7 must-read mythology books like Dark Folklore by Mark Norman

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Dark Folklore

By: Mark Norman

3.56

Format: 174 pages, None

How did our ancestors use the concept of demons to explain sleep paralysis? Is that carving in the …

If you liked the mythology plot in Dark Folklore by Mark Norman , here is a list of 7 books like this:

1. The Family Plot

By: Cherie Priest

3.80

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The author of the enormously successful Boneshaker returns to Tor with her unique take on the class… read more

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2. Snow

By: Ronald Malfi

3.62

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

Todd Curry wants nothing more than to spend Christmas with his son. But when a brutal snowstorm can… read more

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3. Can Holding in a Fart Kill You?

By: Andrew Thompson

3.81

Format: None pages,

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4. Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies

By: Catherine McCormack

4.35

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Art historian Catherine McCormack challenges how culture teaches us to see and value women, their b… read more

Similar categories in Catherine McCormack's Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies book and Mark Norman's Dark Folklore

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"[We are]expected to be wooed and seduced by the male artist’s libidinous vision, a vision that has dominated and come to define our perception of genius, beauty and value from the perspective of the …"

-Catherine McCormack, Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies

"society tolerates sexually explicit images of women as long as they conform to an ideal that doesn’t relate to women’s autonomous erotic pleasure. Encouraged to be hyper-sexualised and available spec…"

-Catherine McCormack, Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies

"The problem is not that erotically charged images can’t also be seen as culturally valuable expressions (they can), but that woman’s highest cultural expression has been as a passive sex object, and …"

-Catherine McCormack, Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies

"Picasso and Modigliani’s ‘Venuses’ represent a sort of iconoclasm in their self-conscious rejection of the cold, perfectly-finished, stuffy beauty of the Western tradition of art. For the contemporar…"

-Catherine McCormack, Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies

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5. Death in the Spires

By: K.J. Charles

4.42

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

The newspapers called us the Seven Wonders. We were a group of friends, that’s all, and then Toby d… read more

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6. Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland

By: Lisa Schneidau

3.81

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

The islands of Britain and Ireland hold a rich heritage of plant folklore and wisdom, from the magi… read more

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  • fairy tales
  • folklore
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"In the old days, there were bogles, the horrid things, creeping in the darkness, ready to take people. And even in the daytime, when there weren't bogles, people were always fretting about them, or s…"

-Lisa Schneidau, Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland

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7. Starve Acre

By: Andrew Michael Hurley

3.71

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby's son, Ewan, has died sudden… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
"What you go searching for and what you find aren't always the same."

-Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre

"The will of Richard's father had been to ensure that his son was in no doubt that a church was merely a meeting place for the mentally ill, and that all who gathered there--priest and parishioners--w…"

-Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre

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8. Medieval Myths & Mysteries (The Great Courses)

By: Dorsey Armstrong

4.14

Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 5 hours and 6 minutes Was King Arthur a real person? What about Robin Hood? Is… read more

Similar categories in Dorsey Armstrong's Medieval Myths & Mysteries (The Great Courses) book and Mark Norman's Dark Folklore

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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9. Botanical Curses and Poisons: The Shadow-Lives of Plants

By: Fez Inkwright

4.28

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

Discover the folklore and history of our most toxic plants through this beautifully produced, gorge… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • folklore
  • history
  • audiobook
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10. Bluebeard's Castle

By: Anna Biller

3.22

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

A subversive take on the famous French fairy tale from the acclaimed director of The Love Witch, an… read more

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  • adult
  • horror
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11. 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

Similar categories in J.W. Ocker's The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters book and Mark Norman's Dark Folklore

  • history
  • folklore
  • nonfiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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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

Similar categories in J.W. Ocker's Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items book and Mark Norman's Dark Folklore

  • history
  • folklore
  • nonfiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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13. Anoka

By: Shane Hawk

3.74

Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to Anoka, Minnesota, a small city just outside of the Twin Cities dubbed “The Halloween Cap… read more

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  • paranormal
  • horror
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14. Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories

By: Aviaq Johnston

3.74

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

“Taaqtumi” is an Inuktitut word that means “in the dark”—and these spine-tingling horror stories by… read more

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  • adult
  • horror
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15. Mr. Cables

By: Ronald Malfi

4.00

Format: 99 pages, ebook

For bestselling horror novelist Wilson Paventeau, the scariest novel of his career is one he didn’t… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adult
  • horror
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16. Autumn Chills: Tales of Intrigue from the Queen of Crime

By: Agatha Christie

3.90

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

An all-new collection of autumn-themed mysteries from the master of the genre.Autumn is the season … read more

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  • audiobook
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17. Ghosts From the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural

By: Tony Medawar

3.39

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A brand new anthology of previously unpublished and uncollected supernatural mysteries by some of t… read more

Similar categories in Tony Medawar's Ghosts From the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural book and Mark Norman's Dark Folklore

  • audiobook
  • horror
  • ghosts
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18. The Path of Thorns

By: A.G. Slatter

4.00

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Alone in the world, Asher Todd travels to the remote estate of Morwood Grange to become governess t… read more

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  • adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
"I shake myself, feel the past cascade from my shoulders."

-A.G. Slatter, The Path of Thorns

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19. Woodland Folk Tales

By: Lisa Schneidau

3.90

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Once upon a time, most of Britain and Ireland was covered in woodland. Many of the trees have been … read more

Similar categories in Lisa Schneidau's Woodland Folk Tales book and Mark Norman's Dark Folklore

  • fairy tales
  • folklore
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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20. Dark Folklore

By: Mark Norman

3.56

Format: 174 pages, None

How did our ancestors use the concept of demons to explain sleep paralysis? Is that carving in the … read more

Similar categories in Mark Norman's Dark Folklore book and Mark Norman's Dark Folklore

  • fairy tales
  • history
  • ghosts
  • folklore
  • nonfiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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21. Le Fay (Morgan le Fay, #2)

By: Sophie Keetch

4.46

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

Lady Morgan surveys her life at an unhappy marriage and a vengeful husband determined to keep thei… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Keetch's Le Fay (Morgan le Fay, #2) book and Mark Norman's Dark Folklore

  • adult
  • mythology
  • audiobook

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3.22

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