Recs if you like The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar...

Non-fiction about horror, those is the horror industry, horror-adjacent subjects, and down-right terrifying books.

Nonfiction books about the mechanics, psychology, and other aspects of the horror genre.

Recommendations are always welcome!

... or pop culture leaning.

Books that discuss the horror genre in literature and cinema

Books about horror media! Nonfiction, including creative nonfiction like poetry.

Your horror syllabus

Book ideas for the ‘Rainbow of Words’ - Books with colours in the title. I know that not all these colours are in the challenge but I’m down the rabbit hole now okay and I’m not leaving you can’t make me!!!

Includes: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Jade, Blue, Purple, Violet, Black, White, Brown, Gold, Silver, Rose & Pink

plus some french, spanish & german titles for colours too

Take a deep dive into the history and meaning of Horror Movies. What themes come back, zombie like, again and again? How do changes in society cause familiar monsters to mutate? And why do we seek out horror in troubled times?

Nonfiction books about horror as a genre in movies, television, and literature.

Books about the horror genre from an academic lens because we need more of those!!

who is horror? what is horror? when is horror? where is horror? why is horror? how is horror? (a list of nonfiction books about horror, generally in america)

The official reading list for the So Desensitized Spooky Season Spooktacular 2026!