Recs if you like Donora Death Fog: Clean Air and the Tragedy of a Pennsylvania Mill Town...

Niche nonfiction, aka micro-histories!

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For when you want something more ominous, macabre, or mysterious in taste that also centers on a deeply specific subject. Ranging from the occult to the supernatural to just plain weird and interesting. Expand your knowledge by reading these narrow glimpses into the past.

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