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Waging a fierce competition for which they have trained since childhood, circus magicians Celia and Marco unexpectedly fall in love with each other and share a fantastical romance that manifests in fateful ways.

2) The zig zag girl

Author

Griffiths, Elly

Series

Brighton Mystery
Magic men mystery volume 1

Pub. Date

2015

Language

English

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"Brighton, 1950. The body of a girl is found cut into three pieces. Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens is convinced the killer is mimicking a famous magic trick--the Zig Zag Girl. The inventor of the trick, Max Mephisto, is an old war friend of Edgar's. They served together in a shadowy unit called the Magic Men, a special ops troop that used stage tricks to confound the enemy. Max is on the traveling show circuit, touring seaside towns with ventriloquists,...

3) The magician's lie: a novel

Author

Macallister, Greer

Language

English

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She's the most dangerous woman in America—according to the headlines. But in the flickering gaslight, truth is just another illusion.

A murdered man. A vanishing act. One night for a fugitive illusionist to tell her story—and for a small-town cop to decide if he believes her.

The Magician's Lie by Greer Macallister is a spellbinding historical mystery with psychological suspense and a fiercely unforgettable heroine.

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4) The atlas paradox

Author

Blake, Olivie

Series

Atlas volume 2

Pub. Date

2022.

Language

English

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"The Atlas Paradox is the long-awaited sequel to Olivie Blake's New York Times bestselling dark academic sensation The Atlas Six-guaranteed to have even more yearning, backstabbing, betrayal, and chaos. Six magicians were presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. Five are now members of the Society. Two paths lay before them. All must pick a side. Alliances will be tested, hearts will be broken, and The Society of Alexandrians will be revealed...

5) The Atlas six

Author

Blake, Olivie

Series

[Atlas volume 1

Pub. Date

2022.

Language

English

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"The Alexandrian Society, caretakers of lost knowledge from the greatest civilizations of antiquity, are the foremost secret society of magical academicians in the world. Those who earn a place among the Alexandrians will secure a life of wealth, power, and prestige beyond their wildest dreams, and each decade, only the six most uniquely talented magicians are selected to be considered for initiation. Enter the latest round of six: Libby Rhodes and...

6) The name of this book is secret

Author

Bosch, Pseudonymous

Series

Secret

Language

English

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Description

Two eleven-year-old misfits try to solve the mystery of a dead magician and stop the evil Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais, who are searching for the secret of immortality.

7) The slow regard of silent things: a Kingkiller Chronicle novella

Author

Rothfuss, Patrick

Series

Kingkiller Chronicle

Pub. Date

2014

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

Deep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a broken web of ancient passageways and abandoned rooms. A young woman lives there, tucked among the sprawling tunnels of the Underthing, snug in the heart of this forgotten place. Her name is Auri, and she is full of mysteries.

8) Book of night

Author

Black, Holly

Series

The Charlatan Duology

Pub. Date

2022.

Language

English

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"Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their beds, or worse. Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground economy of grimoires. And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie. Now, she's trying to distance herself from...

9) Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Author

Clarke, Susanna

Language

English

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Description

DAW book collectors
Kingkiller chronicle

In the Hugo-award winning, epic New York Times Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world.

In the midst of the Napoleonic Wars in 1806, most people believe magic to have long since disappeared from England - until the reclusive Mr. Norrell reveals his powers and becomes an overnight celebrity.
Another practicing magician then emerges: the...

10) The wise man's fear

Author

Rothfuss, Patrick

Series

Language

English

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Rothfuss, Pat (Patrick J)

Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero as he attempts to uncover the truth about the mysterious Amyr, the Chandrian, and the death of his parents. Along the way, Kvothe is put on trial by the legendary Adem mercenaries, forced to reclaim the honor of the Edema Ruh, and travels into the Fae realm where he meets Felurian, the faerie woman no man can resist.

11) Name of the wind: the kingkiller chronicle : day one

Author

Series

DAW book collectors volume 1396

Publisher

Distributed by Penguin Group

Pub. Date

c2007

Language

English

12) Madeline's Christmas

Author

Bemelmans, Ludwig

Publisher

Viking Kestrel

Pub. Date

1985

Language

English

Description

With everyone else sick in bed with a cold on Christmas eve, it is up to Madeline to run the school and she finds a remarkable helper in a rug- selling magician.

13) Vaclav and Lena: a novel

Author

Tanner, Haley

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audio, eAudiobook

Description

NAMED BY THE NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION AS A 5 UNDER 35 AUTHOR

Vaclav and Lena seem destined for each other. They meet as children in an ESL class in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Vaclav is precocious and verbal. Lena, struggling with English, takes comfort in the safety of his adoration, his noisy, loving home, and the care of Rasia, his big-hearted mother. Vaclav imagines their story unfolding like a fairy tale, or the perfect illusion

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14) Rocky Zang in the amazing Mr. Magic

Author

McDonald, Megan

Series

Judy Moody and friends

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Pub. Date

2014.

Language

English

Formats

Description

Rocky is perfecting the tricks for his magic show when Judy Moody offers to be his assistant. Rocky agrees, but it turns out that Judy -- or Stella the Spectacular as she calls herself -- is the most UN-spectacular assistant ever. When she gets ketchup all over the magic rabbit, the Amazing Mr. Magic has had enough! Is Rocky's magic good enough to mend his and Judy's friendship?

15) Deceptive practice: the mysteries and mentors of Ricky Jay

Publisher

Kanopy Streaming

Pub. Date

2014.

Language

English

Description

Ricky Jay is a world-renowned magician, author, historian and actor (often a mischievous presence in the films of David Mamet and Paul Thomas Anderson) -- and a performer who regularly provokes astonishment from even the most jaded audiences. Deceptive practice traces Jay's achievements and influences, from his apprenticeship at age 4 with his grandfather, to such now-forgotten legends as Al Flosso, Slydini, Cardini and his primary mentors, Dai Vernon...

16) The illusionists

Author

Thomas, Rosie

Publisher

The Overlook Press

Pub. Date

2014.

Language

English

Description

In late 19th century London, artist's model Eliza puts her heart, and her life, on the line when she falls into the company of an enigmatic showman called Devil; Carlo Bonomi, an ill-tempered dwarf with a penchant for magic and illusion; and the even more mysterious Jasper Button.

17) The book that can read your mind

Author

Coppo, Marianna

Pub. Date

2024.

Language

English

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Description

In this interactive book Lady Rabbit the Magician offers to read your mind, if you pick a member from the magician's audience.

18) Murder at midnight

Author

Avi

Series

Midnight

Language

English

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Description

When they are falsely accused of plotting to overthrow King Claudio, Mangus the magician and his street-smart servant boy, Fabrizio, face deadly consequences unless they can track down the real traitor by the stroke of midnight.

19) Carry on: a novel

Author

Rowell, Rainbow

Series

Simon Snow

Pub. Date

2015.

Language

English

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