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Unreliable Narrator

A storyteller you can't fully trust. Blind spots, lies, and fractured memory make the truth a moving target.

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    My Husband's Wife

    Alice Feeney · Mystery & Thriller

    Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her first exhibition.

    psychological thriller · twist ending · unreliable narrator · dark romance

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Victorian Psycho

    Virginia Feito · Mystery & Thriller

    Grim Wolds, England: Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to play the perfect governess—she’ll dutifully tutor her charges, Drusilla and…

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · morally grey character · dark academia

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Dear Debbie

    Freida McFadden · Mystery & Thriller

    Sometimes, enough is enough… Debbie Mullen is losing it.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · revenge plot · twist ending

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    Rock Paper Scissors

    Alice Feeney · Mystery & Thriller

    Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending · cat and mouse

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Yesteryear

    Caro Claire Burke · Literary Fiction

    'A BOLD AND BITING SATIRE. WILL HAVE YOU GASPING TO THE FINAL PAGE' NITA PROSE 'SHOT THROUGH WITH HUMOUR AND LACED WITH DARKNESS' CLARE MACKINTOSH…

    dark academia · psychological thriller · twist ending · unreliable narrator · gothic atmosphere

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Best Offer Wins

    Marisa Kashino · Mystery & Thriller

    Eighteen months and 11 lost bidding wars into house-hunting in the overheated Washington, DC suburbs, 37-year-old publicist Margo Miyake gets a tip…

    slow burn · psychological thriller · twist ending · unreliable narrator

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    It's Not Her

    Mary Kubica · Mystery & Thriller

    **Two families at a secluded lake resort are at the center of a chilling crime in this twisty thriller from the bestselling author of Local Woman…

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Silent Patient

    Alex Michaelides · Mystery & Thriller

    Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending · cat and mouse · obsessive love

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    Beautiful Ugly

    Alice Feeney · Mystery & Thriller

    **The million-copy bestselling Queen of Twists Alice Feeney returns with a gripping and deliciously dark thriller about marriage.

    psychological thriller · revenge plot · twist ending · unreliable narrator

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Yellowface

    R.F. Kuang · Literary Fiction

    White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn’t write the book she claims she…

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · morally grey character · revenge plot · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    We Have Always Lived in the Castle

    Shirley Jackson · Literary Fiction

    Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark secret Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark…

    unreliable narrator · psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · small town · morally grey character

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    We Love You, Bunny

    Mona Awad · Literary Fiction

    Longlisted for the 2025 Giller Prize Named a Must-Read Pick by The New York Times, Oprah Daily, People, Associated Press, Marie Claire, Bustle, The…

    dark academia · psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · closed circle · morally grey character

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Vigil

    George Saunders · Literary Fiction

    An electric novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo, taking place at the bedside of an oil…

    magical realism · unreliable narrator · psychological thriller

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Exes

    Leodora Darlington · Mystery & Thriller

    Unbearably tense and unmissably twisty, this is the outstanding debut suspense novel from the most exciting new voice in thriller writing, Leodora…

    psychological thriller · twist ending · cat and mouse · unreliable narrator

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Bell Jar

    Sylvia Plath · Literary Fiction

    The Bell Jar is the only novel written by American poet Sylvia Plath.

    coming of age · trauma recovery · unreliable narrator

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    Audition

    Katie Kitamura · Literary Fiction

    Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant.

    psychological thriller · obsessive love · unreliable narrator · morally grey character

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    When I Kill You

    B. A. Paris · Mystery & Thriller

    *Who is watching Nell Masters?* Nell Masters is certain someone is following her.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · cat and mouse

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    My Year of Rest and Relaxation

    Ottessa Moshfegh · Literary Fiction

    It's early 2000 on New York City's Upper East Side, and the alienation of Moshfegh's unnamed young protagonist from others is nearly complete when…

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery · morally grey character

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Julie Chan Is Dead

    Liann Zhang · Mystery & Thriller

    A young woman steps into her deceased twin's influencer life, only to discover dark secrets hidden behind her social media façade.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending · cat and mouse

