17 must-read nonfiction books like A Life with Ghosts: True, Terrifying, and Insightful Tales from My Favorite Haunts by Steve Gonsalves

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A Life with Ghosts: True, Terrifying, and Insightful Tales from My Favorite Haunts

By: Steve Gonsalves

4.30

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The debut book from paranormal investigator and Ghost Hunters TV star Steve Go…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in A Life with Ghosts: True, Terrifying, and Insightful Tales from My Favorite Haunts by Steve Gonsalves , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Growing Up Psychic: My Story of Not Just Surviving but Thriving--and How Others Like Me Can, Too

By: Chip Coffey

3.95

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Internationally recognized psychic and star of A&E’s hit show Psychic Children of the Paranormal ,… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • ghosts
  • nonfiction
  • paranormal
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2. Real Ghost Stories: Haunting Encounters Told by Real People

By: Tony Brueski , Jenny Brueski

3.78

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

HEART-POUNDING STORIES AND TRUE-LIFE EXPERIENCES UNVEIL THE REAL WORLD OF THE UNDEAD Otherworldly … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • horror

3. Destination Truth: Memoirs of a Monster Hunter

By: None

4.50

Format: 282 pages,

Truth is stranger than legend . . . and your journey into both begins here. World adventurer and in… read more

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4. True Irish Ghost Stories

By: St. John D. Seymour , None

3.85

Format: 208 pages,

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteer… read more

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5. The September House

By: Carissa Orlando

3.92

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this c… read more

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  • ghosts
  • adult
  • horror
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"the stars shone in the sky, reminding me there were calm constants everywhere"

-Carissa Orlando, The September House

"Hal was familiar with anger. He preferred it. It was like a warm blanket to him. Something soft, and smelling of home"

-Carissa Orlando, The September House

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6. A Haunting on the Hill

By: Elizabeth Hand

3.35

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

From three-time Shirley Jackson, World Fantasy, and Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Hand come… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
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7. The Exorcist Legacy: 50 Years of Fear

By: Nat Segaloff

3.74

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

Since 1973, The Exorcist and its progeny have scared and inspired half a century of filmgoers. Now,… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • horror
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8. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

By: Douglas Preston

3.81

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. Horror Movie

By: Paul Tremblay

3.45

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adult
  • horror
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10. A Life with Ghosts: True, Terrifying, and Insightful Tales from My Favorite Haunts

By: Steve Gonsalves

4.30

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The debut book from paranormal investigator and Ghost Hunters TV star Steve Go… read more

Similar categories in Steve Gonsalves's A Life with Ghosts: True, Terrifying, and Insightful Tales from My Favorite Haunts book and Steve Gonsalves's A Life with Ghosts: True, Terrifying, and Insightful Tales from My Favorite Haunts

  • biography
  • memoir
  • ghosts
  • adult
  • death
  • nonfiction
  • horror
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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11. Life with the Afterlife: 13 Truths I Learned about Ghosts

By: Amy Bruni

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Star of Kindred Spirits and paranormal investigator Amy Bruni shares stories from her years of… read more

Similar categories in Amy Bruni's Life with the Afterlife: 13 Truths I Learned about Ghosts book and Steve Gonsalves's A Life with Ghosts: True, Terrifying, and Insightful Tales from My Favorite Haunts

  • biography
  • memoir
  • ghosts
  • death
  • nonfiction
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of Goodbye Hello: Processing Grief and Understanding Death through the Paranormal by Adam Berry

12. Goodbye Hello: Processing Grief and Understanding Death through the Paranormal

By: Adam Berry

4.41

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From paranormal investigator and host of Kindred Spirits Adam Berry comes Goodbye Hello , which ble… read more

Similar categories in Adam Berry's Goodbye Hello: Processing Grief and Understanding Death through the Paranormal book and Steve Gonsalves's A Life with Ghosts: True, Terrifying, and Insightful Tales from My Favorite Haunts

  • memoir
  • ghosts
  • death
  • nonfiction
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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13. How Quickly She Disappears

By: Raymond Fleischmann

3.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Dry meets Silence of the Lambs in this intoxicating tale of literary suspense set in the relent… read more

Similar categories in Raymond Fleischmann's How Quickly She Disappears book and Steve Gonsalves's A Life with Ghosts: True, Terrifying, and Insightful Tales from My Favorite Haunts

  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Murder Road

By: Simone St. James

3.72

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deser… read more

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  • ghosts
  • horror
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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15. Ricochet (Garrett Kohl #3)

By: Taylor Moore

4.16

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

Already engaged in an intense shadow war with Tehran and their Quds Force spies, Garrett’s CIA team… read more

Similar categories in Taylor Moore's Ricochet (Garrett Kohl #3) book and Steve Gonsalves's A Life with Ghosts: True, Terrifying, and Insightful Tales from My Favorite Haunts

  • audiobook
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16. Great Fire of London: A History from Beginning to End

By: Hourly History

4.29

Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the devastating history of the Great Fire of London...Free BONUS Inside!In the summer of 1… read more

Similar categories in Hourly History's Great Fire of London: A History from Beginning to End book and Steve Gonsalves's A Life with Ghosts: True, Terrifying, and Insightful Tales from My Favorite Haunts

  • nonfiction
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17. Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI

By: Jana Monroe

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Mindhunter, Criminal Minds, and My Favorite Murder, a riveting memoir of a trailblazing… read more

Similar categories in Jana Monroe's Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI book and Steve Gonsalves's A Life with Ghosts: True, Terrifying, and Insightful Tales from My Favorite Haunts

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"The devil, or whatever force was behind that disembodied knife in her mind, has never made anyone do anything. The devil just applauds when it happens."

