Thriller > Psychological Thriller
The Terminal Man
by Michael Crichton
Harry Benson suffers from violent seizures. The surgery is successful, but while Benson is in recovery, he discovers how to trigger the pulses himself. To make matters worse his violent impulses have only grown, and he soon escapes the hospital with a deadly agenda. . .
Year: 1972
Genre: Medical Thriller, Psychological Thriller
Red Dragon
by Thomas Harris
FBI agent Will Graham once risked his sanity to capture Hannibal Lecter, an ingenious killer like no other. Now, he's following the bloodstained pattern of the Tooth Fairy, a madman who's already wiped out two families. To find him, Graham has to understand him. To understand him, Graham has only one place left to go: the mind of Dr. Lecter.
Year: 1981
Genre: Psychological Thriller, Serial Killer
The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris
FBI trainee Clarice Starling is given an assignment. She must visit a man confined to a high-security facility for the criminally insane and interview him. That man, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, is a former psychiatrist with unusual tastes and an intense curiosity about the darker corners of the mind.
Year: 1988
Genre: FBI, Psychological Thriller, Serial Killer
Gerald's Game
by Stephen King
When a game of seduction between a husband and wife ends in death, the nightmare has only begun...
Year: 1992
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Just One Look
by Harlan Coben
An ordinary snapshot causes a mother's world to unravel in bestselling author Harlan Coben's shocking thriller.
Year: 2004
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Sharp Objects
by Gillian Flynn
Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story--and survive this homecoming.
Year: 2006
Genre: Psychological Thriller
