Dark Carnivals: Modern Horrors and the Origins of American Empire
By: W. Scott Poole
3.80
Format: 425 pages, Hardcover
From Invasion of the Body Snatchers to Get Out, Dark Carnivals tells the panoramic story of the fil…
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1. Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror
By: Jason Zinoman
3.86
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
Much has been written about the storied New Hollywood of the 1970s, but at the same time that Steve… read more
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- pop culture
- film
- criticism
- nonfiction
- horror
2. Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of the military's decades-long investigation into mental powers and phenomen… read more
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3. Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen
By: David J. Skal
4.00
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
The primal image of the black-caped vampire Dracula has become an indelible fixture of the modern i… read more
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- history
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- horror
4. Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film
By: Carol J. Clover
3.91
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Do the pleasures of horror movies really begin and end in sadism? So the public discussion of film … read more
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5. The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror
By: David J. Skal
3.99
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Illuminating the dark side of the American century, The Monster Showuncovers the surprising links b… read more
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6. The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)
By: Stephen Graham Jones
4.21
Format: 455 pages, Hardcover
The final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror literature It’s been f… read more
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- horror
"I used to be all about the final girl standing on top of a pile of the dead at the end of the movie, her face dripping blood, her chest heaving, her eyes fierce. Now I’m all about holding the door of…"-Stephen Graham Jones, The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)
7. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
4.06
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more
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"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
8. Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2)
By: Stephen Graham Jones
4.07
Format: 457 pages, Hardcover
Jade returns to the rural lake town of Proofrock the same day as convicted Indigenous serial killer… read more
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- horror
9. Diavola
By: Jennifer Marie Thorne
3.95
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
Jennifer Thorne skewers all-too-familiar family dynamics in this sly, wickedly funny vacation-Gothi… read more
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10. This Wretched Valley
By: Jenny Kiefer
3.33
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Four ambitious climbers hike into the Kentucky wilderness. Seven months later, three mangled bodies… read more
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11. Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement
By: Ashley Shew
4.30
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are … read more
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- nonfiction
12. 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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- pop culture
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13. The Madman's Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History
By: Edward Brooke-Hitching
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
This fascinating and bizarre collection compiles the most unusual, obscure books from the far reach… read more
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14. The Destroyer of Worlds (Lovecraft Country, #2)
By: Matt Ruff
3.94
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
“Another virtuoso blend of horror, action, and humor. . . . Fans will find this a worthy sequel.”— … read more
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- horror
15. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
By: Matt Singer
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more
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16. 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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17. The Beast You Are: Stories
By: Paul Tremblay
3.34
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A haunting collection of short fiction from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club , A He… read more
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18. It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
By: Joe Vallese
4.18
Format: 298 pages, Paperback
Through the lens of horror—from "Halloween" to "Hereditary"—queer and trans writers consider the fi… read more
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- film
- horror
"Androgyny doesn't look a certain way, though gender is ingrained in society such that liberal readings are applied to everyone, sprinkling gender on everything from haircuts to careers to alcoholic b…"-Joe Vallese, It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
19. 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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20. The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice
By: C. Alexander Hortis
3.61
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Before the sensational cases of Amanda Knox and Casey Anthony—before even Lizzie Borden—there was P… read more
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- nonfiction
21. 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered
By: Sadie Hartmann
4.43
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
The Ultimate List of Must-Read Horror! Curious readers and fans of monsters and the macabre, get re… read more
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"I love a good story about everyone dying."-Sadie Hartmann, 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered
22. Behind the Horror: True Stories That Inspired Horror Movies
By: Lee Mellor
3.83
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Uncover the twisted tales that inspired the big screen's greatest screams.Which case of demonic pos… read more
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23. A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts
By: Leanna Renee Hieber
3.68
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
From the notorious Lizzie Borden to the innumerable, haunted rooms of Sarah Winchester's mysterious… read more
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"The power of the name is the same across all people."-Leanna Renee Hieber, A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts
"The symbolic meaning is far more interesting than the literal meaning."-Leanna Renee Hieber, A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts
"Idealization is not reality; it is a dream, an expectation, and a projection that does not need a woman to be alive to still be beholden to its trappings."-Leanna Renee Hieber, A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts
"While it's easy to dismiss and belittle a living woman who dares to be vocally critical or angry, it is much harder to silence a ghost: She has remarkable staying power."-Leanna Renee Hieber, A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts
24. Dark Carnivals: Modern Horrors and the Origins of American Empire
By: W. Scott Poole
3.80
Format: 425 pages, Hardcover
From Invasion of the Body Snatchers to Get Out, Dark Carnivals tells the panoramic story of the fil… read more
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- american
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- americana
- pop culture
- politics
- nonfiction
- criticism
- horror
25. The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar
By: Robin R. Means Coleman
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A definitive and surprising exploration of the history of Black horror films, after the rising succ… read more
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26. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
By: John Ganz
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more
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- american
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27. To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse
By: Howard Fishman
4.35
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The mysterious true story of Connie Converse—a mid-century New York City songwriter, singer, and co… read more
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- history
28. Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy
By: Colin Dickey
3.90
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From beloved cultural historian and acclaimed author of Ghostland comes a history of America's obse… read more
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- americana
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29. Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age
By: Norman Ohler
3.90
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
The author of the New York Times bestseller Blitzed returns with a provocative new history of drugs… read more
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30. House of Bone and Rain
By: Gabino Iglesias
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In the latest from Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME… read more
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31. The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982
By: Chris Nashawaty
4.24
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From legendary entertainment journalist and author of Caddyshack comes a rollicking history of 1980… read more
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