-Jana Monroe, Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI

"Our answers were rarely found in confessional sessions in a jailhouse interrogation room despite how hard serial killers like Ted Bundy and Edmund Kemper tried to play their interviewers. Our answers…"

-Jana Monroe, Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI

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18. Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll

By: M.G. Lord

3.63

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Since her introduction in 1959, Barbie’s impact has been revolutionary. Far from being a toy design… read more

Similar categories in M.G. Lord's Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll book and Steve Gonsalves's A Life with Ghosts: True, Terrifying, and Insightful Tales from My Favorite Haunts

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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19. The Fright Before Christmas: Surviving Krampus and Other Yuletide Monsters, Witches, and Ghosts

By: Jeff Belanger

4.15

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Step into the dark roots of Christmas past where the Krampus punishes the bad boys and girls. Ch… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • paranormal
  • horror
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20. I Was a Teenage Slasher

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.68

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a classic slasher story wi… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adult
  • horror
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21. Omega Farm: A Memoir

By: Martha McPhee

3.74

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A long-awaited memoir from an award-winning novelist—a candid, riveting account of her complicated,… read more

Similar categories in Martha McPhee's Omega Farm: A Memoir book and Steve Gonsalves's A Life with Ghosts: True, Terrifying, and Insightful Tales from My Favorite Haunts

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Harry Houdini: A Life from Beginning to End by Hourly History

22. Harry Houdini: A Life from Beginning to End

By: Hourly History

4.16

Format: 59 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the remarkable life of Harry Houdini...Free BONUS Inside!He jumped shackled into rivers an… read more

Similar categories in Hourly History's Harry Houdini: A Life from Beginning to End book and Steve Gonsalves's A Life with Ghosts: True, Terrifying, and Insightful Tales from My Favorite Haunts

  • biography
  • nonfiction
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23. The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel

By: Christopher Lincoln

3.93

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A graphic novel adventure in which two siblings, a mysterious Night Librarian, and a motley cast of… read more

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24. The Psychic (Starlight Cafe)

By: Lovelyn Bettison

4.19

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Traumatized by her past but hoping for a happy ending, can one medium cope when her feigned second … read more

Similar categories in Lovelyn Bettison's The Psychic (Starlight Cafe) book and Steve Gonsalves's A Life with Ghosts: True, Terrifying, and Insightful Tales from My Favorite Haunts

  • paranormal
Cover of Haunted in America: True Ghost Stories From The Best of Leslie Rule Collection by Leslie Rule

25. Haunted in America: True Ghost Stories From The Best of Leslie Rule Collection

By: Leslie Rule

3.84

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From best-selling author Leslie Rule comes a collection of stories about things that go bump in the… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • paranormal
  • horror
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26. The Drowning House

By: Cherie Priest

3.55

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

A violent storm washes a mysterious house onto a rural Pacific Northwest beach, stopping the heart … read more

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  • audiobook
  • supernatural
  • horror
Cover of The Butcher Game (Dr. Wren Muller, #2) by Alaina Urquhart

27. The Butcher Game (Dr. Wren Muller, #2)

By: Alaina Urquhart

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author and co-host of chart-topping true crime podcast Morbid c… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adult
  • horror
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28. Salem's Ropes

By: Joseph C. Gioconda

3.73

Format: 199 pages, ebook

★ Respect history or be doomed to repeat it ★ Inspired by true historical events and figures, Sa… read more

Similar categories in Joseph C. Gioconda's Salem's Ropes book and Steve Gonsalves's A Life with Ghosts: True, Terrifying, and Insightful Tales from My Favorite Haunts

  • audiobook
  • horror
  • ghosts
Cover of The Ghost Studies: New Perspectives on the Origins of Paranormal Experiences by Brandon Massullo

29. The Ghost Studies: New Perspectives on the Origins of Paranormal Experiences

By: Brandon Massullo

3.55

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

You’ve just laid down for the night when suddenly doors slam and the curtains shift. The lights beg… read more

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  • supernatural
  • nonfiction
  • paranormal
  • ghosts
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30. The Horrors of the House of Wills: A True Story of a Paranormal Investigator's Most Terrifying Case

By: Daryl Marston

3.54

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Every paranormal investigator has one location that shakes them to the core. This one almost broke … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • paranormal
Cover of Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (While also in an Actual Cult!) by Bethany Joy Lenz

31. Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (While also in an Actual Cult!)

By: Bethany Joy Lenz

4.29

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A deliciously witty and inspiring memoir by One Tree Hill star Bethany Joy Lenz about her decade in… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook

7 must-read biography books like A Life with Ghosts: True, Terrifying, and Insightful Tales from My Favorite Haunts by Steve Gonsalves

Transform Your Habits

Growing Up Psychic: My Story of Not Just Surviving but Thriving--and How Others Like Me Can, Too

Chip Coffey

3.95

Transform Your Habits

A Life with Ghosts: True, Terrifying, and Insightful Tales from My Favorite Haunts

Steve Gonsalves

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Life with the Afterlife: 13 Truths I Learned about Ghosts

Amy Bruni

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll

M.G. Lord

3.63

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Plain Jane and the Mermaid

Vera Brosgol

4.38

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Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II

Adam Gidwitz

4.17

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The Secret Library

Kekla Magoon

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Upstaged: A Graphic Novel

Robin Easter

4.08

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