Summary: 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 Readers Imbibing Peril 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
