Chasing Ghosts: A Tour of Our Fascination with Spirits and the Supernatural
By: Marc Hartzman
3.54
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Take a spirited tour through the supernatural history of America, from its haunted sites to its fam…
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1. The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
3.94
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
When the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History reclassified Plu… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
- audiobook
2. Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
By: Colin Dickey
3.74
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history, Ghostland takes readers on a road trip through… read more
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- history
- ghosts
- death
- nonfiction
- horror
- supernatural
- paranormal
- audiobook
"Surely ghosts will follow wherever there is bad record keeping"-Colin Dickey, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
"The dead are watching, whether or not we choose to listen to their stories."-Colin Dickey, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
"Our brains are hardwired to think in terms of place and to associate psychic value or meaning to the places we inhabit."-Colin Dickey, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
"A ghost story’s reduction of a complex moment or the history of building into a series of cliches is reproduced in beautifully staged photos that fetishize the past without truly representing it. “Ru…"-Colin Dickey, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
3. The House That Horror Built
By: Christina Henry
3.22
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
A single mother working in the gothic mansion of a reclusive horror director stumbles upon terrifyi… read more
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- audiobook
- horror
4. The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters
By: J.W. Ocker
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Meet the monsters in our midst, from bigfoot to Mothman and beyond! Welcome to the United States… read more
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- nonfiction
- horror
- paranormal
- audiobook
5. Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless
By: Laurah Norton
3.87
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating deep dive into the dark world of forensic science as experts team up to solve the ide… read more
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- science
- history
- death
- nonfiction
- audiobook
6. The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror
By: Tori Bovalino
3.58
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A cemetery full of the restless dead. A town so wicked it has already burned twice, with the breath… read more
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- paranormal
- horror
"It seemed to me that a soul that preferred a cold grave to the white light of Heaven was suspect."-Tori Bovalino, The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror
"She could weave between peace and poison fluid as a silver fish, and both of them were true. There wasn't a fake bone in her body, but that almost made it worse."-Tori Bovalino, The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror
"me standing there- just standing there- looking around and thinking, God, I'm not supposed to be here, I'm supposed to be somewhere else, this is wrong, this is *wrong*."-Tori Bovalino, The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror
"I don't like the way he say you. Like I different. Like I didn't just see one-of-me-like-me beat until she fall. [...] But my boy doesn't see. He can't see. Can't hear, either. He never tried to mimi…"-Tori Bovalino, The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror
7. A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
By: Emma Southon
4.23
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertai… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
8. Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
By: Greg Melville
4.00
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our de… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- death
"Every life holds an epic tale, even if no one alive remembers it."-Greg Melville, Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
9. A Haunted Road Atlas: Sinister Stops and Dangerous Destinations, and True Crime Tales
By: Christine Schiefer
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
The instant New York Times bestseller! Pack up your Ouija board, wine bra, and squirt guns full … read more
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- history
- ghosts
- nonfiction
- horror
- paranormal
- audiobook
"Imagine inheriting a demon, a chair that’s trying to kill you, a mansion full of priceless historical items and sometimes Thomas Jefferson’s ghost? That’s a lot of pressure."-Christine Schiefer, A Haunted Road Atlas: Sinister Stops and Dangerous Destinations, and True Crime Tales
10. Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items
By: J.W. Ocker
3.70
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An illustrated compendium that reveals the true stories behind the most infamous, creepy, and bizar… read more
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- nonfiction
- horror
- supernatural
- paranormal
- audiobook
11. Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
By: Megan Rosenbloom
4.01
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest othe… read more
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- audiobook
- history
- death
- nonfiction
- horror
- science
"Human skin books—mostly made by nineteenth-century doctor bibliophiles—are the only books that are controversial not for the ideas they contain but for the physical makeup of the object itself."-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"Anthropodermic books tell a complicated and uncomfortable take about the development of clinical medicine and the doctoring class, and the worst of what can come from the collision of acquisitiveness…"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"Many confirmed human skin books didn’t begin their print life in this controversial binding but were rebound by collectors, usually doctors who took the oldest or rarest texts in their private collec…"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"No wonder the public persists in connecting the idea of human skin books with Nazis. It's easier to believe that objects of human skin are made by monsters like Nazis and serial killers, and not the …"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
12. BuzzFeed Unsolved Supernatural: 101 True Tales of Hauntings, Demons, and the Paranormal
By: Ryan Bergara
4.12
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
Based off one of the most popular web series on the internet, Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej present … read more
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- history
- ghosts
- nonfiction
- horror
- supernatural
- paranormal
- audiobook
13. The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective
By: Steven Johnson
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York—and the detective duo w… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
14. Toil and Trouble: A Women’s History of the Occult
By: Lisa Kröger
3.63
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
This celebration of forgotten magical women, from Salem to WitchTok, is a fascinating and empowerin… read more
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- history
- audiobook
15. The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of Obsession
By: Kate Summerscale
3.62
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The Book of Phobias and Manias is a thrilling compendium of 99 obsessions that have shaped us all, … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
16. She Kills Me: The True Stories of History's Deadliest Women
By: Jennifer Wright
3.61
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A powerful collection of stories about women who murdered—for revenge, for love, and even for pleas… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- horror
17. An Enchanting Case of Spirits
By: Melissa Holtz
3.71
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
When a fortieth birthday celebration leads to a ghostly visitor, four friends find themselves navig… read more
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18. Chasing Ghosts: A Tour of Our Fascination with Spirits and the Supernatural
By: Marc Hartzman
3.54
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Take a spirited tour through the supernatural history of America, from its haunted sites to its fam… read more
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- ghosts
- death
- nonfiction
- paranormal
- horror
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- spiritualism
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19. Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms
By: Sarah Wallace
4.14
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Roger not only had to prove himself to the Council, he also had to prove himself to Wyndham Wrenwhi… read more
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20. A Light in the Dark: Surviving More than Ted Bundy
By: Kathy Kleiner Rubin
4.21
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In January 1978, I slept in my bed at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University as T… read more
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21. 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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- horror
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