When we think of horror, we often think of horror fiction, but there are a whole lot of books out there that look at horror through a nonfiction lens. From cookbooks to memoirs of horror authors and actors to books for those who wish to write horror, our list below explores the books in our collection that celebrate the real-life world of horror.
| 101 HORROR BOOKS TO READ BEFORE YOU’RE MURDERED by Sadie Hartmann (DB 116186) |
| AMERICAN MONSTERS: A HISTORY OF MONSTER LORE, LEGENDS, AND SIGHTINGS IN AMERICA by Linda S. Godfrey (DB 119438) |
| DEMONIC FOES: MY TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AS A PSYCHIATRIST INVESTIGATING POSSESSIONS, DIABOLIC ATTACKS, AND THE PARANORMAL by Richard Gallagher (DB 102471) |
| HAUNTED: ON GHOSTS, WITCHES, VAMPIRES, ZOMBIES, AND OTHER MONSTERS OF THE NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL WORLDS by Leo Braudy (DB 88293) |
| IMMORTAL COUNT: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF BELA LUGOSI by Arthur Lennig (DB 90211) |
| LOVECRAFT COCKTAILS: ELIXIRS & LIBATIONS FROM THE LORE OF H. P. LOVECRAFT by Mike Slater (DB 109216, BR 24273) |
| ON WRITING: A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT by Stephen King (DB 50873, BR 12802) |
| POE-LAND: THE HALLOWED HAUNTS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE by J. W. Ocker (DB 89440) |
| SHIRLEY JACKSON: A RATHER HAUNTED LIFE by Ruth Franklin (DB 87504) |
| SHOCK VALUE: HOW A FEW ECCENTRIC OUTSIDERS GAVE US NIGHTMARES, CONQUERED HOLLYWOOD, AND INVENTED MODERN HORROR by Jason Zinoman (DB 73840) |
| SISTER OF DARKNESS: THE CHRONICLES OF A MODERN EXORCIST by R. H. Stavis (DB 88993) |
| WRITERS WORKSHOP OF HORROR 2 (DB 110486) |
| YOURS CRUELLY, ELVIRA: MEMOIRS OF THE MISTRESS OF THE DARK by Elvira (DB 105470) |
| ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE: COMPLETE PROTECTION FROM THE LIVING DEAD by Max Brooks (DB 64675) |