Recs if you like A Time to Dance, a Time to Die: The Extraordinary Story of the Dancing Plague of 1518...

The history of *[niche subject]*

by lizzyy
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Eyeliner: A Cultural History
Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol
Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to Humans

Morbid Curiosity

by violet.booklover
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies
Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science

The Dark, Niche, and Weird Side of History

by Krispyy
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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich

So weird they should be shows on History Channel

by kathytrithardt
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Walking Practice
Chariots of The Gods
The Invaders Plan (Mission Earth, #1)

Paranormal in Nonfiction: Cryptids, Aliens, & more

by mxbookworm
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The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters
The Haunting of Alma Fielding
The Believer: Encounters with the Beginning, the End, and our Place in the Middle

did you know...

by franxannie
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Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud
Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen
Heavenly Bodies: Cult Treasures & Spectacular Saints from the Catacombs

short-ish niche books 🧠

by beatriz16
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100 Things We've Lost to the Internet
Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy
To Be a Princess: The Fascinating Lives of Real Princesses

my bookcase

by pippahemingway
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The Titan’s Curse
The Last Olympian
The Battle of the Labyrinth