Books Like Misery

Loved Misery by Stephen King? If its writer protagonist, psychological horror and psychological manipulation hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with I'm Thinking of Ending Things, The Summer I Died and Brother. 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 Misery: Writer Protagonist · Psychological Horror · Psychological Manipulation · Kidnapping Plot · Tense and Suspenseful

I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Iain Reid

Psychological Horror · Psychological Thriller · Isolated Location Horror · Horror · Bleak

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The Summer I Died
Ryan C. Thomas

Bleak · Survival Story · Isolated Location Horror · Torture · Intense

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Brother
Ania Ahlborn

Psychological Horror · Bleak · Torture · Intense · Psychological Manipulation

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Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn

Psychological Manipulation · Psychological Thriller · Tense and Suspenseful · Crime · Thriller

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We Used to Live Here
Marcus Kliewer

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

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Hunting Adeline
H D Carlton

Stalker · Kidnapping Plot · Torture · Intense · Thriller

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MPD Psycho, Vol. 1
Eiji Otsuka, Sho-u Tajima

Psychological Horror · Psychological Thriller · Horror · Torture · Intense

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Pretty Girls
Karin Slaughter

Psychological Thriller · Torture · Kidnapping Plot · Intense · Tense and Suspenseful

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None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell

Stalker · Psychological Thriller · Psychological Manipulation · Tense and Suspenseful · Crime

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Kiss the Girls
James Patterson

Kidnapping Plot · Tense and Suspenseful · Intense · Torture · Thriller

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The Housemaid
Freida McFadden

Psychological Thriller · Psychological Manipulation · Tense and Suspenseful · Torture · Thriller

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The Eyes Are the Best Part
Monika Kim

Psychological Horror · Horror · Intense · Thriller · First Person Narrator

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NO EXIT
Taylor Adams

Kidnapping Plot · Tense and Suspenseful · Intense · Isolated Location Horror · Survival Story

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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson

Tense and Suspenseful · Psychological Thriller · Psychological Manipulation · Thriller · First Person Narrator

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Verity
Colleen Hoover

Writer Protagonist · Psychological Thriller · Psychological Manipulation · Tense and Suspenseful · Thriller

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The Kind Worth Killing
Peter Swanson

Psychological Thriller · Tense and Suspenseful · Psychological Manipulation · Thriller · Crime

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The Birthday Party
Laurent Mauvignier

Psychological Thriller · Tense and Suspenseful · Thriller · Intense · Psychological Manipulation

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Don't Look for Me
Wendy Walker

Psychological Thriller · Kidnapping Plot · Tense and Suspenseful · Intense · Thriller

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The Invention of Sound
Chuck Palahniuk

Torture · Bleak · Psychological Horror · Thriller · Horror

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In the Woods
Tana French

Psychological Thriller · Psychological Manipulation · Thriller · First Person Narrator · Bleak

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