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Gone Girl

    Gillian Flynn · Mystery & Thriller

    Gone Girl is a 2012 crime thriller novel by American writer Gillian Flynn.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending · revenge plot · cat and mouse

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Shy Girl

    Mia Ballard · Mystery & Thriller

    Lonely, broke and depressed with a serious case of OCD, Gia finds herself at a crossroads when financial troubles lead her to Nathan, a mysterious…

    psychological thriller · cat and mouse · unreliable narrator · dark romance

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

    Clay McLeod Chapman · Horror

    When Noah's aging parents stop returning his calls, he travels to their Virginia home and finds it in shambles.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · closed circle

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    Flashlight

    Susan Choi · Literary Fiction

    One summer night, Louisa and her father take a walk on the breakwater.

    unreliable narrator · multiple timelines · psychological thriller · twist ending · trauma recovery

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    My Dark Vanessa

    Kate Elizabeth Russell · Literary Fiction

    "2000. Bright, ambitious, and yearning for adulthood, fifteen-year-old Vanessa Wye becomes entangled in an affair with Jacob Strane, her magnetic and…

    unreliable narrator · coming of age · trauma recovery · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    The Remains of the Day

    Kazuo Ishiguro · Literary Fiction

    In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside and…

    historical fiction · unreliable narrator · coming of age · trauma recovery

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    The Only One Left

    Riley Sager · Mystery & Thriller

    At seventeen, Lenora Hope Hung her sister with a rope Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one…

    psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery

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    The Mad Wife

    Meagan Church · Literary Fiction

    THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From bestselling author Meagan Church comes a haunting exploration of identity, motherhood, and the…

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

    Holly Jackson · Mystery & Thriller

    Everyone is talking about A Good Girl's Guide to Murder!

    psychological thriller · twist ending · missing person · unreliable narrator · coming of age

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    Don't Let Him In

    Lisa Jewell · Mystery & Thriller

    "A novel following three woman who have seemingly separate lives and the one man connecting them all"--

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · cat and mouse · twist ending

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    Listen for the Lie

    Amy Tintera · Mystery & Thriller

    After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending · cat and mouse

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    His and Hers

    Temmy Owen · Mystery & Thriller

    Someone is always lying... and this time, it might be the person you once promised forever to. On January 8, 2026, Netflix drops His & Hers-a…

    psychological thriller · twist ending · revenge plot · unreliable narrator

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    The Good Girl

    Michelle Dunne · Horror

    Pick up this addictively chilling horror suspense title from bestselling author Michelle Dunne.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · morally grey character · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Truth About Ruby Cooper

    Liz Nugent · Mystery & Thriller

    “I couldn't stop reading! Absolutely a triumph!” —Freida McFadden, New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid From the internationally…

    psychological thriller · twist ending · unreliable narrator

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Strange Sally Diamond

    Liz Nugent · Mystery & Thriller

    Reclusive Sally Diamond is thrust into the media spotlight when she tries to incinerate her dead father, causing widespread outrage.

    unreliable narrator · psychological thriller · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Unknown

    RILEY. SAGER · Mystery & Thriller

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Housemaid's Secret

    Freida McFadden · Mystery & Thriller

    *As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · morally grey character · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Shroud

    John Banville · Literary Fiction

    From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea comes a splendidly moving, "hypnotic" exploration (The New York Times) of identity, duplicity, and…

    unreliable narrator · psychological thriller · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Finding Grace

    Loretta Rothschild · Literary Fiction

    A July Indie Next Pick • "A strikingly original and deeply moving debut." —People • "Begins with such a gasp-inducing twist that it's almost…

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Boy Parts

    Eliza Clark · Literary Fiction

    One of Granta's Best Young British Novelists 2023 An incendiary debut novel from a brash new talent—a pitch-black comedy, both shocking and…

    dark academia · coming of age · morally grey character · unreliable narrator

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Don't Let the Forest In

    CG Drews · Horror

    *Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his heart and given it to this boy, and he was very sure Thomas had no idea that Andrew would do anything for…

    psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · unreliable narrator · coming of age

