5 must-read nonfiction books like Freaky Florida: The Wonderhouse, the Devil’s Tree, the Shaman of Philippe Park, and More (American Legends) by Mark Muncy

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Freaky Florida: The Wonderhouse, the Devil’s Tree, the Shaman of Philippe Park, and More (American Legends)

By: Mark Muncy

4.10

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Millions of people flock to Florida for its beaches and tourist attractions. Most never learn about…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Freaky Florida: The Wonderhouse, the Devil’s Tree, the Shaman of Philippe Park, and More (American Legends) by Mark Muncy , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

By: Sue Klebold

4.14

Format: 336 pages, ebook

On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Co… read more

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  • nonfiction
"A faraway look—I have heard suicidologist Thomas Joiner refer to it as “the thousand-yard stare"

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

"Asking 'why' only makes us feel hopeless. Asking 'how' points the way forward, and shows us what we must do"

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

"Indeed, I would not achieve the integration I sought until I found two nutrients essential to so many survivors. First, I found community and then I found a way to contribute."

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

"People refer to the fog of war, and I am sure something similar applies to my situation. If I hadn't kept a running record of the days, weeks, and years, the fog would have swallowed too much of the …"

-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

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2. FantasticLand

By: Mike Bockoven

3.90

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Since the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where “Fun is Guaranteed!” But when a hurric… read more

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"One more thing. I...I kind of hate people. Seriously, I've thought about how to phrase this and the best thing I can say isn't, "I'm not a people person," or something like that. It's that I hate peo…"

-Mike Bockoven, FantasticLand

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3. The Mist

By: Stephen King

3.94

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

It's a hot, lazy day, perfect for a cookout, until you see those strange dark clouds. Suddenly a vi… read more

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"¿Sabes qué es el talento? Es la maldición de ambicionar."

-Stephen King, The Mist

"Dreams, after all, are insubstantial things, like mist itself."

-Stephen King, The Mist

"Nothing in nature is that even; man is the inventor of straight edges."

-Stephen King, The Mist

"...then went back to showing me how I could help my family most efficiently by dying young."

-Stephen King, The Mist

4. Six Hours One Friday: Living in the Power of the Cross

By: Max Lucado

3.81

Format: 263 pages, Paperback

Does life feel futile? "Doesn't have to." Do some of your failures seem fatal? "They aren't." And y… read more

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5. Haunted St. Paul (MN)

By: Chad Lewis

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

From the phantom pig at the Minnesota State Fair to the ghostly gangsters of the Wabasha Street Cav… read more

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6. Firestarter

By: Stephen King

3.91

Format: 564 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This a previously-published edition of ISBN 0451167805. The Department of Scientific Intelligence … read more

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"Winter is coming, he said to Cap."

-Stephen King, Firestarter

"Free, free, free... necromancer, I love you."

-Stephen King, Firestarter

"The brain is a muscle that can move the world."

-Stephen King, Firestarter

"El cerebro es un músculo que puede mover el mundo"

-Stephen King, Firestarter

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7. A Short Stay in Hell

By: Steven L. Peck

4.22

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he’ll be reunite… read more

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"Remember you are never really alone. Although it may feel like it for very long stretches of time."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"[Y]ou are here to learn something. Don’t try to figure out what it is. This can be frustrating and unproductive."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"Strange, how a moment of existence can cut so deeply into our being that while ages pass unnoticed, a brief love can structure and define the very topology of our consciousness ever after."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"I could tell you of occasionally, every eon, meeting a person, with whom I might stay for a billion years. But what of it? After a billion years there is nothing left to say, and you wander apart, un…"

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

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8. The Pram

By: Joe Hill

3.77

Format: 58 pages, Kindle Edition

A husband’s obsessive desire for a child leads to an unexpected manifestation of his yearning in a … read more

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9. Ankle Snatcher

By: Grady Hendrix

3.74

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Obey the rules. It’s the only way to survive the night in a short story about what hides in the dar… read more

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10. Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future

By: Oliver Franklin-Wallis

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An award-winning investigative journalist takes a deep dive into the global waste crisis, exposing … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Cleaning up is expensive; arson is cheap."

-Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future

"As modern agriculture and supply chains have made food cheap, diverse, and plentiful, it can also sometimes feel that we have forgotten to value the food we do eat, or understand the environmental or…"

-Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future

"Nuclear waste is unlike other wastes. It is not only the danger…but the timescale. Trash inside a landfill might decay over decades, plastics over hundreds or thousands of years - the truth is we don…"

-Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future

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11. The Pallbearers Club

By: Paul Tremblay

3.10

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

A cleverly voiced psychological thriller about an unforgettable—and unsettling—friendship, with blo… read more

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12. Such Sharp Teeth

By: Rachel Harrison

3.85

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A young woman in need of a transformation finds herself in touch with the animal inside in this gri… read more

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13. Big Bad

By: Chandler Baker

3.77

Format: 59 pages, Kindle Edition

For a family trying to make an isolated farmhouse into a home, fear and rage are getting harder to … read more

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14. Best of Luck

By: Jason Mott

3.77

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Did you ever hear the one about the man with a string of bad luck? The worst is still to come in a … read more

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15. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

By: Henry Winkler

4.14

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

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16. In Bloom

By: Paul Tremblay

3.08

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

There’s something in the water in this hallucinatory short story by Paul Tremblay, bestselling auth… read more

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17. It Waits in the Woods

By: Josh Malerman

3.72

Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition

Some chilling campfire tales ring too true to ignore. For one young woman, an urban legend calls he… read more

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18. Ghosts of the SouthCoast (Haunted America)

By: Jeff Belanger

3.94

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

What mournful histories and mysterious presences lurk on Massachusetts's SouthCoast? This eerie col… read more

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19. Haunted Graveyards of the Ozarks (Haunted America)

By: David E. Harkins

3.91

Format: 129 pages, Kindle Edition

From the neatly tended urban necropolis to thelong-forgotten family plot at the end of a winding gr… read more

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20. Freaky Florida: The Wonderhouse, the Devil’s Tree, the Shaman of Philippe Park, and More (American Legends)

By: Mark Muncy

4.10

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Millions of people flock to Florida for its beaches and tourist attractions. Most never learn about… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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21. Eerie Florida: Chilling Tales from the Panhandle to the Keys (American Legends)

By: Mark Muncy Kari Schultz

3.90

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Shiver with these eerie stories of the Sunshine State after dark. Surrounded by golden beaches, spa… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

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