Monday, 21 February, 2011

1. By Patricio. Comment posted 21-Feb-2011 @06:03pm:

   Something Wicked This Way Comes. Of course.
2. By Mrs. Redwood. Comment posted 21-Feb-2011 @06:11pm:

   Water for Elephants
3. By Lew Wallace. Comment posted 21-Feb-2011 @06:23pm:

   Ben-Hur
4. By rahntwo. Comment posted 21-Feb-2011 @06:29pm:

   The Funhouse
5. By Gee.... Comment posted 21-Feb-2011 @06:31pm:

   "Spangle" is good but "Water for Elephants" is better
6. By jhenderson. Comment posted 21-Feb-2011 @06:33pm:

   Trick question?
7. By meg_mac. Comment posted 21-Feb-2011 @06:33pm:

   Water for Elephants
8. By wally the duck. Comment posted 21-Feb-2011 @06:59pm:

   Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
9. By scot. Comment posted 21-Feb-2011 @07:05pm:

   Geek Love by Katherine Dunn. Hands down.
10. By Toad. Comment posted 21-Feb-2011 @07:08pm:

    Nice, wally. I really enjoyed that series.
11. By kim. Comment posted 21-Feb-2011 @07:10pm:

    "Water For Elephants" has the best ending of any book I've ever read (that's thousands... maybe(probably) more)
12. By christopher. Comment posted 21-Feb-2011 @07:14pm:

    Son of the Circus
13. By Schmittenhammer. Comment posted 21-Feb-2011 @07:16pm:

    United States politics. ;)
14. By chazunga. Comment posted 21-Feb-2011 @07:26pm:

    One of Ray Bradbury's best novels was centered around a circus. Was it Something Wicked This Way Comes?
15. By chazunga. Comment posted 21-Feb-2011 @07:27pm:

    Oh; thanks, Patricio.
16. By Curtis. Comment posted 21-Feb-2011 @08:16pm:

    Okay, it's sideshows not circuses, but Nightmare Alley is essential. And it's finally coming to Kindle.
17. By Gal Heathen. Comment posted 21-Feb-2011 @08:22pm:

    Water For Elephants. It's in my top 10 favorite books ever. And I've read plenty of books.
    
    When I was done reading the book, I casted the movie in my head. I had Adrian Brody as Jacob, Anne Hathaway as Marlena. I almost cried when I found out the movie had been made and stars that dweeb from Twilight and Reese Witherspoon as Marlena (FAIL).
18. By laly. Comment posted 21-Feb-2011 @08:41pm:

    Elmer Gantry by Harry Sinclair Lewis
19. By concertinist. Comment posted 21-Feb-2011 @11:37pm:

    I'm shocked at the missing offerings, although some of the current ones are amusing (some are bemusing and one is demusing).
    
    What about:
    La Strada
    Elephant Man
    Marx Brothers at the Circus
    
    guilty pleasure
    7 Faces of Dr. Lao
    
    guilty displeasure:
    I didn't like Wings of Desire
    
    non-guilty displeasure;
    Roustabout w/ Elvis Presley
    Big Top Pee-wee
20. By concertinist. Comment posted 21-Feb-2011 @11:53pm:

    Oh, wait. We're supposed to read the instructions before we post, right? Novels, you say... Maybe I could rescue a couple of these, but, oh well, never mind.
21. By concertinist. Comment posted 22-Feb-2011 @12:05am:

    The Man Who Laughs - Victor Hugo (which eventually led to the character of The Joker).
22. By Wendy!. Comment posted 22-Feb-2011 @12:57am:

    The Man Who Laughs Concertinist? And next you will say Toilers of the Sea is about an Octopus.
23. By AirForceOne. Comment posted 22-Feb-2011 @01:17am:

    Psychiatric help!
24. By AirForceOne. Comment posted 22-Feb-2011 @01:19am:

    or my fathers book Circus Boy (unpublished).
    
    I hate circuses nearly as much as I hate clowns.
25. By Ike. Comment posted 22-Feb-2011 @04:16am:

    vote #2 for Geek Love.
26. By Charles. Comment posted 22-Feb-2011 @04:53am:

    Not a novel but a true story: "Lobster Boy: The Bizarre Life and Brutal Death of Grady Stiles Jr."
    
    Charles
27. By VP. Comment posted 22-Feb-2011 @09:34am:

    Geek Love, full stop.
28. By tM. Comment posted 22-Feb-2011 @11:30am:

    Quad ditto on Geek Love
29. By Mr. Stubbs. Comment posted 22-Feb-2011 @01:36pm:

    Toby Tyler: Or Ten Weeks With A Circus.
30. By Ray Trygstad. Comment posted 23-Feb-2011 @02:40pm:

    Definitely City of Baraboo by Barry Longyear; first in a series.
31. By pixi. Comment posted 22-Jul-2012 @06:07am:

    Many of the titles listed are about carnival not circus - doesn't anybody out there know the difference? Spangles had a lot of good research but still took the shock horror route. The great circus novel still awaits publication.

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