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A horror or paranormal story – Extreme Reader 2022

Reading suggestions for anyone to enjoy that also work for the Extreme Reader 2022 challenge! Booklist is divided into sections for Adult Non-Fiction, Teen, followed by Adult Fiction. Additional Category Information: • Horror is a genre of fiction whose purpose is to create feelings of fear • Paranormal is a genre of fiction that includes beings and phenomena that are outside of the realm of mainstream scientific understanding of the natural world

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  • I'll Be Gone in the Dark

    One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

    McNamara, Michelle, 1970-2016,
    Non-fiction
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — 364.1532 M2325I 2018

  • In Cold Blood

    a True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences

    Capote, Truman, 1924-1984
    Non-fiction
    Book, 1966New York : Random House, [1966] — 364 C173I

  • In the Dream House

    a Memoir

    Machado, Carmen Maria,
    Non-fiction
    Book, 2019Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2019] — 813.6 M1803I 2019

  • Paperbacks From Hell

    the Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction

    Hendrix, Grady,
    Non-fiction
    Book, 2017Philadelphia : Quirk Books, [2017] — 809.38738 H385P 2017

  • Playing in the Dark

    Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

    Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019
    Non-fiction
    Book, 1992Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1992. — 810.9 M836P

  • Shock Value

    How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror

    Zinoman, Jason
    Non-fiction
    Book, 2011New York, N.Y. : Penguin Press, 2011. — 791.436164 Z668S 2011

  • The Devil in the White City

    Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

    Larson, Erik, 1954-
    Non-fiction
    Book, 2003New York : Crown Publishers, [2003] — 364.152 L329D

  • The Monster Show

    a Cultural History of Horror

    Skal, David J.
    Non-fiction
    Book, 1993New York : Norton, 1993. — 791.43 SK13M

  • The Original Folk & Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

    the Complete First Edition

    Non-fiction
    Book, 2014Princeton [New Jersey] ; Oxford [England] : Princeton University Press, [2014] — 398.20943 G8827O 2014

  • The Stranger Beside Me

    Rule, Ann
    Non-fiction
    Book, 2000New York : Norton, [2000] — 364.152 R861SB20

  • Zodiac

    Graysmith, Robert
    Non-fiction
    Book, 1987New York, NY : Berkley Books, 1987. — 364.152 G795ZO

  • As I Descended

    Talley, Robin,
    Teen Fiction
    Book, 2016New York : HarperTeen, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016] — YF TALLE-R

  • Blood Like Magic

    Sambury, Liselle,
    Teen Fiction
    Book, 2021New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2021] — YF SAMBU-L

  • Cemetery Boys

    Thomas, Aiden,
    Teen Fiction
    Book, 2020New York : Swoon Reads, 2020. — YF THOMA-A

  • Shadow and Bone

    Bardugo, Leigh
    Teen Fiction
    Book, 2012New York : Henry Holt, 2012. — YF BARDU-L

  • Six Crimson Cranes

    Lim, Elizabeth,
    Teen Fiction
    Book, 2021New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2021] — YF LIM-E

  • Surrender Your Sons

    Sass, Adam, 1983-
    Teen Fiction
    Book, 2020Mendota Heights, MN : Flux, 2020. — YF SASS-A

  • The Diviners

    Bray, Libba
    Teen Fiction
    Book, 2012New York : Little, Brown, 2012. — YF BRAY-L

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