Books like…

Books Like Diary

by Chuck Palahniuk · about this book

Loved Diary by Chuck Palahniuk? If its psychological horror, diary format and artist protagonist hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with We Used to Live Here, I'm Thinking of Ending Things and House of Leaves. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Diary: Psychological Horror · Diary Format · Artist Protagonist · Dark · Female Lead

1. 

   We Used to Live Here

   Marcus Kliewer

   Psychological Horror · Isolated Location Horror · Unreliable Narrator · Twisty · Horror

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2. 

   I'm Thinking of Ending Things

   Iain Reid

   Psychological Horror · Isolated Location Horror · Horror · Twisty · Unreliable Narrator

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3. 

   House of Leaves

   Mark Z. Danielewski

   Psychological Horror · Isolated Location Horror · Unreliable Narrator · Horror · Twisty

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4. 

   The Hollow Places

   T. Kingfisher

   Isolated Location Horror · Island · Horror · Dark Comedy · Tense and Suspenseful

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5. 

   Mexican Gothic

   Silvia Moreno-Garcia

   Cult Horror · Isolated Location Horror · Psychological Horror · Horror · Dark

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   The Eyes Are the Best Part

   Monika Kim

   Psychological Horror · Unreliable Narrator · Horror · Intense · Dark Comedy

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7. 

   The Turn of the Key

   Ruth Ware

   Unreliable Narrator · Isolated Location Horror · Twisty · Tense and Suspenseful · Horror

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8. 

   Gone Girl

   Gillian Flynn

   Diary Format · Unreliable Narrator · Twisty · Dark Comedy · Dark

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9. 

   Cold Eternity

   S.A. Barnes

   Psychological Horror · Isolated Location Horror · Horror · Twisty · Tense and Suspenseful

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10. 

    The Shining

    Stephen King

    Psychological Horror · Isolated Location Horror · Horror · Intense · Dark

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11. 

    Don't Let the Forest In

    C.G. Drews

    Psychological Horror · Artist Protagonist · Unreliable Narrator · Horror · Twisty

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12. 

    Tender Is the Flesh

    Agustina Bazterrica

    Psychological Horror · Satire · Horror · Twisty · Intense

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13. 

    The House Across the Lake

    Riley Sager

    Unreliable Narrator · Isolated Location Horror · Twisty · Tense and Suspenseful · Female Lead

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14. 

    Come Closer

    Sara Gran

    Psychological Horror · Unreliable Narrator · Horror · Dark · Female Lead

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15. 

    Little Darlings

    Melanie Golding

    Unreliable Narrator · Horror · Twisty · Tense and Suspenseful · Dark

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16. 

    The Egyptologist

    Arthur Phillips

    Diary Format · Satire · Dark Comedy · Twisty · Unreliable Narrator

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17. 

    Something in the Water

    Catherine Steadman

    Island · Twisty · Unreliable Narrator · Conspiracy · Tense and Suspenseful

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18. 

    Horror Movie

    Paul Tremblay

    Psychological Horror · Unreliable Narrator · Horror · Twisty · Dark

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19. 

    Never Lie

    Freida McFadden

    Unreliable Narrator · Twisty · Isolated Location Horror · Tense and Suspenseful · Female Lead

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20. 

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Robert Louis Stevenson

    Psychological Horror · Horror · Tense and Suspenseful · Dark · Epistolary Format

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