History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees by James MooneyScary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin SchwartzFood for the Dead by Michael E. BellMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtGhostland by Colin Dickey
American Folklore
148 books — 16 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachPacking for Mars by Mary RoachSmoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin DoughtyThe Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon RonsonThe Cows by Lydia Davis
What an Odd Thing to Read About!
179 books — 45 voters

The Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Kon-Tiki Expedition by Thor HeyerdahlSea of Glory by Nathaniel PhilbrickTwo Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Best Seafaring History books
176 books — 33 voters
Stories in Stone by Douglas KeisterFinal Thoughts by John Thomas GrantNecropolis by Catharine ArnoldEmpire of Death by Paul KoudounarisThe American Resting Place by Marilyn Yalom
Must-Have Cemetery Books
202 books — 93 voters

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Sign of Four by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Elementary, My Dear Holmes
342 books — 121 voters

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValleThe Girl from the Well by Rin ChupecoLovecraft Country by Matt RuffBleeding Violet by Dia ReevesAnother by Yukito Ayatsuji
Diverse Horror
276 books — 166 voters
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Shining by Stephen  KingHell House by Richard MathesonThe Amityville Horror by Jay AnsonThe Woman in Black by Susan         Hill
Haunted Houses
610 books — 613 voters

The Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyRed Storm Rising by Tom ClancyDas Boot by Lothar-Günther BuchheimVoyage of the Devilfish by Michael DiMercurioRun Silent Run Deep by Edward L. Beach
Best Submarine Thrillers
121 books — 94 voters
The Book of the Dead by Douglas PrestonExcavation by James RollinsThe Seventh Scroll by Wilbur SmithThe Ice Limit - La barrière de glace by Douglas PrestonFever Dream by Douglas Preston
Best Archaeology Thriller Books
164 books — 126 voters

Blindsight by Peter WattsHyperion by Dan SimmonsShip of Fools by Richard Paul RussoLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyDead Silence by S.A. Barnes
Space Horror
326 books — 292 voters


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