Recs if you like Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places...

Death Culture and Dying

by DJWinterJamz
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From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies
Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End

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

Haunt Me Baby, One More Time

by SkywardStrange
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Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
The Amityville Horror
The Apparitionists: A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, and the Man Who Captured Lincoln's Ghost

I WANT TO BELIEVE

by moonbunny9
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Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife

A Sceptics Guide to the Occult

by ultramarine316
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Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic
The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster

Monster Hunter’s Library

by Beholderess
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The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters
American Monsters: A History of Monster Lore, Legends, and Sightings in America
The Book of Japanese Folklore: An Encyclopedia of the Spirits, Monsters, and Yokai of Japanese Myth: The Stories of the Mischievous Kappa, Trickster Kitsune, Horrendous Oni, and More

Spooky Nonfiction for Halloween

by moonstone123
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Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science
How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women

architectural hauntings

by writemeweird
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Mexican Gothic
A House with Good Bones
She Is a Haunting

niche nonfiction

by katyjo13
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How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind
BLK ART: The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art
The Science of Middle-earth: A New Understanding of Tolkien and His World

Non-fiction that won’t put you to sleep 💤

by Harms
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Crying in H Mart
The Anthropocene Reviewed
I’m Glad My Mom Died

The Macabre

by comfymaeve
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The Madman's Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History
Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine
The Art of the Occult: A Visual Sourcebook for the Modern Mystic

Ghost Hunting 👻

by thewanderingelf
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Food to Die For: Recipes and Stories from America's Most Legendary Haunted Places
Paranormal Confessions: True Stories of Hauntings, Possession, and Horror from the Bellaire House
Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places

The Non-fiction I Listen to in the Car/Before Bed

by MadMags614
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline

Autumn 2026

by bobsnickerdoodle
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A Discovery of Witches
Cackle
If It Makes You Happy