Weird Book Club

From the latest releases to bizarre, dusty old tomes from the past, the Cult of Weird Book Club brings you book reviews and reading recommendations from the shelves of true crime, travel, occult, paranormal, horror, history, science and more.

Latest Weird Books

The history of Spiritualism

March 29, 2021

The History of Spiritualism

Explore the roots of Spiritualism, from the Fox Sisters and their haunted home in Hydesville, to the seances, spirit cabinets and ectoplasm of the early 1900s.

Ed Gein graphic novel by Eric Powell and Harold Schechter

March 5, 2021

Ed Gein Graphic Novel Coming from Eric Powell and Harold Schechter

Fall reading list

September 20, 2020

Fall Reading List 2020

Spectral Illusions

September 6, 2020

A 19th Century Book of Ghosts Gets New Life

The Sex Lives of Cannibals

July 22, 2020

The Sex Lives of Cannibals

The Unidentified by Colin Dickey

July 21, 2020

The Unidentified by Colin Dickey

The Big Book of Mars by Marc Hartzman

July 7, 2020

The Big Book of Mars

Grave Goods by Tui Snider

June 17, 2020

Grave Goods

How conspiracy theories hijacked the American consciousness

May 16, 2020

American Madness: How Conspiracy Theories Hijacked the American Consciousness

Bizarro horror books by Danger Slater

March 25, 2020

Getting Weird with Danger Slater

Horror actor Bill Oberst Jr reads gothic literature

March 19, 2020

Listen to Horror Actor Bill Oberst Jr. Read Gothic Literature

Tomb of Tutankhamun when it was discovered in 1922

March 18, 2020

5 Upcoming Weird Books You Can Preorder Right Now

Cult of Weird Fall Reading List

September 18, 2019

Morbid Must-Reads: 2019 Fall Reading List

A novel about Wisconsin killer Ed Gein

July 28, 2019

Reimagining the Life and Crimes of Ed Gein as a Novel

Apocalypse Any Day Now author Tea Krulos

April 15, 2019

Apocalypse Any Day Now: Into the World of Doomsday Preppers with Author Tea Krulos

What should I read next?

Looking for some weird book suggestions? Check out our list of weird and morbid book recommendations to find your next-morbid must-read.

Book Recommendations

The History of Spiritualism

March 29, 2021/by Charlie Hintz

Ed Gein Graphic Novel Coming from Eric Powell and Harold Schechter

March 5, 2021/by Charlie Hintz

Fall Reading List 2020

September 20, 2020/by Charlie Hintz

A 19th Century Book of Ghosts Gets New Life

September 6, 2020/by Charlie Hintz

The Sex Lives of Cannibals

July 22, 2020/by Charlie Hintz

The Unidentified by Colin Dickey

July 21, 2020/by Charlie Hintz

The Big Book of Mars

July 7, 2020/by Charlie Hintz

Grave Goods

June 17, 2020/by Charlie Hintz

American Madness: How Conspiracy Theories Hijacked the American Consciousness

May 16, 2020/by Charlie Hintz

Getting Weird with Danger Slater

March 25, 2020/by Charlie Hintz

Listen to Horror Actor Bill Oberst Jr. Read Gothic Literature

March 19, 2020/by Charlie Hintz

5 Upcoming Weird Books You Can Preorder Right Now

March 18, 2020/by Charlie Hintz