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- I Know Where She Is by S.B. Caves. Buy on Amazon. A lot of people here are probably just looking for the next Gone Girl. Well, look no further. Ten years after her daughter's disappearance, Francine receives a mysterious note bearing just five words: I know where she is.
- Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. Buy on Amazon. Or, you might simply be looking for the next title from Gone Girl’s author, Gillian Flynn. Whether that’s the case or not, Sharp Objects is a must-read for any fan of the tightly-structured thriller.
- Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty. Buy on Amazon. Speaking of HBO adaptations, Liane Moriarty’s story of a group of Monterey housewives banding together made waves when Reese Witherspoon turned it into a rousing feminist miniseries.
- Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood. Buy on Amazon. If Netflix is more your speed, this book has spurred a TV adaptation, too. But with an author like Margaret Atwood at the helm, refusing to read the book first is inexcusable.
- Looking for Leo. By J.A. Baker. Ashton is back in the small North Yorkshire town where he committed a heinous crime as a child. When eight-year-old Leo goes missing on his way home from school, the town locals immediately suspect Ashton and report him to the police.
- Beautiful. By Anita Waller. Amelia was six years old when an evil man in a park changed her life forever. Having lost her innocence at such a young age, Amelia suffers through immense trauma and anger as she grows up.
- The Lies He Told. By Valerie Keogh. Discover the ripple of pain one man leaves behind when four women find out he’s been cheating on all of them. There’s successful Misty, left devastated after her boyfriend suddenly ends things; elegant Gwen, optimistic about the new man in her life until she discovers he’s not who he said he was; Babs, the vindictive woman who’s had the love of her life stolen away by Gwen and Misty; and Dee, the poor wife who takes her wandering husband back every time.
- Trust No One. By Keri Beevis. When Olivia Blake receives a mysterious note that leads her to a house where a man is burning to death, she realizes the note wasn’t a prank—someone is after her, she just doesn’t know why.
Best psychological horror thrillers of All Time Movies with Psychological Horror plot in any form (mystery, crime, fantasy, experimental, science fiction, art-house, occult, slasher, supernatural, e.t.c.) Definition: Psychological horror is a subgenre of horror and psychological fiction with a particular focus on mental, emotional, and ...
- Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk. This book is a collection of short stories, but it’s tied together by an over-arching narrative. Writers are accepted into a retreat where their ties to the world are completely severed.
- Woman at Point Zero by Nawal al-Sadawi. This short novel reads like an interview, but it details the account of a woman who waits on death row in Cairo.
- Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin. Ira Levin said that Roman Polanski’s film adaptation of Rosemary’s Baby was exactly how he pictured it in his mind, so if you sometimes think, when you see tabloids about celebrity births in the checkout line, “He has his father’s eyes,” you might want to check out this terrifying psychological horror novel.
- Let Me In by JOHN AJVIDE LINDQUIST. Some may argue that because Let Me In is a vampire novel, it doesn’t count among psychological horror novels, but I disagree.
An F.B.I. Agent persuades a social worker, who is adept with a new experimental technology, to enter the mind of a comatose serial killer in order to learn where he has hidden his latest kidnap victim. Director Tarsem Singh Stars Jennifer Lopez Vince Vaughn Vincent D'Onofrio.
Psychological horror aims to create discomfort by exposing common or universal psychological vulnerabilities and fears, such as the shadowy parts of the human psyche which most people repress or deny.
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