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    It’s Not What You Think

    Clare Mackintosh · Mystery & Thriller

    ‘I always see the twists coming – but not this time’ LEE CHILD Don't miss the jaw-dropping new thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Clare Mackintosh!

    psychological thriller · twist ending · unreliable narrator

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    Universality

    Natasha Brown · Literary Fiction

    Late one night on a Yorkshire farm, in the midst of an illegal rave, a young man is nearly bludgeoned to death with a solid gold bar.

    unreliable narrator · political intrigue · psychological thriller

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    The Catcher in the Rye

    Jerome David Salinger · Literary Fiction

    Story of Holden Caufield with his idiosyncrasies, penetrating insight, confusion, sensitivity and negativism.

    coming of age · small town · anti hero · unreliable narrator

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    The Inmate

    Freida McFadden · Mystery & Thriller

    There are three rules Brooke Sullivan must follow as a new nurse practitioner at a men's maximum-security 1) Treat all prisoners with respect.

    psychological thriller · cat and mouse · high stakes survival · unreliable narrator · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Ward D

    Freida McFadden · Mystery & Thriller

    **All she has do is make it through the night shift...** Ward D is the hospital's mental health unit and as a medical student, Amy is required to…

    psychological thriller · trauma recovery · twist ending · unreliable narrator · high stakes survival

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    The Boyfriend

    Freida McFadden · Mystery & Thriller

    **She's looking for the perfect man.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    I Will Kill Your Imaginary Friend for $200

    Robert Brockway · Horror

    To bright and anxious eight-year-old Kay Washington, the worst thing in the world is being alone with the quiet.

    psychological thriller · trauma recovery · unreliable narrator · coming of age

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    The House Across the Lake

    Riley Sager · Mystery & Thriller

    Casey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press, has retreated to the peace and quiet of her family’s lake house in…

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending · cat and mouse

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Want to Know a Secret?

    Freida McFadden · Mystery & Thriller

    **Everyone has secrets.** YouTube baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    My Sister, the Serial Killer

    Oyinkan Braithwaite · Mystery & Thriller

    "Satire meets slasher in this short, darkly funny hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit…

    psychological thriller · morally grey character · unreliable narrator

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    What Kind of Paradise

    Janelle Brown · Literary Fiction

    *The first thing you have to understand is that my father was my entire world.* Growing up in an isolated cabin in Montana in the mid-1990s, Jane…

    psychological thriller · coming of age · twist ending · unreliable narrator

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    We Were Liars

    E. Lockhart · Mystery & Thriller

    Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence…

    twist ending · unreliable narrator · coming of age

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    The Turn of the Screw

    Henry James · Horror

    The governess of two enigmatic children fears their souls are in danger from the ghosts of the previous governess and her sinister lover.

    haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · unreliable narrator

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    Come Closer

    Sara Gran · Horror

    A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment.

    cosmic horror · psychological thriller · demons · unreliable narrator

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    Immaculate Conception

    Ling Ling Huang · Literary Fiction

    What if you could enter the mind of the person you love the most?

    coming of age · psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Yellow Wallpaper

    Charlotte P. Gilman · Literary Fiction

    Specially printed limited edition release for the Miskatonic Literary Society.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · historical fiction · trauma recovery

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    Discipline

    Larissa Pham · Literary Fiction

    A taut, electrifying debut about a woman forced to confront unsettling truths about herself, her past, and the life she rebuilt following a ruinous…

    psychological thriller · trauma recovery · unreliable narrator

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    He's the Devil

    Tobi Coventry · Literary Fiction

    An exhilarating, darkly comic debut novel about a do-gooder whose world is turned inside out when his new roommate—who might be possessed by the…

    psychological thriller · dark academia · unreliable narrator · grimdark

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Last Party

    A R Torre · Mystery & Thriller

    A loving mother. A notorious murderer. They both have reasons to hide their secrets in a novel of escalating shock and suspense by New York Times…

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Talented Mr. Ripley

    Patricia Highsmith · Mystery & Thriller

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · morally grey character · cat and mouse

