6 best-selling nonfiction books like Elvira Mistress of the Dark: A Photographic Retrospective of the Queen of Halloween by Cassandra Peterson

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Elvira Mistress of the Dark: A Photographic Retrospective of the Queen of Halloween

By: Cassandra Peterson

4.77

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

CELEBRATE THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF A CULTURAL ICON ELVIRA MISTRESS OF THE DARK A Photographic Retros…

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Cover of House of Many Ways (Howl's Moving Castle, #3) by Diana Wynne Jones

1. House of Many Ways (Howl's Moving Castle, #3)

By: Diana Wynne Jones

4.06

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Charmain Baker is in over her head. Looking after Great-Uncle William's tiny cottage while he's ill… read more

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"...don't spoil my learning process!"

-Diana Wynne Jones, House of Many Ways (Howl's Moving Castle, #3)

"I can't wear thethe ! I want my thtwipey oneth !"

-Diana Wynne Jones, House of Many Ways (Howl's Moving Castle, #3)

"I'll show you how," Peter said. "Stop hiding behind your ignorance."

-Diana Wynne Jones, House of Many Ways (Howl's Moving Castle, #3)

"As she turned left to the gateway, it occurred to her that swimming was only one of a very large number of things she had no idea what to do. Peter had been right to object to her ignorance. "It's no…"

-Diana Wynne Jones, House of Many Ways (Howl's Moving Castle, #3)

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2. 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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  • horror
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3. Tomie

By: Junji Ito , Naomi Kokubo

3.40

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. Sh… read more

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  • horror
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4. Rosemary's Baby

By: Ira Levin

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse, an ordinary young couple, settle into a New York City apartment, unawar… read more

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  • horror
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5. The Princess Diarist

By: Carrie Fisher

4.04

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

The Princess Diaristis Carrie Fisher's intimate, hilarious and revealing recollection of what happe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Today, F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for his novels, but in his lifetime, his fame stemmed from his … read more

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7. The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)

By: Anne Rice

3.85

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now Lestat is a rockstar in the d… read more

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8. 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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9. The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

By: Tim Burton

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Hardcover

From breathtaking stop-action animation to bittersweet modern fairy tales, filmmaker Tim Burtonhas … read more

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10. Cinema Sewer, Vol. 1

By: Robin Bougie

3.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

The best of the first twelve, long-out-of-print issues of the celebrated underground smash magazine… read more

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11. The Price of Salt, or Carol

By: Patricia Highsmith , Claire Morgan

4.02

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

Patricia Highsmith's story of sexual obsession may be one of the most important, but still largely … read more

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"She hated cleaning up after making something."

-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol

"Love was supposed to be a kind of blissful insanity."

-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol

"It always gets late with you. - Is that a compliment?"

-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol

"What else mattered except being with Carol, anywhere, anyhow?"

-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol

12. The Terror

By: Dan Simmons

1.33

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Iliumand Olympostransforms the true story of a legendary Arctic expeditio… read more

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13. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay

By: J.K. Rowling

3.64

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

J.K. Rowling's screenwriting debut is captured in this exciting hardcover edition of the Fantastic … read more

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14. Practical Magic

By: Alice Hoffman

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Owens sisters confront the challenges of life and love in this bewitching novel from New York T… read more

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15. 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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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"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

Cover of Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2) by Ashley Herring Blake

16. Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2)

By: Ashley Herring Blake

4.05

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

An interior designer learns to rebuild her love life from the ground up with zero blueprints in thi… read more

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"Sexuality is complicated. It’s not static. People change and sexuality can change too."

-Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2)

"Astrid Parker was loved, no matter what her mother thought of her. No matter what choices she made. And that love gave her the courage to choose herself."

-Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls, #2)

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17. Our Wives Under the Sea

By: Julia Armfield

3.78

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep-sea mission that ende… read more

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  • horror
"El océano profundo es una casa embrujada: un lugar donde se mueven en la oscuridad cosas que no deberían existir."

-Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea

"She refused almost every aspect of my help, the way women will when they've been bred to accept little more than the baset civility."

-Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea

"I don't know why I expected you to read my mind,' I say, when I call back to leave her a message, 'I was just doing what I always do, assuming the world revolves around me."

-Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea

"The space around us is a claw half grasped, holding tight without quite crushing, and I wish, in the idle way I always wish these days, that I felt more confident in my ability to breathe."

-Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea

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18. Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

By: Shea Ernshaw

3.85

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

Jack and Sally are "truly meant to be" ... or are they? Sally Skellington is the official, newl… read more

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  • horror
"Even if my seams can be broken, that doesn't mean I will be."

-Shea Ernshaw, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

"I was born in Dream Town, but I am also the Pumpkin Queen. I will fight for Jack. I will fight to set things right."

-Shea Ernshaw, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

"It's a ghastly thing to lose an arm--or any part of yourself, really--to feel disconnected from your body. Not quite whole."

-Shea Ernshaw, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

" Your curiosity will kill you , Dr. Finkelstein once told me. Maybe he was right. But instead of killing me, it's taken the man, the skeleton, I love."

