Recs if you like Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items...

microhistory: the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (such as an event, community, individual or a settlement); it aspires to "ask large questions in small places"

For when you want something more ominous, macabre, or mysterious in taste that also centers on a deeply specific subject. Ranging from the occult to the supernatural to just plain weird and interesting. Expand your knowledge by reading these narrow glimpses into the past.

Nonfiction about macabre and taboo subjects

Created from the list on Goodreads by Cybil and Sadie Hartmann (September 29, 2025)

no? well, now you do Books about [niche subject] or [not so niche subject] that spam from the mysterious and the macabre to the weird and unsettling to just interesting and fun

A collection of actually interesting non-fiction reads. Spanning from biographies to historical essays, poetry & more.