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Top authors writing mental illness horror
Veronica Lancet
26 ratings 4.58 ·
book · contemporary · suspense · dark · horror · anti-hero · mystery · fiction · female-mc · abuse · organized-crime · gothic · romance · adult · crime · arranged-marriage · coming-of-age · torture · vigilante · mental-illness
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Tiffany McDaniel
52 ratings 4.21 ·
family · coming-of-age · book · literary-fiction · mystery · fiction · audiobook · dark · historical-fiction · horror · mental-illness · young-adult · racism · contemporary · crime · drama · female-author · killer · poc-author · substance-abuse
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Rowan Altwood
17 ratings 4.18 ·
romance · book · young-adult · mlm · paranormal · historical · historical-fiction · fantasy · mystery · lgbtq · fiction · suspense · friends-to-lovers · mental-illness · slow-burn · found-family · substance-abuse · dark · season-winter · horror
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Stacy Willingham
65 ratings 4.10 ·
psychological · fiction · adult · crime · thriller · book · contemporary · suspense · family · murder · spooky · drama · mental-illness · unreliable-narrator · dark · horror · audiobook · female-mc · mystery · kidnapping
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Michelle Hodkin
179 ratings 3.99 ·
horror · fantasy · fiction · paranormal · young-adult · audiobook · dark · death · supernatural · romance · mystery · book · urban-fantasy · magic · dystopia · contemporary · mental-illness · super-powered · high-school · suspense
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Jennifer Jaynes
77 ratings 3.97 ·
book · fiction · mystery · psychological · suspense · contemporary · audiobook · thriller · crime · mental-illness · young-adult · horror · killer · death · drama · murder · realistic · serial-killers · dark · adult
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Sarah Kane
90 ratings 3.93 ·
drama · female-author · fiction · 20th-century · classics · adult · university · book · contemporary · mental-illness · horror · literary · dark · lgbtq · 21st-century · madness · psychological · suicide · feminism · nihilism
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Liz Nugent
106 ratings 3.90 ·
contemporary · adult · crime · thriller · fiction · mystery · psychological · audiobook · dark · suspense · book · horror · family · drama · female-author · murder · death · historical-fiction · killer · mental-illness
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J.R. Johansson
56 ratings 3.89 ·
law-enforcement · fiction · mystery · book · young-adult · horror · suspense · contemporary · dark · fantasy · supernatural · romance · mental-illness · paranormal · urban-fantasy · action-adventure · family · survival · death · crime
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Dr. Harper
74 ratings 3.89 ·- The Disturbing Incidents at Lonesome Woods Boarding School by Dr. Harper
- I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is a Vegan Terrorist: 6 Deadly Social Media Influencers by Dr. Harper
- I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is In Love with a Pedophile: 6 Patient Files From Prison by Dr. Harper
- I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is Going to be the Next School Shooter: 6 Patient Files That Will Keep You Up At Night by Dr. Harper
horror · audiobook · psychological · mystery · lgbtq · fiction · crime · contemporary · suspense · young-adult · mental-illness · book · true-crime · dark · abuse · anthologies · fantasy · drama · substance-abuse · realistic
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Alex Michaelides
106 ratings 3.89 ·
contemporary · book · suspense · psychological · fiction · thriller · adult · mental-illness · dark-academia · realistic · murder · mystery · spooky · literary-fiction · drama · dark · killer · horror · law-enforcement · crime
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Holly Seddon
41 ratings 3.83 ·
fiction · adult · mental-illness · horror · law-enforcement · audiobook · psychological · female-mc · crime · drama · thriller · book · contemporary · suspense · family · dystopia · death · dark · substance-abuse · secrets
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P.J. Vernon
45 ratings 3.78 ·
adult · fiction · mental-illness · suspense · contemporary · book · thriller · crime · murder · psychological · audiobook · dark · substance-abuse · horror · steamy · mlm · anthologies · family · marriage · male-mc
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Tim Floreen
38 ratings 3.76 ·
