Circus of Books was a bookstore and gay pornography shop owned by Karen and Barry Mason, with locations in West Hollywood and Silver Lake. The Masons took over the West Hollywood location in 1982. West Hollywood store closed February 9, 2019 and reopened in January 2020 as Chi Chi LaRue's Circus.

A well-known gay cruising spot, place of refuge during the AIDS crisis, and mom-and-pop porn shop fighting federal obscenity charges, both locations are now considered important sites of Los Angeles' gay history. (ONE Archives)

A documentary on the store, filmed by the Masons' daughter Rachel Mason, premiered at Tribeca in 2019 and streamed on Netflix in 2020.