Books from chapter 2: Creepy Kids from Grady Hendrix’s nonfiction book Paperbacks from Hell

The books of Monster High

This list covers books from the first chapter Hail Satan, see my other lists first the other chapters (8 total). The real cannon of the horror genre… books from Grady Hendrix’s Paperbacks from Hell. Some of these may be hard or impossible to acquire but putting them here in case I come across them. I’m having so much fun reading his book and wanted to make a list of the paperbacks he discusses to possibly add to my tbr at some point.

If he smells faintly of pine, carries an axe, and can split firewood shirtless...he probably belongs on this list.

a list of books that left me with a really strong impression, so that I can vividly remember how I felt while reading them; cannot describe it in any other way but they left me with a feeling of strangeness

"Turn me over, I'm done on this side!" —St. Lawrence, whilst roasting on a spit

Gallows humor, black comedy, l'humour noir — whatever you call it, this is the place for it. This list includes André Breton's seminal anthology of dark humor, a number of the works excerpted in this anthology, and beyond. You can find a link to the complete contents of Breton's anthology in the comments.

Under construction!

July 16 is International Drag Day! We've put together a list of our favorite books featuring characters who do drag, non-fiction about people who do drag, and books written by people who do drag. Drag is not just "people who dress in clothes not conventionally associated with their gender"; it is a specific culture, so our list takes that into account, but we had to make some calls on what would and wouldn't count. (Presented by Duck Prints Press. A group of us make these recommendations.)

All the books in this list are being released in 2026!! Let me know if I missed any! Jesus loves you!!✝️

Most of these were mentioned in Danny Caine’s book, How to Protect Bookstores and Why: The a present and Future of Bookselling.

WWI as represented by historians looking back on events. Please feel free to recommend any good histories you know - whether the focus is a particular topic (eg. medicine), person, front, or battle. I have not read all of these books - if any are particularly poor or unsuitable, please let me know so I may remove them.

PROPER SCARY MMC'S!

Books that delve deeper into interesting species, ecosystems and above all food.

includes the Big Three and other influential works; non-exhaustive;

A personal study in gothic lit, fantasy, mythology, and the writing of it.

Science fiction books in english published between 1960 and 1969 (going by when it was published as a book, generally).