying safe..."

-Stephanie Garber, Caraval (Caraval, #1)

"It took seven years to get the letter right."

-Stephanie Garber, Caraval (Caraval, #1)

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2. The Night Circus

By: Erin Morgenstern

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday… read more

Similar categories in Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus book and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy

3. Legendary (Caraval, #2)

By: Stephanie Garber

4.33

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

The sequel to the New York Timesbestselling and #1 IndieNext Pick Caraval, following Scarlett's you… read more

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4. Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)

By: Leigh Bardugo

4.14

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker has been offered wealth beyond his wildest dreams. But to claim it, he… read more

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5. A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)

By: Victoria Schwab , None

4.34

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Kell is one of the last Antari--magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel L… read more

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6. One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)

By: Rachel Gillig

4.30

Format: 399 pages, Paperback

Elspeth needs a monster. The monster might be her. Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Gillig's One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1) book and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"You never said how you got away from him." I stiffened, the NIghtmare's wicked laugh resonating in the din. When I spoke, the low notes of my voice were slick, as if dipped in oil. "Perhaps it was he…"

-Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)

"Tell them. Tell them the truth. When your children ask, do not lie- do not hide the risk of magic. Children are strongest when their eyes are clear. Only then can they make their own choices. Only th…"

-Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)

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7. Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)

By: Rachel Gillig

4.44

Format: 437 pages, Paperback

In the luscious, dark sequel to One Dark Window, Elspeth must face the consequences of what she's w… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Gillig's Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2) book and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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8. Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

By: Rebecca Ross

4.20

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Ross's Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1) book and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"Let us make our names exactly what we want them to be."

-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

"I never told you that I love you. And I regret that, most of all."

-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

"I don’t want to wake up when I’m seventy-four only to realize I haven’t lived. -Thea Attwood"

-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

"Keep writing. You will find the words you need to share. They are already within you, even in the shadows, hiding like jewels."

-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

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9. Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

By: Rebecca Ross

4.05

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The epic conclusion to the intensely romantic and beautifully written story that started in Divine … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Ross's Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2) book and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"Write me a story where there is no ending, Kitt."

-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

"Keep writing. You will find the words you need to share. They are already within you, even in the shadows hiding like jewels."

-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

"You are capable of far more than you know. Why do you think I look at you now and marvel? Why do you think I draw close to your kind? I have sung many of you to eternal rest after death, and I have f…"

-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

"In all my years I have discovered that the most precious of things are often taken for granted and that we tend to let time wheel forward at such a pace that we cannot catch every detail that makes t…"

-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

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10. 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 Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus

  • romance
  • 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

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11. A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

By: Ava Reid

3.78

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood… read more

Similar categories in Ava Reid's A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1) book and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"The only enemy is the sea."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"No one owns the right to tell a story."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"I find you very charming underneath all the smugness."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"The sea is treacherous, but women are even more treacherous."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

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12. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

By: Heather Fawcett

4.02

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and dis… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1) book and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"How was it that I suddenly had faerie kings, plural, demanding to marry me?"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

"I could not tell if he was terrible at drawing cats or if he simply had a terrible cat."

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

"Shadow padded up to me and put his head on my knee, all forgiven, as it always is with dogs. If I frightened my cat as I had Shadow, she'd ignore me for days, or possibly put a curse on me, but then …"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

"And you shall shut yourself away forever in those old stones with your books and your mysteries like a dragon with her hoard, having as little association with the living as possible and emerging onl…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

Cover of A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3) by Stephanie Garber

13. A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

By: Stephanie Garber

4.13

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

Two villains, one girl, and a deadly battle for happily ever after. Evangeline Fox ventured to t… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Garber's A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3) book and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"My turn again."

-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

"Being yours does not make you mine."

-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

"You could never look awful,' he said faintly."

-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

"His heart was racing again, and now so was hers."

-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

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14. Babel

By: R.F. Kuang

4.18

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a historical fantasy epic that grapples with stu… read more

Similar categories in R.F. Kuang's Babel book and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus

  • magic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"It is astounding, in truth, how much of academia’s perceived resource scarcity is artificially constructed."

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

"Grief suffocated. Grief paralysed. Grief was a cruel, heavy boot pressed so hard against his chest that he could not breathe."

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

"languages aren't just made of words. they're modes of looking at the world. They're the keys to civiliation. And that's knowledge worth killing for"

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

"It revealed the sheer dependence of the British, who, astonishingly, could not manage to do basic things like bake bread or get safely from one place to another without words stolen from other countr…"

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

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

15. 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 Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus

  • romance
  • 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)

Cover of Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1) by Stephanie Garber

16. Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)

By: Stephanie Garber

4.06

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

How far would you go for happily ever after? For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Garber's Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1) book and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"It’s you,"

-Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)

"What will your help cost me?"

-Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)

"For finding dreams that don't exist yet."

-Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)

"But you have to have a working heart for it to break."

-Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)

Cover of The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2) by Stephanie Garber

17. The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)

By: Stephanie Garber

4.51

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Not every love is meant to be. After Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, betrays her, Evangeline Fox sw… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Garber's The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2) book and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • magic
  • young adult
"Where were you?"

-Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)

"I swear this is what I really want."

-Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)

"How did I look?" "Like you would kill for her"

-Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)

"Ballads never end happily, everyone knows that."

-Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)

Cover of Finale (Caraval, #3) by Stephanie Garber

18. Finale (Caraval, #3)

By: Stephanie Garber

4.16

Format: 478 pages, Hardcover

A love worth fighting for. A dream worth dying for. An ending worth waiting for. It’s been two m… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Garber's Finale (Caraval, #3) book and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"You look miserable."

-Stephanie Garber, Finale (Caraval, #3)

"LYou look miserable."

-Stephanie Garber, Finale (Caraval, #3)

"I’ve always been yours, Crimson."

-Stephanie Garber, Finale (Caraval, #3)

"Love really was another type of magic."

-Stephanie Garber, Finale (Caraval, #3)

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19. Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)

By: Leigh Bardugo

4.02

Format: 461 pages, Hardcover

Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles… read more

Similar categories in Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1) book and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus

  • fantasy
  • adult
  • magic
  • fiction
"We all have spaces we keep blank."

-Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)

"Quien no sabe de mar no sabe de mal!"

-Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)

"Not every flower belongs in every garden."

-Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)

"Didn’t someone say love is a shared delusion?"

-Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)

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20. Circe

By: Madeline Miller

4.23

Format: 393 pages, Hardcover

In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe i… read more

Similar categories in Madeline Miller's Circe book and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Her only love was reason. And that has never been the same as wisdom."

-Madeline Miller, Circe

"He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none."

-Madeline Miller, Circe

"But that was only a shape I had been poured into. I did not have to keep it."

-Madeline Miller, Circe

"He liked such sharpness, for there was nothing in him that had any blood you might spill."

-Madeline Miller, Circe

Cover of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria Schwab

21. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

By: Victoria Schwab

4.18

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever an… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Schwab's The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue book and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Dine with me,"

-Victoria Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

"The vexing thing about time,"

-Victoria Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

"There is a defiance in being a dreamer"

-Victoria Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

"It is sad to forget. But it's a lonely thing to be forgotten."

-Victoria Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

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