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Any good psychological horror novels? (lemmy.world)
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I finally started reading books fairly reguraly. I finished A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck and it was the most amazing thing I ever read. I'm currently reading Come Closer by Sara Gran and i'm enjoying it as well. I need suggestions from my favorite Lemmy librophiles. Thank you!

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[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky. The horror is a planned murder, the psychological part is how the murderer goes slowly crazy once the guilt sets in.

[-] Tatar_Nobility@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

I'll do you one better and recommend Dostoevsky's The Double. Way more sinister and eerie, as it deals with schizophrenia.

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I'm intrigued. Russian literature I find especially interesting.

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

I'll give that a shot. Thanks!

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I have a copy. I need to read that one still.

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