action-adventure · young-adult · mental-illness · male-mc · contemporary · lgbtq · mystery · fiction · mlm · book · sci-fi · coming-of-age · suspense · angst · futuristic · bullying · horror · dark · high-school · friendship
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Jackie Morse Kessler
56 ratings 3.73 ·
fantasy · supernatural · fiction · paranormal · young-adult · magic · myths · book · urban-fantasy · action-adventure · family · high-school · horror · dystopia · death · mental-illness · apocalyptic · retellings · female-mc · coming-of-age
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Vincent Ralph
38 ratings 3.71 ·
suspense · book · horror · contemporary · thriller · fiction · young-adult · mystery · audiobook · law-enforcement · crime · mental-illness · psychological · serial-killers · high-school · mind-games · realistic · death · dark · drama
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Derek Milman
28 ratings 3.68 ·
fiction · mystery · horror · young-adult · contemporary · book · lgbtq · humor · thriller · audiobook · mlm · mental-illness · realistic · coming-of-age · romance · supernatural · murder · psychological · spooky · comedy
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Dawn Kurtagich
55 ratings 3.65 ·
young-adult · fiction · fantasy · horror · paranormal · book · supernatural · mystery · audiobook · mental-illness · haunted-places · suspense · spooky · psychological · ghosts · gothic · dark · magic · urban-fantasy · female-mc
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S.K. Tremayne
78 ratings 3.64 ·
audiobook · mystery · psychological · fiction · thriller · adult · crime · book · suspense · horror · spooky · contemporary · mental-illness · amnesia · supernatural · domestic-drama · murder · literary-fiction · gothic · family
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John Darnielle
80 ratings 3.58 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · 21st-century · suspense · mystery · psychological · crime · horror · audiobook · mental-illness · book · realistic · contemporary · spooky · drama · adult · thriller · dark · historical-fiction · male-author
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Brandon Hobson
60 ratings 3.57 ·
fiction · audiobook · poc-mc · indigenous-mc · grief · myths · book · mental-illness · realistic · poc-author · young-adult · retellings · historical-fiction · horror · social-commentary · literary-fiction · fantasy · magical-realism · mystery · lgbtq
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Ottessa Moshfegh
142 ratings 3.56 ·
literary-fiction · 21st-century · adult · fiction · dark · horror · mental-illness · book · female-author · psychological · audiobook · humor · realistic · historical-fiction · contemporary · drama · unreliable-narrator · crime · mystery · historical
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Bryce Gibson
11 ratings 3.55 ·
fiction · young-adult · horror · law-enforcement · book · mental-illness · crime · mystery · psychological · suspense · thriller · classics · season-summer · action-adventure · literary · historical · serial-killers · season-autumn
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Sue Wallman
40 ratings 3.48 ·
book · thriller · contemporary · fiction · murder · mystery · young-adult · law-enforcement · horror · season-summer · crime · mental-illness · realistic · death · grief · killer · action-adventure · plot-twist · family · psychological
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Amy Lukavics
58 ratings 3.47 ·
young-adult · paranormal · fiction · mystery · horror · family · book · suspense · supernatural · spooky · fantasy · mental-illness · female-mc · ghosts · death · historical-fiction · historical · zombies · monsters · gothic
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Stephanie Kuehn
108 ratings 3.46 ·
young-adult · fiction · contemporary · realistic · mental-illness · mystery · book · high-school · horror · suspense · audiobook · dark · psychological · male-mc · poc-author · thriller · friendship · poc-mc · unreliable-narrator · crime
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Sean Olin
34 ratings 3.41 ·
book · realistic · contemporary · suspense · young-adult · mental-illness · horror · mystery · fiction · psychological · death · dark · killer · law-enforcement · crime · thriller · north-america · male-mc · coming-of-age · revenge
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Viola Di Grado
24 ratings 3.33 ·
book · contemporary · fiction · literary-fiction · adult · female-author · mental-illness · psychological · horror · lesbian-mc · family · grief · philosophy · suicide · low-fantasy · lgbtq · romance · supernatural · magical-realism · fantasy
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