I Know What I Saw: Modern-Day Encounters with Monsters of New Urban Legend and Ancient Lore
By: Linda S. Godfrey
3.26
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
Which came first--the monster or the myth? Journalist Linda Godfrey investigates present-day encoun…
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1. Operation Trojan Horse
By: John A. Keel
3.13
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
s/t: An exhaustive study of unidentified flying objects revealing their source & the forces that co… read more
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- folklore
- nonfiction
- paranormal
2. American Murder Houses: A Coast-to-Coast Tour of the Most Notorious Houses of Homicide
By: Steve Lehto
3.94
Format: 338 pages, Paperback
There are places in the United States of America where violent acts of bloodshed have occurred. Yea… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- history
- horror
3. The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures (The World of Lore, #1)
By: Aaron Mahnke
3.94
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating, beautifully illustrated collection of stories from the hit podcast Lore - now an onl… read more
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- history
- folklore
- nonfiction
- horror
- paranormal
- mythology
- audiobook
"One of the professions that historically delivered bloodletting services was, of all people, the barber. Even today, you can find barber shops that still use the red-and-white striped pole outside. I…"-Aaron Mahnke, The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures (The World of Lore, #1)
4. The Mothman Prophecies
By: John A. Keel
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
West Virginia, 1966. For thirteen months the town of Point Pleasant is gripped by a real-life night… read more
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6. Chasing Shadows (Sekret Machines #1)
By: Paul Costanzo , A.J. Hartley , Tom DeLonge
3.95
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Chasing Shadows is the first book in the multimedia Sekret Machines franchise that will reveal fasc… read more
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7. Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science
By: Richard Preston
4.01
Format: 448 pages,
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8. Where Monsters Lie
By: Kyle Starks
3.71
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
A brand-new meta-horror story that's Cabin in the Woods meets Tucker and Dale vs. Evil . Haven’t… read more
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- horror
9. 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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- history
- cryptozoology
- cryptids
- folklore
- nonfiction
- horror
- paranormal
- mythology
- audiobook
10. The Trial of Lizzie Borden
By: Cara Robertson
3.40
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
When Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally hacked to death in Fall River, Massachusetts, in August o… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
11. Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases
By: Lydia Kang
4.14
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A very timely history of disease outbreaks, from the authors of Quackery: stories of outbreaks (and… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
12. 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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- history
- folklore
- nonfiction
- horror
- supernatural
- paranormal
- mythology
- audiobook
13. The Plague Stones
By: James Brogden
3.74
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
From the critically acclaimed author of Hekla's Children comes a dark and haunting tale of our worl… read more
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- audiobook
- paranormal
- horror
14. The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine
By: Thomas Morris
3.79
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A mysterious epidemic of dental explosions, A teenage boy who got his wick stuck in a candlestick … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
15. Midnight on Beacon Street
By: Emily Ruth Verona
2.88
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A suspenseful and entertaining debut thriller—and love letter to vintage horror movies—in which a t… read more
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- audiobook
- horror
16. The Whisper on the Night Wind: The True History of a Wilderness Legend
By: Adam Shoalts
3.81
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Spellbinding adventure from Canada's most beloved modern-day explorer. Traver… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- mythology
- audiobook
17. We Had a Little Real Estate Problem
By: Kliph Nesteroff
4.07
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
A Best Book of 2021 by NPR and Esquire From Kliph Nesteroff, “the human encyclopedia of comedy” … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
18. The Secret History of Bigfoot
By: John O’Connor
3.10
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest to off-the-wall cryptozoological conventions, on… read more
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- history
- cryptids
- nonfiction
- paranormal
- audiobook
19. The Scary Book of Christmas Lore: 50 Terrifying Yuletide Tales from Around the World
By: Tim Rayborn
3.60
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen…but do you recall the most petrifying Christmas fi… read more
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- history
- folklore
- nonfiction
