The highly acclaimed debut novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of A Visit from the Good Squad follows two sisters in the 1970s—one lost, one seeking—on "a trip that takes the reader through stunning emotional terrain" (The New Yorker). The political drama and familial tensions of the 1960s form a backdrop for the world of Phoebe O’Connor, age eighteen, in 1978. Phoebe is obsessed with the memory and death of her sister Faith, a beautiful idealistic hippie who died in Italy in 1970. In order to find out the truth about Faith’s life and death, Phoebe retraces her steps from San Francisco across Europe, a quest which yields both complex and disturbing revelations about family, love, and Faith’s lost generation. This spellbinding novel introduced Egan’s remarkable ability to tie suspense with deeply insightful characters and the nuances of emotion.

From the author of A Witch in Time comes a magical story spanning from Jazz Age Paris to modern-day America of family secrets, sacrifice, and lost love set against the backdrop of a mysterious circus. Paris, 1925: To enter the Secret Circus is to enter a world of wonder—a world where women weave illusions of magnificent beasts, carousels take you back in time, and trapeze artists float across the sky. Bound to her family's circus, it's the only world Cecile Cabot knows until she meets a charismatic young painter and embarks on a passionate affair that could cost her everything. Virginia, 2004: Lara Barnes is on top of the world until her fiancé disappears on their wedding day. When her desperate search for answers unexpectedly leads to her great-grandmother’s journals, Lara is swept into a story of a dark circus and ill-fated love. Soon secrets about Lara’s family history begin to come to light, revealing a curse that has been claiming payment from the women in her family for generations. A curse that might be tied to her fiancé’s mysterious disappearance Praise for The Ladies of the Secret Circus: "At times decadent and macabre, The Ladies of the Secret Circus is a mesmerizing tale of love, treachery, and depraved magic percolating through four generations of Cabot women." —Luanne G. Smith, author of The Vine Witch "Fans of Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus will love this page-turning story of dark magic, star-crossed love, and familial sacrifice." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Ambitious and teeming with magic, Sayers creates a fascinating mix of art, The Belle Époque, and more than a little murder.” —Erika Swyler, author of The Book of Speculation For more from Constance Sayers, check out A Witch in Time.

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • In this ambitiously multilayered novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad, a fashion model named Charlotte Swenson emerges from a car accident in her Illinois hometown with her face so badly shattered that it takes eighty titanium screws to reassemble it. She returns to New York still beautiful but oddly unrecognizable, a virtual stranger in the world she once effortlessly occupied. With the surreal authority of a David Lynch, Jennifer Egan threads Charlotte’s narrative with those of other casualties of our infatuation with the image. There’s a deceptively plain teenaged girl embarking on a dangerous secret life, an alcoholic private eye, and an enigmatic stranger who changes names and accents as he prepares an apocalyptic blow against American society. As these narratives inexorably converge, Look at Me becomes a coolly mesmerizing intellectual thriller of identity and imposture.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE WINNER • With music pulsing on every page, this startling, exhilarating novel of self-destruction and redemption “features characters about whom you come to care deeply as you watch them doing things they shouldn't, acting gloriously, infuriatingly human” (The Chicago Tribune). One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Bennie is an aging former punk rocker and record executive. Sasha is the passionate, troubled young woman he employs. Here Jennifer Egan brilliantly reveals their pasts, along with the inner lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs. “Pitch perfect.... Darkly, rippingly funny.... Egan possesses a satirist’s eye and a romance novelist’s heart.” —The New York Times Book Review

Micah's grandfather is gravely ill. He tells his grandson about a mysterious magic circus he visited as a boy, where he was promised a miracle by a man who can bend light. Micah is determined to find out the truth of the Circus Mirandus before it's too late, but he'll have to wrestle with giant white tigers - and his wicked aunt - along the way.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "Part horror tale, part mystery, part romance ... utterly fantastic.”—O, The Oprah Magazine • The bestselling, award-winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad brilliantly conjures a world from which escape is impossible and where the keep—the tower, the last stand—is both everything worth protecting and the very thing that must be surrendered in order to survive. Two cousins, irreversibly damaged by a childhood prank, reunite twenty years later to renovate a medieval castle in Eastern Europe. In an environment of extreme paranoia, cut off from the outside world, the men reenact the signal event of their youth, with even more catastrophic results. And as the full horror of their predicament unfolds, a prisoner, in jail for an unnamed crime, recounts an unforgettable story that seamlessly brings the crimes of the past and present into piercing relation.

