Spooky Nonfiction - a podcast by Book Riot

This week Alice and Kim talk about creepy, spooky, and scary nonfiction for the Halloween season.

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Nonfiction in the News2021 National Book Awards Finalists Announced [National Book Awards]

Estate of Henrietta Lacks sues biotechnical company for nonconsensual use of her cells [CNN]New Nonfiction 

I’m Possible: A Story of Survival, a Tuba, and the Small Miracle of a Big Dream by Richard Antoine WhiteNotable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present by Adrienne Keene

Smile: The Story of a Face by Sarah RuhlOn Animals by Susan Orlean

Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by Brandy Colbert Weekly Theme: Spooky Nonfiction

The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained by Colin DickeyThe Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal

White Magic: Essays by Elissa WashutaYurei Attack!: The Japanese Ghost Survival Guide by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt

Reading NowKIM: Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller by Nadia Wassef

ALICE: The Phantom Prince by Elizabeth KendallCONCLUSION

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