Recs if you like Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature...

Non-fiction about horror, those is the horror industry, horror-adjacent subjects, and down-right terrifying books.

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

Recommendations are always welcome!

Books that discuss the horror genre in literature and cinema

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

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

Nonfiction books about horror as a genre in movies, television, and literature.

Pulled from Reactor Magazine's (Tor.com) announcement. See the article for a list of short stories as well.

Works not in database: We Begin Where Infinity Ends - Somto Ihezue The Tin Man's Ghost - Ray Nayler The Millay Illusion - Sarah Pinsker When He Calls Your Name - Catherynne M. Valente The Twenty-One Second God - Peter Watts Night & Day - ed. Ellen Datlow Starling House - Alix E. Harrow (ILLUSTRATED EDITION, ILLUS. BY ROVINA CAI) Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene Volumes 1-3 (graphic adaptation)

Note: The Revelation Space Collection by Alastair Reynolds is actually for volumes 1 & 2

This is one of a few lists I'm making to help me organize my ideas for HRCYED 3.0. Feel free to take inspiration or comment with more ideas.