Hi, I am autistic and one of my main interests is history, especially odd or potentially gruesome topics. I can’t exactly describe what I’m thinking, so I’ll leave a list of books I would want something similar to. Thank you.
• Radium Girls by Kate Moore
• The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson (I have read lots of other Borden related books too, as it is my main special interest, but this is my favorite so far)
• To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse by Howard Fishman
• My Life With Bonnie & Clyde by Blanche Caldwell Barrow
Here are some other historical things that I don’t have books on and am interested in to help everyone out a little further:
• The Donner Party
• Belle Gunness
• The Kentucky Meat Shower
• The Titanic
• Pearl Bryan
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Paradise Falls by Keith O’Brien
The Poisoner’s Handbook is fascinating.
Wisconsin Death Trip
Premonitions Bureau
The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
Why Fish don’t exist by Lulu Miller. A history book but also the author’s journey of self discovery and humanity as she researches David Star Jordan.
A few odd and gruesome and interesting niche history topics:
[The Ghost Map](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36086.The_Ghost_Map) – about a cholera epidemic in Victorian London and the search for the cause
[The Faithful Executioner](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15793575-the-faithful-executioner) – about the life and work of a sixteenth century German executioner
[In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17780.In_the_Heart_of_the_Sea) – about a famous shipwreck (Moby Dick is partially based on it) and the crew’s attempts to get home alive
For just plain odd:
[Paradise Now: The Story of American Utopianism](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25430297-paradise-now) – about a range of attempted utopian communes in 18th and 19th century America