6 must-read nonfiction books like Monsters of the Midwest: True Tales of Bigfoot, Werewolves & Other Legendary Creatures by Jessica Freeburg

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Monsters of the Midwest: True Tales of Bigfoot, Werewolves & Other Legendary Creatures

By: Jessica Freeburg

3.20

Format: 119 pages, Paperback

Is scaring yourself silly by telling creepy tales around a campfire your idea of a good time? Paran…

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1. The Halloween Tree

By: Ray Bradbury

3.78

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

A fast-moving, eerie tale set on Halloween night... Eight costumed boys running to meet their fr… read more

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"Because of this one brave, new-thinking man, summer lives in the winter cave."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

"When you reach the stars, boy, yes, and live there forever, all the fears will go, and Death himself will die."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

"Night and day. Summer and winter, boys. Seedtime and harvest. Life and death. That's what Halloween is, all rolled up in one."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

"The day Joe Pipkin was born all the Orange Crush and Nehi soda bottles in the world fizzed over; and joyful bees swarmed countrysides to sting maiden ladies."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

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2. Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games

By: Joe Hill

4.31

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times bestselling writer Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez, the creators behind the ac… read more

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  • paranormal
"-one teebs? You mean tablespoon?" "I don't know."

-Joe Hill, Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games

"That's it? 'Damn, it smells like the fishsticks are burning and don't do that with your head, Bode?' What the fuck?"

-Joe Hill, Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games

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3. In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories

By: Dirk Zimmer , Alvin Schwartz

3.37

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Creak... Crash... BOO! Shivering skeletons, ghostly pirates, chattering corpses, and haunted gravey… read more

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4. Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones (Scary Stories, #3)

By: Stephen Gammell , Alvin Schwartz

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Storytellers know -- just as they have for hundreds and hundreds of years -- that everyone enjoys a… read more

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5. More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Scary Stories, #2)

By: Stephen Gammell , Alvin Schwartz

3.79

Format: 249 pages, Hardcover

All those who enjoyed shuddering their way through Alvin Schwartz's first volume of Scary Stories T… read more

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6. The Fisherman

By: John Langan

3.91

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reser… read more

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"You can make an oyster surrender its pearl,"

-John Langan, The Fisherman

"Have you ever been so scared of something you move toward it, try to touch it, that kind of thing?"

-John Langan, The Fisherman

7. Ghostly Tales of Iowa

By: Ruth D. Hein

4.38

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

This collection of short stories spotlights the ghosts of Iowa. Some stories will cause you to laug… read more

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8. I Am Legend and Other Stories

By: Richard Matheson

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth...but he is not alone. Every other man, woman, and c… read more

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9. Cells at Work! 1 (Hataraku Saibou, #1)

By: Akane Shimizu

3.62

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A BLOOD-PUMPING JOB Strep throat! Hay fever! Influenza! The world is a dangerous place for a red bl… read more

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10. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Scary Stories, #1)

By: Stephen Gammell , Alvin Schwartz

4.28

Format: None pages,

This spooky addition to Alvin Schwartz's popular books on American folklore is filled with tales of… read more

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11. The Only Good Indians

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.70

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

The creeping horror of Paul Tremblay meets Tommy Orange’s There There in a dark novel of revenge, c… read more

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  • paranormal
"Names are stupid, though. Pretty soon he won't even need his."

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

"Lewis finds the fourteen-foot aluminum ladder under boxes in the garage, Three Stooges in into the backyard..."

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

"Dealing with cops is like being around a skittish horse: No sudden movements, nothing shiny or loud. Zero jokes."

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

"An elk mother, cornered, will slash with her hooves and tear with her mouth and even offer the hope of her own hamstrings, and if none of that works, she'll rise again years and years later, because …"

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

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12. The Archive Undying (The Downworld Sequence, #1)

By: Emma Mieko Candon

3.31

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

War machines and AI gods run amok in The Archive Undying, national bestseller Emma Mieko Candon's b… read more

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13. How to Sell a Haunted House

By: Grady Hendrix

3.68

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—a… read more

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  • paranormal
"Nice clean cut," Santos said, and Louise almost said thank you but managed to stop herself."

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

"Mom and Dad could've done it," he said. "They were grown-ups. We're just . . . tall children."

