Recs if you like Hallucinations...

Niche nonfiction, aka micro-histories!

This list was a winner of the Q2 2026 Community Voting event - if you'd like to participate in the Quest, a link is pinned in the comments.

Book titles that represent reasons you might go to the doctor, what you might say to each other, or what treatments might be offered to cure your ailments. It's up to you to decide what is what😉

(This is not a commentary on these books or authors! The focus of this list is purely on the titles---but if you find a favorite new read here, I'd love to know🤭)

Nonfiction about strange, outlandish, and/or macabre subjects (books that make you more or less go “wtf?!”)

Nonfiction on a single, weirdly specific topic

Paranormal encounters in nonfiction, including history, social & cultural works, and investigative journalism.

these books look back 👀

always accepting suggestions for books with eyes featured prominently on the cover

Brain, consciousness, the hidden pathways of our mind. [Disclaimer: Some of these books have been hotly discussed as they often handle sensitive topics - look up trigger warnings and potential problematic discussions before reading to see if it is the right fit for you.]

A list of books on cryptids, aliens, the occult, parapsychology, folklore, urban legends and conspiracy.

Built upon the “Building a Fortean Library” column within Fortean Times magazine.

Missing - David Gotlib (ed), Bulletin of Anomalous Experience, 5 vols, 1990-1994 ; MAGONIA Magazine Archive

books I want to read while getting through my psychology degree. My interests in the field jump all over the place, especially with the other social sciences. This list is a way to combine all the things I love. Aka cross disciplinary social science with a focus on psychology!

aka Oliver Sacks 'His approach was not to fit the patient into a syndrome or disease, but to examine the ways in which an individual coped and adapted in unique ways to different neurological challenges. He recognized every human being as an individual with their own strengths and dignity, their own ways of experiencing the world.'

In case there’s anyone else who’s obsessed with understanding how humans are the way they are! Novels about how the brain works, case studies that have moved the field of neuroscience (study of the nervous system) forward, and the people behind the science.