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Tell Me What You Did

    Carter Wilson · Mystery & Thriller

    She gets people to confess their crimes for a living.

    psychological thriller · cat and mouse · unreliable narrator · revenge plot · secret identity

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    Dark is When the Devil Comes

    Daisy Pearce · Horror

    HE'S A KIDNAPPER. BUT SHE'S THE REAL MONSTER . . . Dark Is When the Devil Comes is the utterly gripping and chilling new novel from acclaimed horror…

    psychological thriller · cat and mouse · unreliable narrator · gothic atmosphere

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    A Sociopath's Guide to a Successful Marriage

    MK Oliver · Mystery & Thriller

    A whip-smart and darkly funny crime novel—perfect for fans of My Sister, the Serial Killer and The Maid—that follows a wife and mother with a deadly…

    dark romance · psychological thriller · morally grey character · unreliable narrator

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Before I Go to Sleep

    Steven J. Watson · Mystery & Thriller

    it's good

    psychological thriller · amnesia · trauma recovery · unreliable narrator · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    None of This Is True

    Lisa Jewell · Mystery & Thriller

    **Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself the subject of her own popular true crime…

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · cat and mouse · twist ending · obsessive love

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Perfect Son

    Freida McFadden · Mystery & Thriller

    From Sunday Times bestselling author Freida McFadden All families have secrets.

    psychological thriller · twist ending · unreliable narrator

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    Served Him Right

    Lisa Unger · Mystery & Thriller

    “A twisty and pacy thriller.” —Nita Prose, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid series A woman’s brunch with friends quickly turns dark…

    psychological thriller · twist ending · unreliable narrator

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Last Mrs Parrish

    Liv Constantine · Mystery & Thriller

    "Some women get everything. Some women get everything they deserve. Amber Patterson is fed up. She's tired of being a nobody: a plain, invisible…

    psychological thriller · cat and mouse · unreliable narrator

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Glowing Hours

    Leila Siddiqui · Horror

    A mind-bending, revisionist gothic horror story about the fabled summer Mary Shelley began work on Frankenstein, as told by her Indian housemaid,…

    gothic atmosphere · historical fiction · unreliable narrator · paranormal romance

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Teacher

    Freida McFadden · Mystery & Thriller

    Lesson #1: **Trust no one**. **Eve has a good life**. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local…

    psychological thriller · workplace romance · twist ending · unreliable narrator

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Voices in the Snow

    Darcy Coates · Horror

    Clare remembers the cold. She remembers abandoned cars and children's toys littered across the road. She remembers dark shapes in the snow and a…

    psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · unreliable narrator · haunted setting

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep

    Paul Tremblay · Sci-Fi

    Philip K. Dick meets the Coen Brothers in this genre-bending near-future tech nightmare that is as bitingly funny as it is horrifically believable…

    dystopian society · psychological thriller · unreliable narrator

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    By Any Other Name

    Jodi Picoult · Literary Fiction

    From the co-author of Mad Honey comes an “inspiring” (Elle) novel about two women, centuries apart—one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare’s…

    historical fiction · unreliable narrator · multiple timelines · secret identity

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Book of the New Sun: Volume 1

    Gene Wolfe · Fantasy

    An extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, in the time of a dying sun, when our present culture is no longer even a memory.

    grimdark · unreliable narrator · quest · forbidden romance

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Shards

    Bret Easton Ellis · Mystery & Thriller

    A novel of sensational literary and psychological suspense from the best-selling author of Less Than Zero and American Psycho that tracks a group of…

    unreliable narrator · psychological thriller · cat and mouse

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Horror Movie

    Paul Tremblay · Horror

    In June 1993, a group of young guerilla filmmakers spent four weeks making Horror Movie, a notorious, disturbing, art-house horror flick.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending · closed circle

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    This Thing Between Us

    Gus Moreno · Horror

    "A widower battles his grief, rage, and the mysterious evil inhabiting his home smart speaker, in this mesmerizing horror thriller from newcomer Gus…

    cosmic horror · psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery

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    Kala

    Colin Walsh · Literary Fiction

    ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 • INSTANT IRISH TIMES #1 BESTSELLER • ONE OF ELECTRIC LITERATURE'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR • “A…

    dark academia · psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · cat and mouse · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    A Pale View of Hills

