Editing Harold Schechter (section)

== Bibliography ==
=== True crime ===
*''Deranged: The Shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish Killer!'', the story of New York serial murderer [[Albert Fish]]. Pocket Books, (1998).
*''Deviant: The Shocking True Story of the Original "Psycho"'', the story of [[Ed Gein]], the killer who inspired ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]'', ''[[The Texas Chain Saw Massacre]]'' and ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (novel)|The Silence of the Lambs]]'', Pocket Books, (1998).
*''Fiend: The Shocking True Story of America's Youngest Serial Killer'', the story of [[Jesse Pomeroy]], child murderer. Pocket Books, (2000).
*''Panzram: A Journal of Murder'' (Introduction) Amok Books, (2002).
*''Fatal: The Poisonous Life of a Female Serial Killer'', the story of 19th century murderess [[Jane Toppan]]. Pocket Star, (2003).
*''The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers'' (2003). Ballantine Books.
*''A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers'' (co-written with David Everitt) Gallery Books (2006).
*''The Devil's  Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial that Ushered in the Twentieth Century,'' New York: Random House/Ballantine Books, (2007).
*''True Crime: An American Anthology'' (Editor) Library of America, (2008).
*''Depraved: The Shocking True Story of America's First Serial Killer'', retitled  in later releases as ''Depraved: The Definitive True Story of H. H. Holmes, Whose Grotesque Crimes Shattered Turn-of-the-Century Chicago'', the story of Chicago serial murderer Herman Mudgett, alias Dr. [[H. H. Holmes]] Pocket Books (reprint, 2008).
*''Bestial: The Savage Trail of a True American Monster'', serial murderer [[Earle Leonard Nelson]], who killed in Canada and the United States. Pocket Books, (2008).
*''Killer Colt: Murder, Disgrace, and the Making of an American Legend'' (2010), the story of 19th century murderer [[John C. Colt]], brother of arms maker [[Samuel Colt]], and the trial. Ballantine Books, (2010).
*''Masters of True Crime: Chilling Stories of Murder and the Macabre'' (contributed an essay), Edited by R. Barri Flowers, Prometheus Books, (2012).
*''Psycho USA: Famous American Killers You Never Heard Of'' Ballantine Books, (2012)
*''The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder That Shook the Nation'', the story of Roger Irwin's obsession with the sister of model Veronica Gedeon and his subsequent descent into madness. New Harvest, (2014)
*''Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal'', New York: Little A (2015).
*''Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men '', the story of Belle Gunness a Norwegian immigrant who murdered at least 14 people primarily bachelors, most notably on a farm in La Porte, Indiana between 1902 and 1908. New York: Little A (2018). 
*''Panic'' (Bloodlands Collection) A short historical narrative about a series of child murders during the Depression. Amazon Original Stories, (2018).
*''Rampage'' (Bloodlands Collection) A short historical narrative about Howard Unruh. Amazon Original Stories, (2018).
*''The Pied Piper'' (Bloodlands Collection) A short historical narrative about Charlie Schmid. Amazon Original Stories, (2018).
*''The Brick Slayer'' (Bloodlands Collection) A short historical narrative about Robert Nixon, whose story inspired [[Richard Wright (author)|Richard Wright]]'s ''[[Native Son (novel)|Native Son]]''. Amazon Original Stories, (2018).
*''Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie'' (Bloodlands Collection) A short historical narrative about The murderous Bender Family. Amazon Original Stories, (2018).
*''The Pirate'' (Bloodlands Collection) A short historical narrative about [[Albert W. Hicks]]. Amazon Original Stories, (2018).
*''Ripped From the Headlines: The Shocking True Stories Behind the Movies' Most Memorable Crimes'', New York: Little A. (2020)
*''Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer'', New York: Little A. (2021)<ref name="Schechter2021">{{cite book |last=Schechter |first=Harold |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CvGSzQEACAAJ |title=Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer |publisher=Amazon Publishing |year=2021 |isbn=9781542025317}}</ref>
*''Did You Hear What [[Ed Gein|Eddie Gein]] Done?'', with [[Eric Powell (comics)|Eric Powell]], Albatross Funny Books. (2021)
*''Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects,'' Workman Publishing Company. (2023)

=== Mystery ===
*''Outcry'', Pocket Books, (1996) – A Novel based on the fictional son of [[Ed Gein]], and his path of destruction.
*''Nevermore'' (1999) – [[Edgar Allan Poe]] joins [[Davy Crockett]] to solve a series of shocking murders in Baltimore in 1835. Pocket Books, 2000.
*''The Hum Bug'' (2001) – Poe teams with Showman [[PT Barnum]] to solve a series of murders in New York. Pocket Books.
*''Mask of the Red Death'' (2004) – Poe joins forces with [[Kit Carson]] to track down a liver-eating murderer. Like the previous book, this one also takes place in New York.
*''The Tell-Tale Corpse'' (2006) – Poe works with author [[Louisa May Alcott]] to put down yet another murderer. This time, he takes his mystery to Massachusetts.

=== Popular culture ===
*''Patterns in Popular Culture: A Sourcebook for Writers'', New York: Harper & Row, (1980).
*''Film Tricks: Special Effects in the Movies'', with David Everitt, New York: H. Quist, (1980).
*''The Manly Handbook'', with David Everitt, Berkley Trade, (1982). 
*''Kidvid: A Parents' Guide to Children's Videos'', Pocket Books (1986).
*''Start Collecting Comic Books'' Diane Pub (1990).
*''The Manly Movie Guide: Virile Video & Two-Fisted Cinema'', Berkley Trade, (1997).
*''American Voices: A Thematic/Rhetorical Reader'' with Warren Rosenberg and Jonna Gormely Semeiks. Harper Collins College (1998).
*''Real to Reel'' with David Everitt. Berkley Trade (2000).
*''Savage Pastimes: A Cultural History of Violent Entertainment'', St. Martin's Press, (2005).
*''The Whole Death Catalog: A Lively Guide to the Bitter End'', Ballantine Books, (2009).

=== Academic works ===
*''New Gods: Psyche and Symbol in Popular Art'', Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, (1980).
*''Discoveries: Fifty Stories of the Quest'', edited with Jonna Gormely Semeiks, Oxford University Press, (1992).
*''Original Sin: The Visionary Art of Joe Coleman'', essay. New York: Heck Editions, (1997).
*''The Bosom Serpent: Folklore and Popular Art'', Peter Lang Publishing, (1998).
*''Conversation Pieces: Poems that Talk to Other Poems'', editor with Kurt Brown,  New York: Knopf/Everyman, (2007).
*''Killer Verse: Poems of Murder and Mayhem'', editor with Kurt Brown,  New York: Knopf/Everyman, (2011).
*''Reel Verse: Poems About the Movies'', editor with Michael Walters, New York: Everyman's Library/Penguin, (2019).

===As H. C. Chester, with Lauren Oliver ===
*''Curiosity House #1: The Shrunken Head'', New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2015.
*''Curiosity House #1: The Screaming Statue'', New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2017.
*''Curiosity House #3: The Fearsome Firebird'', New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2021.