Books in the Freezer 2022 Reading Challenge - hosted by thaatswhatsheread

Spooky Non-Fiction
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Read a book about something morbid and learn some new fun facts for the next time you're at a party. 
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Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films by Nina Nesseth

Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films

Nina Nesseth

296 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction horror psychology informative medium-paced
American Monsters: A History of Monster Lore, Legends, and Sightings in America by Linda S. Godfrey

American Monsters: A History of Monster Lore, Legends, and Sightings in America

Linda S. Godfrey

367 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history horror dark slow-paced
Murder Book: A Graphic Memoir of a True Crime Obsession by Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

Murder Book: A Graphic Memoir of a True Crime Obsession

Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel memoir true crime dark funny informative medium-paced
Making Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side by Julia Shaw

Making Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side

Julia Shaw

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science true crime informative medium-paced
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Erik Larson

447 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative mysterious slow-paced
DON'T GO THERE: True mystery of the Dyatlov Pass by Svetlana Oss

DON'T GO THERE: True mystery of the Dyatlov Pass

Svetlana Oss

264 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history mystery true crime dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Murder Aboard: The Herbert Fuller Tragedy and the Ordeal of Thomas Bram by C. Michael Hiam

Murder Aboard: The Herbert Fuller Tragedy and the Ordeal of Thomas Bram

C. Michael Hiam

200 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative medium-paced
Forbidden Rites: A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century by Richard Kieckhefer

Forbidden Rites: A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century

Richard Kieckhefer

392 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative slow-paced
Occult America by Mitch Horowitz

Occult America

Mitch Horowitz

10 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative slow-paced
The World of Lore: Wicked Mortals by Aaron Mahnke

The World of Lore: Wicked Mortals

The World of Lore #2

Aaron Mahnke

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history horror true crime dark mysterious fast-paced