    Kazuo Ishiguro · Literary Fiction

    In his highly acclaimed debut, A Pale View of Hills, Kazuo Ishiguro tells the story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling…

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery · multiple timelines

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    Rejection

    Tony Tulathimutte · Literary Fiction

    From the Whiting and O. Henry–winning author of Private Citizens (“the first great millennial novel,” New York Magazine), an electrifying…

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · cat and mouse · morally grey character

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    The Delusions

    Jenni Fagan · Literary Fiction

    THE BOLD NEW NOVEL FROM THE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE PANOPTICON, LUCKENBOOTH AND OOTLIN '1984 for the afterlife' Irvine Welsh 'Outstanding' Lemn…

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · dystopian society · dark academia · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Love Letters to a Serial Killer

    Tasha Coryell · Mystery & Thriller

    An aimless young woman starts writing to an accused serial killer while he awaits trial and then, once he’s acquitted, decides to move in with him…

    unreliable narrator · psychological thriller · obsessive love · dark romance · cat and mouse

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Murder Bimbo

    Rebecca Novack · Mystery & Thriller

    “Murder Bimbo is Gone Girl for the Luigi Mangione era, and Rebecca Novack is one of our funniest and most acerbic new writers.” —Catherine Lacey,…

    unreliable narrator · psychological thriller · revenge plot · cat and mouse · morally grey character

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    The Examiner

    Janice Hallett · Mystery & Thriller

    Told in emails, text messages, and essays, this unputdownable mystery follows a group of students in an art master’s program that goes dangerously…

    dark academia · psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Last Time I Lied

    Riley Sager · Mystery & Thriller

    "In the new novel from the bestselling author of Final Girls, The Last Time I Lied follows a young woman as she returns to her childhood summer camp…

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · missing person · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

    Mark Haddon · Mystery & Thriller

    This is Christopher's murder mystery story.

    coming of age · unreliable narrator

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    She Didn't See It Coming

    Shari Lapena · Mystery & Thriller

    Bryden and Sam have it all: thriving careers, a smart apartment in a luxury condominium, supportive friends and a cherished daughter.

    psychological thriller · twist ending · unreliable narrator · cat and mouse

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    Fox

    Joyce Carol Oates · Mystery & Thriller

    An “enthralling” (Los Angeles Times) and “remarkably engrossing” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) novel of literary and…

    psychological thriller · missing person · cat and mouse · unreliable narrator

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    I'm Thinking of Ending Things

    Iain Reid · Mystery & Thriller

    *I’m thinking of ending things. Once this thought arrives, it stays. It sticks. It lingers. It’s always there. Always.* *Jake once said,…

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending · cat and mouse

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    No Place Left to Hide

    Megan Lally · Mystery & Thriller

    Some secrets just won't stay hidden in this twisty new thriller from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Megan Lally!

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · survival · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Never Flinch

    Stephen King · Mystery & Thriller

    Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, AV Club, Variety, The Boston Globe, The Minnesota Star Tribune, Vulture,…

    psychological thriller · twist ending · unreliable narrator

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    Madwoman

    Chelsea Bieker · Mystery & Thriller

    'Chelsea Bieker breathes thrilling, risky energy into the familiar trope of the madwoman...

    psychological thriller · trauma recovery · twist ending · unreliable narrator

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Miss Marple

    Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

    Presented for the first time in one volume are all twenty of the short stories featuring Miss Jane Marple, that delightful spinster whose innocent…

    closed circle · psychological thriller · unreliable narrator

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    Count My Lies

    Sophie Stava · Mystery & Thriller

    Sloane Caraway is a liar. Harmless lies, mostly, to make her self-proclaimed sad, little life a bit more interesting. So when Sloane sees a…

    unreliable narrator · psychological thriller · twist ending · revenge plot

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Esther Is Now Following You

    Tanya Sweeney · Mystery & Thriller

    A fresh, funny and deeply affecting thriller novel, about a thirty-something woman who begins stalking a celebrity crush - and about what happens…

    psychological thriller · obsessive love · unreliable narrator · cat and mouse

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Mean Ones

    Tatiana Schlote-Bonne · Horror

    So what if Sadie hears talking dead animals and a strange, comforting male voice in her head?

