True Stories of the Supernatural
This week, Kim and Alice share some books that try to find the truth behind the supernatural or that might be perfect haunting reading in October.
This episode is sponsored by Oxford University Press, LibraryReads, and TBR, Book Riot’s new subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations for readers of all stripes.
NEW BOOKS
Behold, America: The Entangled History of “America First” and “the American Dream” by Sarah Churchwell
The Ravenmaster: My Life With the Ravens at the Tower of London by Christopher Skaife
Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger by Rebecca Traister
Feuding Fan Dancers: Faith Bacon, Sally Rand, and the Golden Age of the Showgirl by Leslie Zemeckis
Heart: A History by Sandeep Jauhar
Six By Ten: Stories from Solitary, edited by Taylor Pendergrass
TRUE STORIES OF THE SUPERNATURAL
Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death by Deborah Blum
The Secret History of the Jersey Devil: How Quakers, Hucksters, and Benjamin Franklin Created a Monster by Brian Regal and Frank J. Esposito
American Ghost: A Family’s Extraordinary History on the Desert Frontier by Hannah Nordhaus
The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke
RIP READING CHALLENGE
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life by Laura Thompson
Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey
READING NOW
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser
Fallout: Conspiracy, Cover-Up, and the Making of the Atomic Bomb by Peter Watson