Trix's life in boarding school as an orphan charity case has been hard but when an alluring young Ringmaster invites her, a gymnast, to join Circus Galacticus she gains an entire universe of deadly enemies and potential friends, along with a chance to unravel secrets of her own past.

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Two starcrossed magicians engage in a deadly game of cunning in the spellbinding novel that captured the world's imagination. • "Part love story, part fable ... defies both genres and expectations." —The Boston Globe The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway: 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 them both, this is a game in which only one can be left standing. Despite the high stakes, Celia and Marco soon tumble headfirst into love, setting off a domino effect of dangerous consequences, and leaving the lives of everyone, from the performers to the patrons, hanging in the balance.

These eleven masterful stories - the first collection from acclaimed author Jennifer Egan - deal with loneliness and longing, regret and desire. Egan's characters, models and housewives, bankers and schoolgirls, are united by their search for something outside their own realm of experience. They set out from locations as exotic as China and Bora Bora, as cosmopolitan as downtown Manhattan, or as familiar as suburban Illinois to seek their own transformations. Elegant and poignant, the stories in Emerald City are seamless evocations of self-discovery.

The Invisible Circus There is a magical show with amazing things that can only be seen by people who really believe in magic. Summary: Ellie finds a way to get to the Invisible Circus, a place that is talked about but rarely seen, in a small town where the stranger lives in the everyday life. The beauty of this circus, a beacon of magic, can only be fully appreciated by people who are open to the world's unsolved riddles. Ellie is the perfect person to visit this magical world because she is very interested and amazed. In each chapter, Ellie goes deeper into the circus, learning about a new part of magic and important lessons that can be applied to everyone's life. From getting her golden ticket from a wise talking owl at the ticket office to her amazing trip into the Tent of Mirrors, where her images show her much more than she thought, Ellie's journey is one of amazement and self-discovery. The Acrobatic Wonders teach her the value of confidence as she flies above the earth with performers who defy gravity. There, she learns that letting go is necessary to truly fly. With its philosophical rabbit and singing plants, the Enchanted Garden helps Ellie learn to understand how other people feel by letting her see the world through their eyes. The Library of Secrets and the Invisible Menagerie tested her ideas about trust and knowledge and taught her how important it is to believe in things that can't be seen. The Firefly Circus and the Hall of Echoes both show how memories and working together are important. They also show how magic can be found in small things and how beautiful it is to share experiences. When Ellie interacts with the different characters at the circus, like the shadow puppeteer who shows her how stories can change people and the wise clown who teaches her how laughter can heal, her trip turns into a journey into the heart of what it means to believe. Ellie is pushed to find her potential and the magic inside her by the Floating Islands and the Magician's Challenge. It all comes together in a moving farewell under the stars, where she learns that the circus was more than just a place of wonder; it was a journey into the heart of magic. The story "The Invisible Circus" is more than just an adventure; it also teaches important lessons about bravery, friendship, and having faith that doesn't waver. Ellie's journey shows that magic is all around us and in everything we do, but only those who believe in it can see it. She tells us that the trip is important, that wonder is powerful, and that we all have magic inside us. Chapter 1: The Wind That Speaks Ellie was a young girl who lived in the middle of a busy, small town where the strange and the everyday often brushed against each other like leaves in the wind. Ellie had a huge mind and was full of illusions, just like most kids her age. She also found beauty in everything around her. On a day that seemed normal, Ellie's life took a sudden turn that looked like it was ending. The day had gone as planned, and I had spent hours lost in books that were full of wonderful and exciting things that happened. As the sun went down and the sky turned pink and orange, Ellie chose to explore her garden, a place she knew well and where she loved to read stories. But this evening was different from the others. Ellie could feel a soft breeze pulling her closer with a whisper that sounded like the earth itself. Ellie was interested in what the wind was saying and followed it, her heart beating fast like butterfly wings. It took her to the farthest part of her garden, where the flowers seemed to reach out and give her a soft push. There was a doorway that was hidden by the flowers and wavy vines. This wasn't just any gate, though; the light didn't shimmer; it seemed to move and flicker, casting shadows in Ellie's field of view. Ellie got closer, her big, interested eyes sparkling. It was getting louder, and she could