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery · paranormal romance

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    Tilt

    Emma Pattee · Literary Fiction

    Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence in Fiction A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A USA TODAY Bestseller A Best Book of…

    psychological thriller · twist ending · unreliable narrator

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Monster

    Walter Dean Myers · Literary Fiction

    While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a…

    coming of age · unreliable narrator · psychological thriller · trauma recovery

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    The Beach

    Alex Garland · Literary Fiction

    Een jonge reiziger komt met zijn metgezellen terecht op een verborgen, paradijselijk Thais eiland, dat langzaam aan verandert in een nachtmerrie.

    coming of age · psychological thriller · closed circle · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Coworker

    Freida McFadden · Mystery & Thriller

    **Two women. An office filled with secrets. One terrible crime that can't be taken back.** Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone thinks so at…

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · cat and mouse · missing person

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    His & Hers

    Alice Feeney · Mystery & Thriller

    When a woman is murdered in Blackdown, a quintessential small town, reporter Anna Andrews is reluctant to cover the case.

    psychological thriller · twist ending · unreliable narrator

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    A Killing Cold

    Kate Alice Marshall · Mystery & Thriller

    **A woman invited to her wealthy fiance’s family retreat realizes they are hiding a terrible secret—and that she’s been there before, by the…

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · amnesia · forced proximity

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Final Target

    Nora Roberts · Mystery & Thriller

    A young author becomes the object of a fan’s desire—and rage—in the gripping new thriller by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden…

    psychological thriller · obsessive love · cat and mouse · unreliable narrator

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    The Last Murder at the End of the World

    Stuart Turton · Mystery & Thriller

    Solve the murder to save what's left of the world.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending

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    The Woman in the Window

    A. J. Finn · Mystery & Thriller

    Anna Fox spends her day drinking wine, watching old movies, and spying on her neighbors.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending · locked room

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Slow Horses

    Mick Herron · Mystery & Thriller

    London, England: Slough House is where the washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their failed careers.

    cat and mouse · political intrigue · unreliable narrator

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    The Twyford Code

    Janice Hallett · Mystery & Thriller

    The mysterious connection between a teacher’s disappearance and an unsolved code in a children’s book is explored in this new novel from the “modern…

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending

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    Letters to the Purple Satin Killer

    Joshua Chaplinsky · Mystery & Thriller

    Jonas Williker is considered one of the most sadistic serial murderers of the modern era.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery · cat and mouse

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    The Surrogate Mother cover

    The Surrogate Mother

    · Mystery & Thriller

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Monday's Not Coming

    Tiffany D. Jackson · Mystery & Thriller

    Monday Charles is missing, and only Claudia seems to notice.

    missing person · psychological thriller · trauma recovery · unreliable narrator

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    There Is No Antimemetics Division

    qntm · Sci-Fi

    (from back cover) An antimeme is *an idea with self-censoring properties*; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people…

    cosmic horror · psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending · survival

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    The Invisible Man

    H. G. Wells · Sci-Fi

    The Invisible Man (1897) is a science fiction novel.

    anti hero · morally grey character · unreliable narrator · psychological thriller

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    Overgrowth

    Mira Grant · Sci-Fi

    Day of the Triffids meets Gretchen Felker-Martin's Cuckoo.

    dystopian society · post apocalyptic · unreliable narrator

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    All Hail Chaos

    Sarah Rees Brennan · Fantasy

    SHE TRIED TO FIX HIM. SHE MADE HIM WORSE. Rae is a fantasy reader who's been transported to her favourite fictional world of swords and sorcery,…

    dark academia · grimdark · unreliable narrator · portal fantasy · revenge plot

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit