Here are 10 psychological thrillers that will keep Stephen King fans turning the page.
Our GenZ featured title “A Confession” explores how the differences between good and evil may not be as black and white as we think it is. The unnamed narrator, a man who takes you through his life of righteousness, is now being questioned. How far is he willing to go for the truth? This psychological thriller leaves both the narrator and reader questioning if any of us can claim to be truly good.
- You by Caroline Kepnes (2015)
In the age of social media where documenting your life online is a must, it’s always a card not cash. Guinevere Beck walks into a bookstore in the East Village where she catches the eye of Joe Goldberg. Joe does what any normal person would do: Googles the name on her credit card. Joe can find out all the details of her life from her public Facebook account to the Twitter account where she tweets her every waking move and thought. It’s a psychological thriller you won’t be able to put down.
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (2012)
The psychological thriller that made waves in 2012 quickly became a New York Times Best Seller. It’s the morning of Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Nick has planned the perfect day when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. Did Nick have something to do with his wife’s disappearance? Isn’t it always the husband?
Recluse Anna Fox lives alone in her New York City home, never venturing outside. Anna fills her time with old movies, wine, and spying on her neighbors. One day Anna gets new neighbors, the Russells: the perfect nuclear family. One day she sees something she shouldn’t have. TW: Alcohol Abuse.
Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. She looks out the window at one particular couple eating breakfast on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them, calling them Jess and Jason. Their life–as she sees it–is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost. TW: Alcohol Abuse.
A classic whodunnit between old friends. Oxford friends in their thirties come together to ring in the New Year, a tradition that began ten years ago. This year’s getaway is in an isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands. Two days later, one of them is dead. This is a true psychological thriller with all the elements of suspense and mystery.
In this old tale of gentrification, Brooklyn-born and raised Sydney Green sees her beloved neighborhood changing rapidly. Condos and FOR SALE signs are popping up overnight, and her lifelong neighbors are disappearing. But are they really trading in fast-paced city life for the slower suburban life? This thriller takes you on Sydney and her neighbor Theo’s journey to solve the mystery that is gentrification.
Miriam Macy receives a surprise invitation to a luxurious private island off the coast of Mexico with six other strangers. Surrounded by miles of open water in the gloriously green Sea of Cortez, Miriam soon discovers that she and the rest of her companions have been brought to the remote island under false pretenses. They all share one thing – a secret.
A collection of short stories studying the death of relationships, humanity, language, and the soul. Each story is linked by relationships and asks what would you do for or to the things you love?
In this thrilling story about an Ivy League secret society, two students from different worlds have been tapped to join a secret society. Spenser and Dalton, an unlikely pair, quickly become friends. Pre-Med student and star basketball player Spenser is determined to make his single mother proud. Dalton a rich kid who comes from a lifetime of belonging…