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

"But if we weren’t related, if we met today, we wouldn’t choose to be friends. We’re different people with different values, and we’re also adults who can choose who we want to spend our time with…"

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

"There were so many dolls in there, waiting for her. Somewhere, in a less rational part of her brain, Louise felt that nothing could look so human and exist for so long without starting to develop tho…"

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

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14. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

By: Antonia Hylton

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more

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  • nonfiction
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15. The Children of Red Peak

By: Craig DiLouie

3.39

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Bram Stoker Award-nominated author Craig DiLouie brings a new twist to the cult horror story in a h… 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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  • folklore
  • nonfiction
  • paranormal
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17. The Whispering Dead (Gravekeeper, #1)

By: Darcy Coates

4.02

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Homeless, hunted, and desperate to escape a bitter storm, Keira takes refuge in an abandoned ground… read more

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  • paranormal
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18. 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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  • nonfiction
"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

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19. Look Out For The Little Guy!

By: Scott Lang

3.54

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

This is the incredible story of an ex-con turned world-saving superhero. In Look Out for the Lit… read more

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20. A Haunted Road Atlas: Sinister Stops and Dangerous Destinations, and True Crime Tales

By: Christine Schiefer

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The instant  New York Times  bestseller! Pack up your Ouija board, wine bra, and squirt guns full … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • paranormal
"Imagine inheriting a demon, a chair that’s trying to kill you, a mansion full of priceless historical items and sometimes Thomas Jefferson’s ghost? That’s a lot of pressure."

-Christine Schiefer, A Haunted Road Atlas: Sinister Stops and Dangerous Destinations, and True Crime Tales

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21. Red Rabbit

By: Alex Grecian

4.18

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

A folk horror epic about a ragtag posse that must track down a witch through a wild west beset by d… read more

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  • paranormal
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22. The House of Last Resort

By: Christopher Golden

3.20

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

The next high concept horror novel from NYT bestselling author Christopher Golden. Across Italy,… read more

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  • paranormal
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23. Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1)

By: H.E. Edgmon

3.85

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Infatuation. Reincarnation. Damnation. Gem Echols is a nonbinary Seminole teen living in the tin… read more

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"We are not just gods walking around steering human bodies. We are also humans housing the souls of gods. Okay? And if it really matters that the Mountain is never a colonizer'--I brush my thumb again…"

-H.E. Edgmon, Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1)

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24. The Saturday Night Ghost Club

By: Craig Davidson

3.85

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

A short, irresistible, and bittersweet coming-of-age story in the vein of "Stranger Things" and "S… read more

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  • paranormal
"You always fall hardest the first time, don’t you? There’s no bottom to it."

-Craig Davidson, The Saturday Night Ghost Club

"Our boy owes us nothing. No boy owes his parents. Parents owe their children everything, always and unconditionally, and that's just the way it goes."

-Craig Davidson, The Saturday Night Ghost Club

"Everybody could be doing something better without their lives. Name me one person who is doing the best, most righteous thing with their life this very minute."

-Craig Davidson, The Saturday Night Ghost Club

"As far as I was concerned, there was nothing wrong with being an odd duck. I figured some people have edges that don’t allow them to slot into the holes society expects them to fit into, that was all."

-Craig Davidson, The Saturday Night Ghost Club

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25. Better Luck Next Time

By: Julia Claiborne Johnson

3.60

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

The eagerly anticipated second novel from the bestselling author of Be Frank with Me, a charming st… read more

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26. 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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  • nonfiction
  • paranormal
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27. The Ballad of Perilous Graves

By: Alex Jennings

3.58

Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition

In a fantastical version of New Orleans where music is magic, a battle for the city’s soul brews be… read more

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  • paranormal
Cover of The Black Girl Survives in This One by Desiree S. Evans

28. The Black Girl Survives in This One

By: Desiree S. Evans

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Be warned, dear reader: The Black girls survive in this one. Celebrating a new generation of bes… read more

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29. Root Rot & Other Grim Tales

By: Sarah Read

3.83

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Walk into the woods. Dive into the water. Make a wish. Meet your fate. Within Root Rot and Other… read more

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30. Monsters of the Midwest: True Tales of Bigfoot, Werewolves & Other Legendary Creatures

By: Jessica Freeburg

3.20

Format: 119 pages, Paperback

Is scaring yourself silly by telling creepy tales around a campfire your idea of a good time? Paran… read more

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  • americana
  • folklore
  • nonfiction
  • vampires
  • paranormal
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31. Ghostly Tales of Wisconsin

By: Ryan Jacobson

2.97

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

This collection features only the scariest, most surprising ghostly tales of Wisconsin. The stories… read more

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12 must-read paranormal books like Monsters of the Midwest: True Tales of Bigfoot, Werewolves & Other Legendary Creatures by Jessica Freeburg

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Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games

Joe Hill

4.31

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The Only Good Indians

Stephen Graham Jones

3.70

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How to Sell a Haunted House

Grady Hendrix

3.68

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The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters

J.W. Ocker

3.89

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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

James L. Swanson

3.44

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The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

Douglas Preston

3.81

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Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless

Laurah Norton

3.87

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