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Across Circus, Folklore & Mythology, Popular Culture, and Performing Arts — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Bad Clowns by Benjamin Radford.

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Each title here shares meaningful common ground with Bad Clowns — in theme, mood, or literary style.

The Circus Fire A True Story of an American Tragedy — Stewart O’Nan

The Circus Fire A True Story of an American Tragedy — Stewart O’Nan

Themes: Circus • Popular Culture • Performing Arts

The Ordinary Acrobat A Journey Into the Wondrous World of Circus, Past and Present — Duncan Wall

The Ordinary Acrobat A Journey Into the Wondrous World of Circus, Past and Present

Themes: Circus • Popular Culture • Performing Arts

The Yiddish Supernatural on Screen Dybbuks, Demons and Haunted Jewish Pasts — Rebecca Margolis

The Yiddish Supernatural on Screen Dybbuks, Demons and Haunted Jewish Pasts

Rebecca Margolis

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Performing Arts

Spectral America Phantoms and the National Imagination — Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock

Spectral America Phantoms and the National Imagination

Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Performing Arts

Medievalism in A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones — Shiloh Carroll

Medievalism in A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Performing Arts

An Illustrated Treasury of Swedish Folk and Fairy Tales — []

An Illustrated Treasury of Swedish Folk and Fairy Tales — []

Freida McFadden

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Social Science

Poor Gal The Cultural History of Little Liza Jane — Dan Gutstein

Poor Gal The Cultural History of Little Liza Jane

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Social Science

The New Gods Psyche and Symbol in Popular Art — Harold Schechter

The New Gods Psyche and Symbol in Popular Art

Harold Schechter

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Social Science

Where Misfits Fit Counterculture and Influence in the Ozarks — Thomas Michael Kersen

Where Misfits Fit Counterculture and Influence in the Ozarks

Thomas Michael Kersen

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Social Science

Bigfoot to Mothman A Global Encyclopedia of Legendary Beasts and Monsters — Margo DeMello

Bigfoot to Mothman A Global Encyclopedia of Legendary Beasts and Monsters

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Social Science

Island World A History of Hawai’i and the United States — Gary Y. Okihiro

Island World A History of Hawai’i and the United States

Gary Y. Okihiro

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Social Science

If You Should Go at Midnight Legends and Legend Tripping in America — Jeffrey S. Debies-Carl

If You Should Go at Midnight Legends and Legend Tripping in America

Jeffrey S. Debies-Carl

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Social Science

Literature and the Gods — Roberto Calasso

Literature and the Gods

Roberto Calasso

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Social Science

Women of Myth From Deer Woman and Mami Wata to Amaterasu and Athena, Your Guide to the Amazing and Diverse Women from World Mythology — Jenny Williamson

Women of Myth From Deer Woman and Mami Wata to Amaterasu and Athena, Your Guide to the Amazing and Diverse Women from World Mythology

Jenny Williamson

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Social Science

The Halloween Encyclopedia, 2d ed. — Lisa Morton

The Halloween Encyclopedia, 2d ed.

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Social Science

The Element Encyclopedia of 20,000 Dreams The Ultimate A-Z to Interpret the Secrets of Your Dreams — Theresa Cheung

The Element Encyclopedia of 20,000 Dreams The Ultimate A-Z to Interpret the Secrets of Your Dreams

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Social Science

Hell’s Angels A Strange and Terrible Saga — Hunter S. Thompson

Hell’s Angels A Strange and Terrible Saga

Hunter S. Thompson

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Social Science

Lochs and Legends: a Scotsman’s Guide to the Heart of Scotland — Andy the Highlander

Lochs and Legends: a Scotsman’s Guide to the Heart of Scotland

Andy the Highlander

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Social Science

The Book of Japanese Folklore: An Encyclopedia of the Spirits, Monsters, and Yokai of Japanese Myth The Stories of the Mischievous Kappa, Trickster Kitsune, Horrendous Oni, and More — Thersa Matsuura

The Book of Japanese Folklore: An Encyclopedia of the Spirits, Monsters, and Yokai of Japanese Myth The Stories of the Mischievous Kappa, Trickster Kitsune, Horrendous Oni, and More

Thersa Matsuura

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Social Science

The Origins of Wizards, Witches and Fairies — Simon Webb

The Origins of Wizards, Witches and Fairies

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Social Science

Identity and Everyday Life Essays in the Study of Folklore, Music and Popular Culture — Harris M. Berger

Identity and Everyday Life Essays in the Study of Folklore, Music and Popular Culture

Harris M. Berger

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Social Science

Conform or Be Cast Out The (Literal) Demonization of Nonconformists — Logan Albright

Conform or Be Cast Out The (Literal) Demonization of Nonconformists

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Social Science

The Faerie Handbook An Enchanting Compendium of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects — The Editors of Faerie Magazine

The Faerie Handbook An Enchanting Compendium of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects

The Editors of Faerie Magazine

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Social Science

Everything I Need I Get from You How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It — Kaitlyn Tiffany

Everything I Need I Get from You How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It

Kaitlyn Tiffany

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Popular Culture • Social Science

If Bad Clowns by Benjamin Radford is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Circus, Folklore & Mythology, Popular Culture and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Stewart O'Nan, Duncan Wall, Rebecca Margolis, Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, and others.

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