17 must-read nonfiction books like The Essential Guide to Bigfoot by Ken Gerhard

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The Essential Guide to Bigfoot

By: Ken Gerhard

4.03

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Throughout North America, there is an enduring legend that describes a race of giant, hairy ape-men…

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1. Communion: A True Story

By: Whitley Strieber

3.51

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

On December 26, 1985, at a secluded cabin in upstate New York, Whitley Strieber went skiing with hi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • paranormal
"Humanity could be clutching the frail barque of an outmoded world view while the wind of the mind is swaying the stars into very real craft, and out of them is coming… a faint call for help from a la…"

-Whitley Strieber, Communion: A True Story

"Whomever or whatever the visitors are, their activities go far beyond a mere study of mankind. They are involved with us on very deep levels, playing in the band of dream, weaving imagination & reali…"

-Whitley Strieber, Communion: A True Story

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2. Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)

By: Kevin Hearne

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and… read more

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  • paranormal
"What's a fracking Cylon?"

-Kevin Hearne, Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)

"Wow you need to get some sun."

-Kevin Hearne, Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)

"Winning ugly is still winning."

-Kevin Hearne, Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)

"Put your affairs in order, mortals,"

-Kevin Hearne, Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)

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3. The Haunted Forest Tour

By: James A. Moore , Jeff Strand

3.69

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Haunted Forest Tour! Sit back and enjoy a smooth ride in air-c… read more

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  • paranormal
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4. Jaws

By: Peter Benchley

3.00

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

"Relentless terror." The Philadelphia Inquirer. The classic, blockbuster thriller of man-eating ter… read more

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5. The Loch

By: Steve Alten

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

Incorporating the latest research and new evidence, that leads to real answers concerning the Loch … read more

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6. Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures That May or May Not Exist

By: Kelly Milner Halls , Rick Spears , Roxyanne Young

3.78

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Everyone loves the stories of legendary creatures that just might really exist. This book relies on… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • cryptozoology
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7. The Eighth Tower

By: John A. Keel

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

John Keel's disturbing follow-up to THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES! Is there a single intelligent force beh… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • paranormal

8. The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America

By: Bill Bryson

3.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

'I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to' And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des … read more

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  • nonfiction
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9. The Rum Diary

By: Hunter S. Thompson

3.65

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Alternate Cover Edition can be found . Made into a major motion picture starring Johnny Depp,The … read more

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10. How to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon, #1)

By: Cressida Cowell

3.52

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III is a truly extraordinary Viking hero known throughout Vikingdom as "t… read more

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11. The Amityville Horror

By: Jay Anson

3.83

Format: 315 pages, Mass Market Paperback

28 Days of Terror in a House Possessed by Evil Spirits In December 1975, the Lutz family moved i… read more

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  • paranormal

12. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

By: None , Ben R. Rich

3.83

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind the high… read more

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13. The Dispatcher

By: John Scalzi , Zachary Quinto

4.57

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 2 hours and 18 minutes One day, not long from now, it becomes almost impossible t… read more

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14. In the Weeds: Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain

By: Tom Vitale

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

**Nominated for the 2022 BookTube Prize in Nonfiction** Anthony Bourdain's long time director and … read more

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  • nonfiction
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15. 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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  • nonfiction
  • paranormal
  • cryptozoology
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16. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call

By: E.K. Johnston

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Discover Doric’s powerful druid origins in this thrilling young adult prequel to the film Dungeons … read more

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"It pulled her along through curiosity and compulsion, and even though she didn't know the question, she longed to find out the answers"

-E.K. Johnston, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call

"She had thought that power was a ladder to the loft, the rope on which the bread basket came up, the ability to look at a daughter and poison her drink. She learned now that power could be other thin…"

-E.K. Johnston, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call

Cover of In Plain Sight: A fascinating investigation into UFOs and alien encounters from an award-winning journalist, fully updated and revised new edition for 2023 by Ross Coulthart

17. In Plain Sight: A fascinating investigation into UFOs and alien encounters from an award-winning journalist, fully updated and revised new edition for 2023

