Get the fuck out!!! Jay Anson, perhaps the worst published author of all time, tells the story of the Lutz family and their "haunted" house. Salacious yet boring, drab yet tacky, it's the perfect summation of the 1970s.

Jay Anson

The only halfway decent book in the Amityville cannon, this was written by the prosecuting attorney and describes the murders and the trial. A little dry at parts, but at least doesn't bring up Satan, warlocks, or Butch DeFeo as misunderstood antihero.

Gerard Sullivan and Harvey Aronson

A scandalous account of the DeFeo family dysfunction by a fake wife of Butch, written by a real doidoi who actually uses the word "supposably." Give it, at least, a good skim.

Ric Osuna

Holy shit, George Lutz was a warlock!!! Not really, but that's the thesis of this book and the one point that the author seems insistent on hammering home. This really was written by Kathy Lutz's sister and she apparently has either gone off the deep end or is extremely pragmatic about cashing in on the stupidity of Amityville fans.

Mickey Sexton

Jesus fucking Christ, here's another "Butch Defeo was a misunderstood hero" book. How do these keep getting written? The author is a self-proclaimed psychic who is contacted telepathically by Butch and she goes to prison to free him from Satan's grip. This book is actually better and more interesting than some of the others, but still absolutely bonkers.

Jackie Barrett