hear the wind calling for her to go through the opening. As she reached out and ran her fingers along the smooth, sparkling surface, the whole universe seemed to stop and hold its breath. Beyond the line was the Invisible Circus, a magical and amazing world that could only be seen by people who really believed. Ellie had never seen anything like this show, not even in her wildest dreams. In this place, the everyday seemed impossible, and magic filled the air. She saw a sea of color with tents spread out in front of her. The stars were so bright that they made the tents' panels shine. The music and laughter filling the air gave a hint of the riches that were waiting to be found. Ellie moved forward and entered a realm where magic was the main way to measure being. The wind, which had been whispering behind her, was now buzzing softly in her ears. It was a constant friend who always made her feel better. As she watched, the show came to life all around her, with each new sight and sound being more amazing than the last. The Invisible Circus did not have to follow the rules that everyone else did. In this place, animals spoke human languages and told stories from places far away. Without a net, the acrobats did beautiful acrobatic dances that made it look like they were part of the wind. The Tent of Mirrors showed Ellie's face, but it also showed her hopes and dreams, giving her a glimpse of what might be if she had the guts to believe. For Ellie, every step she took in this area was a discovery trip, an adventure to the heart of magic. The circus artists treated her like one of their own, and they taught her a new lesson about how strong it is to believe in yourself and your magic. To really live, she learned, one had to laugh with the joy of a heart full of faith. To fly, she learned, one had to trust, and to see the unseen, one had to believe. Ellie's trip through the Invisible Circus was more than just a quick stop at a cool place. The trip she took to learn more about herself taught her that the magic she was looking for was inside her as well as the things around her. With all of its secrets and wonders, the circus was like a mirror, showing us the magic that's inside each of us, just waiting to be brought out by faith. Ellie knew that the Invisible Circus would always be a part of her. It was a special moment that would remind her to see beyond the obvious and find beauty in everyday things. As the night went on, it was time for her to go back to her own world. Now that she was back home, the wind that had led her to the portal was saying goodbye and offering more adventures. Because being amazed never ends in a world where magic lives in the shadows and people who believe can always reach the extraordinary. Chapter 2: The Front Desk Ellie stood in front of the strangest ticket booth in the middle of the beautiful world beyond the entry that sparkled. This wasn't the kind of ticket booth you'd find at the movies or on the train. Oh no. Its structure shone under the starry circus sky, made from whispers of magic and imaginations. It was warm and welcoming. Things all around it looked like they were waiting for Ellie, like magic was waiting for her to show up. Ellie was shocked when she saw that the shop was being run by a beautiful owl, whose feathers were the same color as the stars in the sky. This owl wasn't like any other. Its voice, which was both smart and gentle, showed how magical the circus had always been. The owl said, "Welcome, Ellie," and its eyes seemed to understand everything that was going on in space and time. A golden ticket, glowing with its own light, was held out by the owl. It promised mystery and excitement. It said, "To explore the wonders of the Invisible Circus, you must first accept this golden ticket." Ellie took out her hand, shaking with joy, and took the ticket. It was warm to the touch and looked like it was living because it was pulsing with energy. The owl then gave Ellie some advice that would help her on her journey through the circus: "This ticket is not just a pass to explore the wonders within; it is a symbol of belief. For in this circus, belief is the key that unlocks the true magic of the world around you." Ellie's first lesson in magic, which she got from the talking owl at the magical ticket office, changed her life. She knew that she had to let go of her expectations and believe in both her and the magic of the circus in order to fully see and feel the wonders of the Invisible Circus. Ellie had a golden ticket, but it was more than just a way to get in. It showed that she believed in the fantastic, which is what brought her to the circus in the first place, and it would now let her into a world where the impossible became possible. With the ticket, she could meet interesting people, see all the tents and other attractions at the circus, and see amazing magic shows. With the help of the light from her golden ticket, Ellie felt something change inside her as she walked by the ticket booth. It looked like everything around her had a new sparkle to it. The colors and sounds were more vivid and beautiful. Buying the ticket seemed to have taken her to a world where magic was a part of everyday life and opened the gates to the circus together. The talking owl smiled and watched Ellie as she walked deeper into the show. This was because the owl knew Ellie's next trip would involve more than just seeing the