Horror 🫱🏽‍🫲🏽 Non-Fiction

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

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created by polterbooks

last updated March, 2026

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Feel free to give recommendations as long as they aren't super repetitive 🤗

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there are some that came out this year, such as Feral and Hysterical by Sadie Hartmann, Why I Love Horror edited by Becky Siegel Spratford, and Your Favorite Scary Movie by Ashley Cullins.

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Awesome, thank you!

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Wow! I love horror, I love nonfiction, I can’t believe I never thought of reading nonfiction horror. Thank you for this list💖

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This list was inspired by me picking up It Came From the Closet today. 😂 I hadn't really thought about it until recently that horror and non-fiction could cross over.

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It Came From the Closet was such a good read, honestly.

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horror non-fiction?! not a genre I realized existed. this is cool & interesting af!!!

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exactly what i'm looking for! thank u 💖💖

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So many cool titles on this list!!! Immediately saved the it👻🤘🏻🖤

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Have you read The Monstrous Feminine by Barbara Creed or Monster Theory by Jeffrey Cohen??

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I have not but I just added Monster Theory.

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I might want to read every single book on this list. Also Dark Archives and Caitlin Doughty's books are great.

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Ooo thanks for this list!! I don’t know why but I haven’t really read much non fiction about horror. Definitely need to!

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