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Nonfiction: The Horror Genre

by SkywardStrange

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

Recommendations are always welcome!

Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction

Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre

Uncanny Valley Girls: Essays on Horror, Survival, and Love

Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature

Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction

Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre

Horror Nonfiction

by violet.booklover

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

Dinner on Monster Island: Essays

Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction

Men, Women and Chainsaws

Scream with Me: Horror Films and the Rise of American Feminism (1968-1980)

Dinner on Monster Island: Essays

Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction

Nonfiction About Horror

Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch

American Scary: A History of Horror, from Salem to Stephen King and Beyond

Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

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