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Psychological Thriller
39 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
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Authors Like Gillian Flynn: 7 Thriller Writers to Read
Authors like Gillian Flynn for fans of Gone Girl and Sharp Objects — Tana French, Lisa Jewell, Ruth Ware, Paula Hawkins, and more, with where to start for each.
Authors Like Liane Moriarty: 6 Writers to Read Next
Authors like Liane Moriarty for fans of Big Little Lies and Apples Never Fall — Lisa Jewell, Celeste Ng, Ruth Ware, Jojo Moyes, and more, with where to start for each.
Authors Like Lisa Jewell: 6 Thriller Writers to Read Next
Authors like Lisa Jewell for fans of twisty domestic and psychological thrillers — Gillian Flynn, Ruth Ware, Liane Moriarty, Paula Hawkins, and more, with where to start.
Authors Like Tana French: 6 Literary Crime Writers
Authors like Tana French for fans of the Dublin Murder Squad — Liz Nugent, Kate Atkinson, Ian Rankin, Gillian Flynn, John Banville, and Ruth Ware, with where to start.
Books Like Dark Places: 11 Dark Psychological Thrillers
Books like Dark Places by Gillian Flynn — 11 dark psychological thrillers with cold cases, buried family secrets, and unreliable narrators, with where to start for each.
Books Like Behind Closed Doors: 9 Domestic Thrillers
If B.A. Paris's claustrophobic thriller about a marriage hiding a terrifying secret gripped you, these domestic thrillers deliver the same dread and twists.
Books Like The Silent Patient: 10 Twisty Thrillers
If Michaelides's shocking twist and silent narrator hooked you, these psychological thrillers deliver the same unreliable narration and jaw-dropping reveals.
Where to Start with A.J. Finn: A Reading Guide
Where to start with A.J. Finn — how to approach The Woman in the Window, the Hitchcockian psychological thriller featuring an agoraphobic narrator. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with B.A. Paris: A Reading Guide
Where to start with B.A. Paris — how to approach Behind Closed Doors, her domestic thriller about a perfect marriage that is actually a prison. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Mary Kubica: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Mary Kubica — whether to begin with The Good Girl or Local Woman Missing. A complete reading guide to the psychological thriller author.
Best Books About Revenge: Novels of Vengeance, Justice, and Reckoning
The best novels about revenge — from The Count of Monte Cristo to Hamlet to Wuthering Heights. Books about vengeance, grievances, and the cost of settling scores.
Best Books with Plot Twists: Novels That Will Shock You
The best books with plot twists — from Gone Girl to The Secret History, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Shutter Island, and Atonement. Novels whose endings redefine everything.
Best Books with Unreliable Narrators: Fiction That Keeps You Guessing
The best books with unreliable narrators — from Gone Girl and Lolita to The Remains of the Day and We Need to Talk About Kevin. Fiction that keeps you guessing.
Books Like The Shining: 10 Horror Novels
If you loved The Shining — the isolated setting, the psychological horror, the family under supernatural pressure — these 10 novels deliver the same dread. The best books like The Shining.
Gone Girl vs The Girl on the Train: Which First?
Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train defined the unreliable-narrator thriller for a generation. Here is how they differ and which to read first.
Where to Start with Alex Michaelides: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Alex Michaelides — whether to begin with The Silent Patient, The Maidens, or The Fury. A complete reading guide to the psychological thriller writer.
Where to Start with Dennis Lehane: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Dennis Lehane — whether to begin with Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone, or Shutter Island. A complete reading guide to the Boston crime novelist.
Where to Start with Freida McFadden: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Freida McFadden — whether to begin with The Housemaid, The Locked Door, or The Housemaid's Secret. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Gillian Flynn: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Gillian Flynn — whether to begin with Gone Girl, Sharp Objects, or Dark Places. A complete reading guide to Flynn's psychological thrillers.
Where to Start with Lisa Jewell: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Lisa Jewell — whether to begin with Then She Was Gone, The Family Upstairs, or The Night She Disappeared. A complete reading guide.
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