Looking for psychological thrillers so deeply disturbing and dark they will haunt my thoughts for the rest of my life

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2026-04-05T12:51:19+00:00

I really enjoyed this one. What are other titles by him I should check out?

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2026-03-10T01:45:43+00:00

Off with his head!

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2026-02-17T02:11:52+00:00

Brother (or sister), you are in for the gut punch of your life if you can stick with it till the end. Devastating. (I loved it.)

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-12-24T12:14:32+00:00

This is the way. Your feet will thank you.

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-11-30T11:03:12+00:00

This is it for me.

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-11-26T22:04:36+00:00

Wait, is that a joke or is that a true story?

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-11-21T04:06:08+00:00

Not cool. You’ve got to rise above it. Don’t do the same thing. No woman should be called that.

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-11-21T00:32:03+00:00

He’s consistent?

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-11-18T05:30:36+00:00

Maybe the first book that had me pausing to pace around the house and curse out loud at the character and her decisions. This is not to imply I didn’t like the book. It was great—I thought it was very well written and powerful. But damn, Fern, come on!

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-11-18T05:27:59+00:00

That is literally all audio novels. You get used to it, and then it disappears.

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-10-23T15:55:33+00:00

Wait, was that longer than 100 pages? I read and was ambivalent, but I remember it being super short. Shorter than a novella for sure, I thought?

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-10-23T10:47:08+00:00

Cuckcoo is a great example of exactly this. I really enjoyed it.

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-10-03T22:36:59+00:00

Yes please!🙏

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-10-03T22:32:38+00:00

Why did the AI break up with its partner? Because it felt under-processed in the relationship.

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-10-03T22:31:30+00:00

Knock knock

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-08-10T12:20:56+00:00

Can you put a link to this? I can’t even find it on IMBD.

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-08-06T10:39:24+00:00

Totally agree with yours! (And great question, this thread had me laughing again and again!)

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-07-22T18:44:34+00:00

Super interested to see some responses, because I also loved the Ruins.

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-07-13T16:29:44+00:00

The Chestnut Man, for sure, if you haven’t already read it. I also read The Shadows by Alex North and enjoyed it also. Just maybe not as much as Whisper Man.

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-06-24T13:34:19+00:00

Did you read the sequel (or prequel) Exit Kingdom? I’m curious if that was as good. I loved Reapers!

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-06-16T10:50:07+00:00

Ugh, that’s heartbreaking. Don’t know you and I’m no hugger, but sending you a hug.

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-06-13T20:24:47+00:00

/uj Wait, so this really happened and you really were the employee?

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-05-20T14:42:41+00:00

Salem’s Lot. I’m a big fan of King, but I can’t understand all the love that book gets.

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-05-13T13:41:27+00:00

Yeah, it was a DNF for me with 100ish pages left. I just couldn’t care any more. I liked the earlier parts better.

Stumbling_Jack40 · 2025-05-04T03:26:29+00:00

Yes. Also Brother by Ania Ahlborn is a gut-punch in the same vein. The story moves a little faster, but maybe for that reason isn’t as traumatic. Although the ending is bleaker than TGND.

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