Experience an exclusive, custom hardcover edition of Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen featuring original dust jacket artwork, exclusive silver foil details on the hard case (including the logo for the Broadway musical on the back cover), custom endpapers, and beautiful sprayed edges.

This title was featured in our 2025 exclusive Water for Elephants box in collaboration with the Broadway musical.

About the Book

#1 New York Times Bestseller * A Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, & USA Today Bestseller

"This colorful headlong tale of a Depression-era circus simply can't be beat." —Stephen King

A Major Motion Picture starring Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, and Christoph Waltz

Jacob Janowski’s luck had run out--orphaned and penniless, he had no direction until he landed on a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was the Great Depression and for Jacob the circus was both his salvation and a living hell. There he met Marlena, the beautiful equestrian star married to August, the charismatic but brutal animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant who was the great hope for this third-rate traveling show. The bond that grew among this group of misfits was one of love and trust, and ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.