The World of Lore: Dreadful Places (The World of Lore, #3)
By: Aaron Mahnke
3.89
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
Captivating stories of the places where human evil has left a nefarious mark, featuring stories fro…
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1. Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank: And Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom
By: Celia Rivenbark
3.71
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Celia Rivenbark's essays about life in today's South are like caramel popcorn---sweet, salty, and u… read more
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- nonfiction
"Carbohydrates from the Latin, carbo which means "yummy" and hydrates which means "cinnamon bun," are not something I can eliminate or even drastically cut back on."-Celia Rivenbark, Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank: And Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom
"Okay, let's see if I got this straight. The butt is the new breast, and the lower back is the new ankle. Now if only we could figure out where the brain has moved."-Celia Rivenbark, Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank: And Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom
"This phrase did not have the ring of verisimilitude because I am famously bad at math. If I'm in charge of tipping at a restaurant, the waiter will either fall to his knees in gratitude or slash my t…"-Celia Rivenbark, Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank: And Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom
2. The Hum and the Shiver (Tufa, #1)
By: Alex Bledsoe
4.15
Format: None pages,
No one knows where the Tufa came from, or how they ended up in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennesse… read more
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3. The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
By: Judith Flanders
3.65
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
"Superb... Flanders's convincing and smart synthesis of the evolution of an official police force, … read more
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4. 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
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- 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
5. Small Horrors: A Collection of Fifty Creepy Stories
By: Darcy Coates
3.19
Format: None pages,
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6. Kerfol
By: Edith Wharton
4.49
Format: 563 pages, Paperback
I left my light burning all night, as he had predicted; but it was chiefly because, till near dawn,… read more
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7. Quarter to Midnight: Fifteen Tales of Horror and Suspense
By: Darcy Coates
3.72
Format: 294 pages,
Fifteen chilling tales of gothic horror and suspense. Push past the curtains of the rational, safe … read more
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8. Creepy Archives, Vol. 1
By: Ambrose Bierce , Gray Morrow , Edgar Allan Poe , Bram Stoker , Roy G. Krenkel , Archie Goodwin , Shawna Gore , None , Al Williamson , Bill Pearson , Reed Crandall , Joe Orlando , Otto Binder , Alden McWilliams , Jack Davis , Frank Frazetta , None , None , None , Larry Ivie , None
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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9. Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science
By: Erika Engelhaupt
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Science reporter Erika Engelhaupt investigates the gross, strange, and morbid absurdities of our bo… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"This kind of scientific boldness is something the world could use more of. All too often, we’re hemmed in by our fears and our sense of propriety. Some subjects simply aren’t discussed, or aren’t tak…"-Erika Engelhaupt, Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science
10. 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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11. 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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"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
12. Christmas and Other Horrors: A winter solstice anthology
By: Ellen Datlow
3.65
Format: 410 pages, Kindle Edition
Hugo Award winning editor, and horror legend, Ellen Datlow presents a terrifying and chilling horro… read more
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- mystery
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13. Hide: The Graphic Novel
By: Kiersten White
3.75
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
A high-stakes hide-and-seek competition in an abandoned amusement park comes to life in this graphi… read more
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14. 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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15. Life with the Afterlife: 13 Truths I Learned about Ghosts
By: Amy Bruni
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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16. The Platform Edge: Uncanny Tales of the Railways
By: Mike Ashley
3.87
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
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17. The Sawbones Book: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine
By: Justin McElroy
4.00
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
A compelling, often hilarious and occasionally horrifying exploration of how modern medicine came t… read more
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18. The World of Lore: Dreadful Places (The World of Lore, #3)
By: Aaron Mahnke
3.89
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
Captivating stories of the places where human evil has left a nefarious mark, featuring stories fro… read more
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19. The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained
By: Colin Dickey
3.67
Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition
"Absolutely perfect for the current moment." --BuzzfeedAmerica's favorite cultural historian and au… read more
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"In a single stroke, the Linnaean classification system wiped monsters off the face of the map. There might still be unknown beasts and fearsome creatures out there, but now they each would have a fam…"-Colin Dickey, The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained
20. Murder, Madness and Mayhem: Twenty-Five Tales of True Crime and Dark History
By: Mike Browne
3.75
Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition
Mike Browne, host of the popular Canadian podcast Dark Poutine, chronicles some of his all-time fav… read more
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21. Rise and Divine (The Witches of Thistle Grove, #5)
By: Lana Harper
3.94
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A magical romantic comedy sparkling with spells and witchcraft. To save both her town and the woma… read more
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