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Shock Value

Shock Value

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

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Jason Zinoman
Jason Zinoman

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263 books

Biography

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Tommy
Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
High Magick
The Hardy Boyz
Zodiac The Shocking True Story of the Hunt for the Nation's Most Elusive Serial Killer
Empires of Light

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1,105 books

Horror

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Tommy
Berserk Volume 1
Berserk Volume 2
Berserk Volume 3
The Hellbound Heart
Berserk Volume 4
Berserk Volume 7
Berserk Volume 8

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121 books

History

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Tommy
Zodiac The Shocking True Story of the Hunt for the Nation's Most Elusive Serial Killer
Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
Empires of Light
A Short History of Drunkenness
Horror Noire
Live from New York: An Oral History of Saturday Night Live

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221 books

Film And Tv

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Tommy
The Mask of Jason Voorhees
Deadly Disguise
Scooby Apocalypse
Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
Ouija
Showgirls, Teen Wolves, and Astro Zombies

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123 books

2023 Tbr

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Tommy
Have a Nice Day!
The Exorcist
The Haunting of Ashburn House
The Long Walk
Night Terrors
Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
The Clearing of Travis Coble

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1,067 books

History

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Carla
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy

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2,210 books

Horror Sf

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Carla
Sleeping Murder
Lovecraft Unbound

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398 books

Nonfiction

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Lauren
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
The Year of Magical Thinking
Self-Made Man
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
Into the Wild

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89 books

Tbr Priority

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Lauren
The Book of the New Sun
One Day
Super Sad True Love Story
Skippy Dies
Daughter of Smoke & Bone

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202 books

Horror

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Lauren
The Little Stranger
The Stand
There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales
These Children Who Come at You with Knives, and Other Fairy Tales: Stories
Kraken
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
The Passage

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173 books

Criticism

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Stephen McClurg
Poetics
Gothic
More than Cool Reason: A Field Guide to Poetic Metaphor
Literary Theory : An Introduction
Singular voices: American poetry today
The lifetime reading plan

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93 books

History

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Stephen McClurg
The History of Western Philosophy
Gothic
Literary Theory : An Introduction
The lifetime reading plan

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136 books

Horror

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Stephen McClurg
The Shining
Gothic
Frankenstein
I Am Legend
The Road
Story of the Eye

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77 books

Film Theater

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Danse Macabre
True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor
Bambi vs. Godzilla
Hitchcock

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121 books

2024 Tbr

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Tommy
Have a Nice Day!
The Exorcist
The Haunting of Ashburn House
The Long Walk
Night Terrors
Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
The Clearing of Travis Coble