Nonfiction Halloween
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Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween
by:
David J. Skal
3.86 avg rating — 824 ratings 
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The Pagan Mysteries of Halloween: Celebrating the Dark Half of the Year
by:
Jean Markale
3.50 avg rating — 167 ratings 
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Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film
by:
Carol J. Clover
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,006 ratings 
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Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
by:
Grady Hendrix
4.26 avg rating — 11,487 ratings 
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A Season with the Witch: The Magic and Mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts
by:
J.W. Ocker
3.91 avg rating — 1,062 ratings 15. 
America Bewitched: The Story of Witchcraft After Salem
by:
Owen Davies
3.62 avg rating — 134 ratings 
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American Witches: A Broomstick Tour Through Four Centuries
by:
Susan Fair
3.64 avg rating — 1,052 ratings 
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Medusa's Gaze and Vampire's Bite: The Science of Monsters
by:
Matt Kaplan
3.56 avg rating — 1,371 ratings 20. 
Ghosts: A Natural History: 500 Years of Searching for Proof
by:
Roger Clarke
3.55 avg rating — 1,265 ratings 20. 
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Monster Hunters: On the Trail with Ghost Hunters, Bigfooters, Ufologists, and Other Paranormal Investigators
by:
Tea Krulos
3.52 avg rating — 162 ratings 
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The Haunting of America: From the Salem Witch Trials to Harry Houdini 3.17 avg rating — 284 ratings
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic
by:
Owen Davies
3.88 avg rating — 178 ratings 35. 
Hauntings and Horrors: The Ultimate Guide to Spooky America
by:
Daniel Cohen
3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings 36. 
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American Monsters: A History of Monster Lore, Legends, and Sightings in America
by:
Linda S. Godfrey
3.48 avg rating — 923 ratings 
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The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present
by:
Ronald Hutton
3.63 avg rating — 1,644 ratings 
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Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
by:
Peter M. Bracke
4.50 avg rating — 924 ratings 
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Hocus Pocus in Focus: The Thinking Fan's Guide to Disney's Halloween Classic
by:
Aaron Wallace
3.73 avg rating — 231 ratings 44. 
The Mystery and Lore of Monsters - With Accounts Of Some Giants, Dwarfs And Prodigies 3.50 avg rating — 34 ratings
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The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry Into the Salem Witch Trials 3.60 avg rating — 939 ratings
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The True History of the Ghost; and all about metempsychosis really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Witch Country (RWW): Seeking the Witch in the British Landscape
by:
Sarah Robinson
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 51. 
Frankenstein: How A Monster Became an Icon: The Science and Enduring Allure of Mary Shelley's Creation
by:
Sidney Perkowitz
3.39 avg rating — 76 ratings 51. 
The Devil's Shadow: The Story of Witchcraft in Massachusetts liked it 3.00 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Monsters, Giants and Little Men from Mars: An Unnatural History of the Americas
by:
Daniel Cohen
3.92 avg rating — 36 ratings 
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The Origins of Monsters: Image and Cognition in the First Age of Mechanical Reproduction
by:
David Wengrow
3.64 avg rating — 45 ratings 
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Boobies, Boojums And Snarks: The Ceramic Curiosities Of The Martin Brothers, 1880-1914
by:
Isabele Anscombe
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 60. 
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Mysteries: An Investigation into the Occult, the Paranormal and the Supernatural
by:
Colin Wilson
4.10 avg rating — 491 ratings 
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Realizing the Witch: Science, Cinema, and the Mastery of the Invisible
by:
Richard Baxstrom
4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings 
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On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears
by:
Stephen T. Asma
3.67 avg rating — 964 ratings 64. 
The Hallowed Eve: Dimensions of Culture in a Calendar Festival in Northern Ireland
by:
Jack Santino
4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings 
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Real Monsters, Gruesome Critters, and Beasts from the Darkside
by:
Brad Steiger
3.54 avg rating — 106 ratings 68. 
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Real Vampires, Night Stalkers and Creatures from the Darkside
by:
Brad Steiger
3.37 avg rating — 87 ratings 72. 
Charles Waterton (1782 - 1865) and His Eccentric Taxidermy
by:
Pat Morris
did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating 72. 
Halloween Merrymaking: An Illustrated Celebration of Fun, Food, and Frolics from Halloweens Past
by:
Diane C. Arkins
4.03 avg rating — 35 ratings 
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O Let Us Howle Some Heavy Note: Music for Witches, the Melancholic, and the Mad on the Seventeenth-Century English Stage it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Graveyard Groove: The Haunted History of Monster Music from "Monster Mash" to Horror Punk
by:
David Acord
4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings 79. 
Monsters: A Bestiary of Devils, Demons, Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Magical Creatures
by:
Christopher Dell
3.75 avg rating — 683 ratings 79. 
Shadow World: True Encounters with Beings from the Darkside
by:
Brad Steiger
3.80 avg rating — 49 ratings 79. 
When the Dead Rise: Narratives of the Revenant, from the Middle Ages to the Present Day really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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John Carpenter, The Prince of Darkness: An Exclusive Interview with the Director of 'Halloween' and 'The Thing'
by:
Gilles Boulenger
3.91 avg rating — 108 ratings 85. 
Real Ghost Stories: Haunting Encounters Told by Real People
by:
Tony Brueski
3.79 avg rating — 260 ratings 
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Creatures of the Night That We Loved So Well: TV Horror Hosts of Southern California
by:
James M. Fetters
4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings 90. 
Monster Mash: The Creepy, Kooky Monster Craze In America 1957-1972
by:
Mark Voger
4.27 avg rating — 106 ratings 
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Tokyo Cinegraphix One: Horror And Exploitation: 100 Film Posters From Japan 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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"A Hideous Bit of Morbidity": An Anthology of Horror Criticism from the Enlightenment to World War I
by:
Jason Colavito
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 
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Haunted Empire: Gothic and the Russian Imperial Uncanny (NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies)
by:
Valeria Sobol
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings 
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