Recs if you like Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on Us...
Horror 🫱🏽🫲🏽 Non-Fiction
Non-fiction about horror, those is the horror industry, horror-adjacent subjects, and down-right terrifying books.
Nonfiction: The Horror Genre
Nonfiction books about the mechanics, psychology, and other aspects of the horror genre.
Recommendations are always welcome!
On and About Horror
Books that discuss the horror genre in literature and cinema
Brain Food (from kale to popcorn)
Horror Nonfiction
Books about horror media! Nonfiction, including creative nonfiction like poetry.
Goodreads "Horror For Beginners"
Created from the list on Goodreads by Cybil and Sadie Hartmann (September 29, 2025)
behind the horror
Nonfiction books about horror as a genre in movies, television, and literature.
Horror Academia
Books about the horror genre from an academic lens because we need more of those!!
Fear with a Message
If you like horror books with social commentary…this is for you🥀
non-fiction tbr
my personal non-fiction tbr list