By: Ross Coulthart

4.33

Format: 471 pages, Kindle Edition

An award-winning journalist investigates a story largely ignored by mainstream media but right ther… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • paranormal
Cover of Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka

18. Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture

By: Kyle Chayka

3.68

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

A history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture it… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Horrors of Fox Hollow Farm: Unraveling the History & Hauntings of a Serial Killer's Home by Richard Estep

19. The Horrors of Fox Hollow Farm: Unraveling the History & Hauntings of a Serial Killer's Home

By: Richard Estep

3.42

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Fox Hollow Farm, the infamous Indiana property where Herb Baumeister allegedly murdered at least el… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • paranormal
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20. Chums: How A Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over The UK

By: Simon Kuper

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Cameron, George Osborne, Theresa May, Dominic Cummings, Daniel H… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy by Andy Ngo

21. Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy

By: Andy Ngo

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Now a #1 National Bestseller!A journalist who's been attacked by Antifa writes a deeply researched … read more

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  • nonfiction
"The word “violence"

-Andy Ngo, Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy

"Some victims are valued more in the eyes of the American media than others."

-Andy Ngo, Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy

"Hour by hour I laid in bed thinking about what would motivate those who say they are defending people of color to brutally beat a person of color."

-Andy Ngo, Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy

"Indeed, if the riots of 2020 prove anything, it’s that a sizable portion of Democratic politicians, intellectuals, academics, and journalists find riots and looting justifiable if committed in the na…"

-Andy Ngo, Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy

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22. High School

By: Tegan Quin

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

High School is the revelatory and unique coming-of-age story of Sara and Tegan Quin, identical twin… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I had never considered what it would be like to be in love until I was in it."

-Tegan Quin, High School

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23. Heads Will Roll

By: Josh Winning

3.69

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Willow’s worst nightmare was being cancelled. But the woods of Camp Castaway might destroy more tha… read more

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24. Wisdom of Wolves, The: Lessons From the Sawtooth Pack

By: Jim Dutcher

4.19

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the world-famous couple who lived alongside a three-generation wolf pack, this book of inspira… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Dogman, Bigfoot, and Something More, Volume 1: A Brief Collection of Encounters by P.D. King

25. Dogman, Bigfoot, and Something More, Volume 1: A Brief Collection of Encounters

By: P.D. King

4.27

Format: 137 pages, Kindle Edition

This book contains a brief collection of encounters with various cryptids. The stories are not in a… read more

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26. They Called Us "Lucky": The Life and Afterlife of the Iraq War's Hardest Hit Unit

By: Ruben Gallego

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the Arizona Congressman, a "powerful" and "searing" (PW) chronicle of the eternal bonds forge… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Guns, Girls, and Greed: I Was a Blackwater Mercenary in Iraq by Morgan Lerette

27. Guns, Girls, and Greed: I Was a Blackwater Mercenary in Iraq

By: Morgan Lerette

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Guns, Girls, and Greed is an unvarnished, behind-the-scenes, tell-all account of the scathing and d… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Dogman, Bigfoot, and Something More, Volume 2: A Brief Collection of Encounters by P.D. King

28. Dogman, Bigfoot, and Something More, Volume 2: A Brief Collection of Encounters

By: P.D. King

4.27

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

This book contains a brief collection of encounters with various cryptids. The stories are not in a… read more

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29. On the Trail of Bigfoot: Tracking the Enigmatic Giants of the Forest

By: Mike Dupler

3.04

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

“Join Mike Dupler on his journey of adventure and discovery for the enigmatic giants of the forests… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Essential Guide to Bigfoot by Ken Gerhard

30. The Essential Guide to Bigfoot

By: Ken Gerhard

4.03

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Throughout North America, there is an enduring legend that describes a race of giant, hairy ape-men… read more

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  • cryptozoology
  • nonfiction
  • bigfoot
  • paranormal
  • nature
Cover of American Cryptids: In Pursuit of the Elusive Creatures by Kenney W. Irish

31. American Cryptids: In Pursuit of the Elusive Creatures

By: Kenney W. Irish

3.35

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the United States of Cryptids...please enjoy your stay! Each year across the United Sta… read more

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Communion: A True Story

Whitley Strieber

3.51

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3.69

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