- horror
- audiobook
20. Blue Book Volume 1: 1961
By: James Tynion IV
3.61
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
An ambitious, non-fiction comic book experience depicting true stories of UFO abductions with an ey… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- paranormal
- horror
21. Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction
By: Lisa Kröger
4.07
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
Meet the women writers who defied convention to craft some of literature’s strangest tales, from Fr… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- history
- horror
"What do queer activism and vampires have in common? Turns out, a lot."-Lisa Kröger, Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction
"Perhaps the weirdest tale is how we’ve managed to forget the women who created such amazing stories."-Lisa Kröger, Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction
"Haunted house fictions play upon the complex fears and concerns about domestic issues that women have long grappled with."-Lisa Kröger, Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction
"There seems to be an unspoken assumption that women aren't interested in horror and speculative fiction, despite ample evidence to the contrary."-Lisa Kröger, Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction
22. Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
By: Amanda Leduc
4.09
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
In fairy tales, happy endings are the norm—as long as you're beautiful and walk on two legs. After … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"...I am struck by how these pitiers unknowingly give voice to the deepest of truths: they cannot imagine this kind of life."-Amanda Leduc, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
" It's so good of you to love them. The Beast, Shrek, the Ugly Duckling and eventual swan. The woman in the wheel chair, the main who wears the mask. I could never do that. And if you do it, that mean…"-Amanda Leduc, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
"Most importantly, it's a message that assumes absolute and unrealistic able-bodiedness. No one with glasses. No crutches, no wheelchairs, no visible differences from girl to girl apart from the colou…"-Amanda Leduc, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
"If society is used to not seeing disabled people in stories, society becomes used to not seeing disabled people in real life. If society is used to not seeing disabled people in real life, society wi…"-Amanda Leduc, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
23. Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
By: Jack Hartnell
3.92
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
24. It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health (But Were Never Told)
By: Karen Tang
4.34
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An inclusive and essential guide to reproductive health—including period problems, pelvic pain, men… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
25. 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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- history
- nonfiction
- horror
- paranormal
- mythology
- audiobook
"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
26. Chasing American Monsters: Over 250 Creatures, Cryptids & Hairy Beasts (Chasing American Monsters, 1)
By: Jason Offutt
3.56
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
STEP RIGHT UP and BEHOLD a stupendous COLLECTION of over 250 FEARSOME and FANTASTICAL CREATURES fro… read more
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- history
- cryptozoology
- cryptids
- folklore
- nonfiction
- paranormal
- mythology
- audiobook
27. How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive
By: Craig DiLouie
3.43
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
From Bram Stoker Award‑nominated author Craig DiLouie comes a darkly humorous horror novel that see… read more
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- audiobook
- horror
28. I Know What I Saw: Modern-Day Encounters with Monsters of New Urban Legend and Ancient Lore
By: Linda S. Godfrey
3.26
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
Which came first--the monster or the myth? Journalist Linda Godfrey investigates present-day encoun… read more
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- history
- cryptozoology
- cryptids
- folklore
- nonfiction
- horror
- supernatural
- paranormal
- mythology
- audiobook
29. I'm in Love with Mothman (Mothman in Love, #1)
By: Paige Lavoie
3.65
Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition
22-year-old Heather is suffering from an epic case of burnout. So, just like any other young inf… read more
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- paranormal
30. In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch
By: John Zada
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
On the central and north coast of British Columbia, the Great Bear Rainforest is the largest intact… read more
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- history
- paranormal
- audiobook
31. Adventures in Cryptozoology: Hunting for Yetis, Mongolian Deathworms and Other Not-So-Mythical Monsters (Almanac of Mythological Creatures, Cryptozoology Book, Cryptid, Big Foot)
By: Richard Freeman
3.53
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
“The sheer depth of material covered in its pages is amazing”….” ― Fortean Times Magazine #1 Bestse… read more
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- cryptozoology
- cryptids
- folklore
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