Paranormal Reads

Ghosts! Hauntings! UFOs! Mysterious Creatures! ESP! Psychic Abilities!

Paranormal generally refers to phenomena that are not scientifically explainable and often involve supernatural or mystical origins. It encompasses a wide range of experiences, which are typically attributed to magical or supernatural forces that go beyond that is understood by mainstream science.

Updated September 30, 2025
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The UFO experience : evidence behind close encounters, project blue book, and the search for answers
Hynek, J. Allen
Paper Book
Cited by the New York Review of Books as "the best brief for visitation," this classic study presents an analysis of UFO reports and concludes that many sightings cannot be easily dismissed. The case against UFOs and unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) has not...

001.942 Hynek 2023

I know what I saw : modern-day encounters with monsters of new urban legend and ancient lore
Godfrey, Linda S.
Paper Book
The monsters of ancient mythology, folklore, and more contemporary urban legend have long captured the popular imagination. While most people in America today relegate monsters to just that--our imaginations--we continue to be fascinated by the unknown. Linda Godfrey is one of the country's leading...

001.944 Godfrey 2019

Abominable science! : origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and other famous cryptids
Loxton, Daniel
Paper Book
Throughout our history, humans have been captivated by mythic beasts and legendary creatures. Tales of Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness monster are part of our collective experience. Now comes a book from two dedicated investigators that explores and elucidates the fascinating world of...

001.944 L956 2013

Spook : science tackles the afterlife
Roach, Mary.
Paper Book
What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's thatthe million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my lap-top?" In an attempt to find out, Mary Roach brings her tireless...

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The paranormal : a guide to the unexplained
North, Anthony.
Paper Book
Do you believe in life after death? Are you convinced that there's a ghost making himself at home in your attic? If you are, get ready for this strange study of the supernatural! There is rarely smoke without fire, and paranormal happenings have been cited throughout the ages, in all cultures under...

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Where the ghosts are : the ultimate guide to haunted houses
Holzer, Hans
Paper Book

133.1 Holzer 2018

Ghosts : a natural history : 500 years of searching for proof
Clarke, Roger.
Paper Book
A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice "Roger Clarke tells this [the story that inspired Henry James' The Turn of the Screw] and many other gloriously weird stories with real verve, and also a kind of narrative authority that tends to constrain the skeptical voice...

133.109 C556 2014

The paranormal ranger : a Navajo investigator's search for the unexplained
Milford, Stanley, Jr.
Paper Book
*A NEW YORK TIMES PICK FOR TOP 22 NONFICTION BOOKS TO READ THIS FALL!* A Navajo Ranger's chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the paranormal and unexplained in Navajoland As a Native American with parents of both Navajo and...

133.1097 Milford 2024

Signs : the secret language of the universe
Jackson, Laura Lynne
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A renowned psychic medium teaches us how to recognize and interpret the life-changing messages from loved ones and spirit guides on the Other Side. "A collection of incredible stories . . . that speak to the universe's endless capacity for...

133.9 Jackson 2019

Ghosts among us : uncovering the truth about the other side
Van Praagh, James.
Paper Book
Everyone loves a good ghost story. Perhaps the human fascination with the supernatural stems from the fact that most of us, at some point in our lives, have experienced something we couldn't quite explain. From a very young age James Van Praagh was aware of a dimension that most of us cannot see,...

133.9 V348

We never die : secrets of the afterlife
Fraser, Matt
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From America's top psychic medium and the author of When Heaven Calls comes a new book that unveils the secrets of the afterlife, the truth about heaven, and why we never truly die. Psychic medium Matt Fraser,...

133.9013 Fraser 2022

The medium next door : the adventures of a real-life ghost whisperer
Hancock, Maureen.
Paper Book
The Medium Next Door is the amazing life story of spirit medium Maureen Hancock, who discovered her psychic abilities to see, hear, and speak with the dead when she was just five years old. Descended from a long line of legendary Irish mystics, Maureen was no stranger to the spiritual realm,...

133.91 H191 2011

When ghosts speak : understanding the world of earthbound spirits
Winkowski, Mary Ann.
Paper Book
In the bestselling tradition of Rosemary Altea and John Edwards comes the memoir of Mary Ann Winkowski, the real life "Ghost Whisperer" and consultant on the Top 30 CBS show "Ghost Whisperer" starring Jennifer Love Hewitt. Lights flicker on and off for no good...

133.91 Winkowski Winkowski 2007

Life after life : the investigation of a phenomenon-survival of bodily death
Moody, Raymond A.
Paper Book
In Life After Life Raymond Moody investigates more than one hundred case studies of people who experienced "clinical death" and were subsequently revived. First published in 1975, this classic exploration of life after death started a revolution in popular attitudes about the afterlife and...

236.2 M775L

UFO : the inside story of the US government's search for alien life here--and out there
Graff, Garrett M.
Paper Book
From Garrett M. Graff, New York Times bestselling author of Raven Rock, The Only Plane in the Sky, and Pulitzer Prize finalist for history Watergate, comes the first comprehensive and eye-opening exploration of our government's decades-long quest to solve one of...

999 Graff 2023


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