-Shea Ernshaw, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

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19. Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 4

By: James Tynion IV

4.45

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The origin of Erica Slaughter, monster hunter, is revealed in this volume of the Eisner Award-nomin… read more

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  • horror
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20. The Exorcist's House

By: Nick Roberts

4.02

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

In the summer of 1994, psychologist Daniel Hill buys a rustic farmhouse nestled in the rolling hill… read more

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  • horror
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21. Remina

By: Junji Ito

3.70

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

I MET REMINA'S EYE. An unknown planet emerges from inside a wormhole, and its discoverer, Dr. Og… read more

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  • horror
Cover of All the Feels (Spoiler Alert, #2) by Olivia Dade

22. All the Feels (Spoiler Alert, #2)

By: Olivia Dade

3.86

Format: 398 pages, Paperback

Following Spoiler Alert, Olivia Dade returns with another utterly charming romantic comedy about a … read more

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"In that moment, in his enraged concern, he’d put her first. Even above his own charity, his own professional obligations. It felt … odd. Disorienting. No one ever put her first. Not even her. Not unt…"

-Olivia Dade, All the Feels (Spoiler Alert, #2)

"Someone I know writes fanfic, and he— they want me to help proofread and give feedback on their stories. But I can’t give useful feedback unless I know what a good story looks like, so I’ve been read…"

-Olivia Dade, All the Feels (Spoiler Alert, #2)

"The Saroyan Stairs were special. Before leaving for Spain, he hadn’t anticipated sharing his late-night pilgrimages there with anyone. Not even Marcus, much as Alex loved his best friend. Lauren’s pr…"

-Olivia Dade, All the Feels (Spoiler Alert, #2)

"No, she was staring up at him, brow furrowed, perched at the edge of her chair. His Wren, poised for flight. His dear friend and protector, ready to leap between him and danger. Which she, in fact, h…"

-Olivia Dade, All the Feels (Spoiler Alert, #2)

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23. Go the Distance

By: Jen Calonita

4.04

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

What if Meg had to become a god? After Hercules proves he's a true hero and regains his godship,… read more

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"Don't ever let a man dim your light."

-Jen Calonita, Go the Distance

"We imprint the lost on our hearts (pg. 256)"

-Jen Calonita, Go the Distance

"I wanted you to be there for me. Not take over (pg. 204)"

-Jen Calonita, Go the Distance

"I'll be all right. I'm a big, tough girl. I tie my own sandals and everything."

-Jen Calonita, Go the Distance

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24. What Once Was Mine

By: Liz Braswell

3.93

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The 12th installment in the New York Times best-selling series asks: What if Rapunzel's mother dran… read more

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"Cloth-lined baskets contained cheese and bread, and there were small crocks of honey and butter. A dainty pot of pickled mushrooms and green onions served as condiments."

-Liz Braswell, What Once Was Mine

"But... lately... added to the excitement was something else, something just the slightest bit off, a daub of grey in sunny yellow paint. Something unsettled and anxious. It might almost have been... …"

-Liz Braswell, What Once Was Mine

"Somehow you grew up, maintained a crazy amount of self-discipline... and managed to stay sane. I don't know how you're so constantly upbeat and cheery considering the hand life dealt you. You must be…"

-Liz Braswell, What Once Was Mine

"She pulled out her journal. "The lights-- I mean, lanterns-- always appear a month and eight days before the summer solstice," she said, checking her figures and drawings for the thousandth time. "Ma…"

-Liz Braswell, What Once Was Mine

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25. Love, Pamela

By: Pamela Anderson

3.80

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

To live and dream is a wicked dance. My dreams often come true -- a curse, and a blessing. Pa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"She told me that you get to have only one true love, and once you've found it, whether you kept it or lost it, you'd never recover...Accepting that was the hardest part."

-Pamela Anderson, Love, Pamela

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26. The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 6

By: Cassandra Clare

4.43

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

THE SIXTH INSTALLMENT OF THE GRAPHIC NOVEL ADAPTATION OF CASS ANDRA CLARE’S BESTSELLING THE MORTAL … read more

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Cover of Glamour Ghoul: The Passions and Pain of the Real Vampira, Maila Nurmi by Sandra Niemi

27. Glamour Ghoul: The Passions and Pain of the Real Vampira, Maila Nurmi

By: Sandra Niemi

4.25

Format: 349 pages, Paperback

Maila Nurmi, the beautiful and sheltered daughter of Finnish immigrants, stepped off the bus in 194… read more

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  • horror
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • goth
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28. Elvira Mistress of the Dark: A Photographic Retrospective of the Queen of Halloween

By: Cassandra Peterson

4.77

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

CELEBRATE THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF A CULTURAL ICON ELVIRA MISTRESS OF THE DARK A Photographic Retros… read more

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  • memoir
  • photography
  • nonfiction
  • horror
  • goth
Cover of Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir by Ina Garten

29. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir

By: Ina Garten

4.60

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling co… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Elvira: Mistress of the Dark: The Classic Years Omnibus by Richard Howell

30. Elvira: Mistress of the Dark: The Classic Years Omnibus

By: Richard Howell

4.07

Format: 617 pages, Kindle Edition

The Elvira Mistress of the Dark Classic Years Omnibus is the first volume reprinting the highly sou… read more

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Cover of The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (Elvira, #3) by Elvira

31. The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (Elvira, #3)

By: Elvira

4.02

Format: 165 pages, Paperback

Not believing her friend Brad when he tells her he has become a werewolf, Elvira becomes alarmed wh… read more

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  • horror

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Carrie Fisher

4.04

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Quentin Tarantino

4.06

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Pamela Anderson

3.80

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Sandra Niemi

4.25

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Rufi Thorpe

3.97

Transform Your Habits

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Coco Mellors

4.21

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Liane Moriarty

4.15

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Catherine Newman

3.75

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