5 must-read nonfiction books like Found Footage Horror Films: Fear and the Appearance of Reality by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

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Found Footage Horror Films: Fear and the Appearance of Reality

By: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

3.96

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

As the horror subgenre du jour , found footage horror's amateur filmmaking look has made it availab…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Found Footage Horror Films: Fear and the Appearance of Reality by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Hellbound Heart

By: Clive Barker

4.07

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

In a quiet house on a quiet street Frank and Julia are having an affair. Not your ordinary affair. … read more

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  • horror
"She wanted nothing that he could offer her, except perhaps his absence."

-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

"Allí el placer era dolor, y viceversa. Y él lo conocía tan bien que era como sentirse en casa."

-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

"Todas las cosas se cansan con el tiempo y comienzan a buscar algún oponente que las salve de sí mismas"

-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

"Todas las cosas se cansan con el tiempo y comienzan a buscar algún oponente que las salve de sí mismas."

-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

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2. The Killer Inside Me

By: Jim Thompson

3.60

Format: 404 pages, Paperback

Everyone in the small town of Central City, Texas loves Lou Ford. A deputy sheriff, Lou's known to … read more

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  • horror
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3. House of Leaves

By: Mark Z. Danielewski

4.09

Format: 710 pages, Paperback

A young family moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly w… read more

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"I must read. I must read. I must read."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

"Do not entrust your future to the limits of your stride."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

"Knowledge is hot water on wool. It shrinks time and space."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

"Sublime is something you choke on after a shot of tequila."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

4. Queer

By: William S. Burroughs

3.84

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, "Queer" is an enigma - both an unflinching … read more

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5. Erasure

By: Percival Everett

3.62

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

"Thelonious (Monk) Ellison has never allowed race to define his identity. But as both a writer and … read more

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6. Hell House

By: Richard Matheson

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Can any soul survive? Regarded as the Mount Everest of haunted houses, Belasco House has witnessed … read more

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7. The Trespasser

By: Tana French

1.75

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

New York Timesbestselling author Tana French is "required reading for anyone who appreciates tough,… read more

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8. White Noise

By: Don DeLillo

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The National Book Award-winning classic from the author of Underworld and Libra, now a Netflix film… read more

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"The vast and terrible depth." “Of course,"

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

"You are the happy one. I am the doomed fool."

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

"Fear is self-awareness raised to a higher level."

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

"The family is the cradle of the world's misinformation."

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

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9. The Exorcist

By: William Peter Blatty

4.20

Format: 385 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Georgetown, Washington D.C. Actress and divorced mother Chris MacNeil starts to experience 'difficu… read more

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  • horror
"Keep away. The sow is mine."

-William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist

"The child was slender as fleeting hope."

-William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist

"The child was slender as a fleeting hope."

-William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist

"In forgetting, they were trying to remember"

-William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist

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10. Episode Thirteen

By: Craig DiLouie

3.53

Format: 437 pages, Paperback

From the macabre mind of Bram Stoker Award nominated author Craig DiLouie, Episode Thirteen is a he… read more

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  • horror
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11. 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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  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • film
"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

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12. Butcher

By: Joyce Carol Oates

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a women’… read more

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  • horror
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13. 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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  • nonfiction
  • 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

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14. 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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  • horror
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15. Chasing the Boogeyman

By: Richard Chizmar

3.95

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Gwendy’s Button Box brings his signature prose to this s… read more

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  • horror
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16. Who's Afraid of Gender?

By: Judith Butler

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politi… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Imagine if you were Jewish and someone tells you that you are not. Imagine if you are lesbian and someone laughs in your face and says you are confused since you are really heterosexual. Imagine if y…"

-Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?

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17. Family Business

By: Jonathan Sims

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When Diya Burman’s best friend dies, her life falls apart. She loses everything. But then she ge… read more

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  • horror
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18. The Last House on Needless Street

By: Catriona Ward

3.85

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of a serial killer. A stolen child. Revenge. Death. And an ordinary house at the … read more

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  • horror
"Kittens don't come back from the woods."

-Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

"Thoughts are a door that the dead walk through."

-Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

"Truth has weight. It leaves footprints in your mind."

-Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

"If there's anything better than a cat on the bed, I don't know about it."

-Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

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19. Thirteen Storeys

By: Jonathan Sims

3.86

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

You're cordially invited to dinner. Penthouse access is available via the broken freight elevator. … read more

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  • horror
"The ghosts were never the problem"

-Jonathan Sims, Thirteen Storeys

"At a certain point, beyond all extremity, the only freedom you have left is the freedom to say ‘No’ and let them do as they will"

-Jonathan Sims, Thirteen Storeys

"He considered himself a good man, and always did his best to avoid passing judgement on others, but deep down he had an unshakeable conviction that all rich people were deeply, deeply stupid."

-Jonathan Sims, Thirteen Storeys

"The beautiful woman in blood-stained jewels looked away, searching for a seat. She should hate her for the trophies she wore of slavery and death, but somewhere beneath her new callouses, she found t…"

-Jonathan Sims, Thirteen Storeys

Cover of The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar by Robin R. Means Coleman

20. 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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  • history
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • horror
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21. Found Footage Horror Films: Fear and the Appearance of Reality

By: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

3.96

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

As the horror subgenre du jour , found footage horror's amateur filmmaking look has made it availab… read more

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  • history
  • film
  • media tie in
  • nonfiction
  • horror

14 Best horror books like Found Footage Horror Films: Fear and the Appearance of Reality by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Transform Your Habits

The Hellbound Heart

Clive Barker

4.07

Transform Your Habits

The Killer Inside Me

Jim Thompson

3.60

Transform Your Habits

House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Exorcist

William Peter Blatty

4.20

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21 best-selling fiction books like Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar

Transform Your Habits

Gwendy's Button Box (The Button Box, #1)

Stephen King , Richard Chizmar

3.92

Transform Your Habits

The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Episode Thirteen

Craig DiLouie

3.53

Transform Your Habits

You Like It Darker

Stephen King

4.32

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