List of 25 Books Based on Urban Legends
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Need to find books that are inspired by or derived from something specific? Check out this useful list of books based on urban legends. You'll find the reading material you're looking for here.
| Title | Author | Publishing Year | Genre |
| Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid: The Book of Scary Urban Legends | Jan Harold Brunvand | 2004 | Fairy tale |
| Because I Said So!: The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids | Ken Jennings | 2012 | Nonfiction, Humor, Parenting, Science |
| Encyclopedia of Urban Legends | Jan Harold Brunvand | 2001 | Folklore, Encyclopedia |
| Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places | Colin Dickey | 2016 | Guidebook |
| Haunted Virginia: Legends, Myths, and True Tales | Pamela K. Kinney | 2009 | Ghosts, Fantasy, Paranormal, Horror, History, Nonfiction |
| John Winchester's Journal | Alexander C. Irvine | 2009 | Horror fiction, Occult Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, Paranormal fiction, Diary fiction |
| A Treasury of British Folklore: Maypoles, Mandrakes & Mistletoe | Dee Dee Chainey | 2018 | Nonfiction, History, Folklore, Fantasy, Mythology |
| Monsters Among Us | Linda S. Godfrey | 2016 | Controversial literature |
| MythBusters: The Explosive Truth Behind 30 of the Most Perplexing Urban Legends of All Time | Keith and Kent Zimmerman | 2005 | Reference work |
| Newford Stories: Crow Girls | Charles de Lint | 2015 | Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Short Story Collection, Fiction |
| Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark | Alvin Schwartz | 1981 | Horror, Short Stories, Fiction, Childrens, Young Adult |
| Scary Stories Treasury | Alvin Schwartz | 1981 | Horror, Fiction, Short Stories, Childrens, Young Adult |
| The Big Book of Urban Legends | Jan Harold Brunvand | 1994 | Comics, Graphic novel, Humour |
| The Choking Doberman: And Other Urban Legends | Jan Harold Brunvand | 1984 | Legend |
| The Creepypasta Collection: Modern Urban Legends You Can't Unread | MrCreepyPasta | 2016 | Horror fiction, Fairy tale |
| The Raven | Jonathan Janz | 2020 | Horror fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller, Fantasy Fiction, Occult Fiction |
| The Shadows | Alex North | 2020 | Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Horror fiction, Police procedural |
| The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings | Jan Harold Brunvand | 1981 | Legend, Urban legend |
| The Whisper Man | Alex North | 2019 | Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense |
| Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends | Jan Harold Brunvand | 1999 | Legend |
| Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends Vol. 1 | Tara A. Devlin | 2018 | Horror, Nonfiction, Folklore, Urban Legends |
| Urban Legends: 666 Absolutely True Stories That Happened to a Friend...of a Friend…of a Friend | Thomas J. Craughwell | 2004 | Legend, Urban legend |
| Weird Hauntings: True Tales of Ghostly Places | Joanne Austin | 2006 | Travel literature |
| Weird Michigan | Linda S. Godfrey | 2006 | Guidebook, Travel literature |
| Weird New England | Joseph A. Citro | 2005 | Guidebook, Travel literature, Reference work |
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