The Night Circus Ausgezeichnet: ALA Alex Award, 2012, Ausgezeichnet: School Library Journal Adult Books for Young Adults, 2011

Playful and intensely imaginative, Erin Morgenstern has created the circus I have always longed for . . . This is a marvelous book."
Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler s Wife

A world of almost unbearable beauty. This is one of the best books I have ever read.
Brunonia Barry, author of The Lace Reader

Welcome to Le Cirque des Rêves: Within these nocturnal black-and-white-striped tents lies an utterly unique experience, a feast for the senses. Beyond the smoke and mirrors, however, a fierce competition is under way a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to the players, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination.

But when Celia and Marco innocently tumble head first into love a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands their masters intervene with dangerous consequences.

Erin Morgenstern s singular and spell-casting debut is a mesmerizing love story for the ages.

A riveting debut . . . pulls you into a world as dark as it is dazzling, fully realized but still something out of a dream. You will not want to leave it.
Téa Obreht, author of The Tiger s Wife

"So magical that there is no escaping its spell. If you choose to read just one novel this year, this is it." Danielle Trussoni, author of Angelology

"Pure pleasure . . . You can be certain this riveting debut will create a group of rêveurs all its own." Aimee Bender, author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

A gorgeously imagined fable . . . An enchanting read.
Katherine Dunn, author of Geek Love