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Psychological Horror

Internalizes the monstrous, focusing on the vulnerability and decay of the human psyche where the primary source of terror is the protagonist's own mind.

The thrill of losing one's grip on reality, the chilling realization that the mind itself is the source of terror, and the slow descent into paranoia or delusion.

Books

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Pet SemataryStephen King
The Green MileStephen King
CarmillaSheridan Le Fanu
Needful ThingsStephen King
The ShiningStephen King
MiseryStephen King
Frankenstein: or, The Modern PrometheusMary Shelley
The FishermanJohn Langan
HorrorstörGrady Hendrix
My best friend's exorcismGrady Hendrix
House of LeavesMark Z. Danielewski
The Silence of the LambsThomas Harris
Gerald's GameStephen King
AnnihilationJeff VanderMeer
The Girl Who Loved Tom GordonStephen King
Rose MadderStephen King
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last SpokeEric LaRocca
Lisey's StoryStephen King
Something Wicked This Way ComesRay Bradbury
The Turn of the ScrewHenry James
Duma KeyStephen King
Mexican GothicSilvia Moreno-Garcia
The TommyknockersStephen King
Rosemary's BabyIra Levin
Speaks the NightbirdRobert R. McCammon
Dolores ClaiborneStephen King
A Certain HungerChelsea G. Summers
Finders KeepersStephen King
BunnyMona Awad
The Dark HalfStephen King
No One Gets Out AliveAdam Nevill
Alias GraceMargaret Atwood
LapvonaOttessa Moshfegh
Behind her eyesSarah Pinborough
Wuthering heightsEmily Brontë
Johnny Got His GunDalton Trumbo
The Girl Next DoorJack Ketchum
PsychoRobert Bloch
Come CloserSara Gran
The TestSylvain Neuvel
JoylandStephen King
The Bad PlaceDean Koontz
HollyStephen King
The OutsiderStephen King
MidnightDean Koontz
Let's go play at the Adams'Mendal W. Johnson
Blackwood FarmAnne Rice
What Moves the DeadT. Kingfisher
A Head Full of GhostsPaul Tremblay
The Final Girl Support GroupGrady Hendrix
AuthorityJeff VanderMeer
The Masque of the Red DeathEdgar Allan Poe
The DeepNick Cutter
Mr. MurderDean Koontz
Demon SeedDean Koontz
More Than ThisPatrick Ness
Sing, Unburied, SingJesmyn Ward
The Last House on Needless StreetCatriona Ward
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of NantucketEdgar Allan Poe
House of StairsWilliam Sleator

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