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Books like The Circus in Winter
An intimate, award-recognized collection that peels back the canvas of the big top to reveal the quiet, interconnected domestic lives of performers in the Midwest. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Circus in Winter.
- atmospheric
- intimate
- nostalgic
- quietly theatrical
- 01
No One Belongs Here More Than You
Miranda July
A tender, delightfully weird exploration of lonely people fumbling toward connection in the most unexpected ways.
- 02
In the Lake of the Woods
Tim O'Brien · 2007
A chilling, labyrinthine descent into the fog of memory, trauma, and the terrifying unknowability of the people we love most.
- 03
Battleborn
Claire Vaye Watkins
A stark, unflinching collection of stories that strips the romantic mythology from the harsh landscapes of Nevada and the American West.
- 04
Winter
Ali Smith
A surreal, fiercely intelligent, and ultimately tender exploration of a fractured family trapped together during a bleak cultural winter.
- 05
Jinxed
Day Leclaire
A delightfully chaotic workplace romance where a walking disaster zone accidentally melts the heart of her icy, buttoned-up boss.
- 06
Get in Trouble
Kelly Link
A darkly playful plunge into a world where suburban anxieties and teenage sleepovers collide with ghosts, superheroes, and the uncanny.
- 07
Memory Wall
Anthony Doerr
A luminous and deeply empathetic exploration of how the fragments of our pasts shape the fragile beauty of our present.
- 08
The Indy Man
Janet Dailey
A fast-paced, vintage romance where high-speed thrills meet irresistible, undeniable attraction.
- 09
Ten Little Indians
Sherman Alexie
A tragicomic and deeply empathetic exploration of urban lives caught between history and the modern world.
- 10
Bookstore Cat
Cindy Wheeler · 1994
A gentle, furry flurry of low-stakes mischief set among the comforting stacks of a local bookshop.
- 11
Jennie Gerhardt
Theodore Dreiser
A sweeping, melancholic portrait of a gentle soul slowly crushed by the rigid hypocrisies of American society.
- 12
Magic for beginners
Kelly Link
A surreal, pop-culture-infused fever dream where the mundane and the magical bleed seamlessly into one another.
