Books like American Psycho
12 books with a reading profile close to American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, Mariano Antolín Rato. Deep, growth-minded and open-ended; a moderate read.
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1
Cursed Bunny
by Bora Chung
Also deep and open-ended · horror, literary
Bora Chung's collection of Korean short fiction brings together stories that mix horror, science fiction and fairy-tale cruelty.
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2
Revenge
by Yōko Ogawa
horror, literary
This collection of eleven interlocking short stories functions as a macabre jigsaw puzzle set in contemporary Japan.
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3
Black Hole
Also deep and open-ended · horror, literary
Set in the suburbs of Seattle during the mid-1970s, this graphic novel depicts a group of teenagers who contract a sexually transmitted plague known as the Bug.
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4
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
by Eric LaRocca
Also open-ended · horror, literary
Two women, Agnes and Ashley, meet in an online chat room in the early 2000s and begin an intense correspondence.
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5
Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth
Also deep and open-ended · horror, literary
On April Fools' Day, the inmates of Arkham Asylum seize control of the facility and demand that Batman join them inside.
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6
Paradise Rot
by Jenny Hval
Also deep and open-ended · horror, literary
Jo, a Norwegian biology student, moves into a cavernous, converted brewery in an industrial English town.
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7
Tender Is the Flesh
Also deep and growth-minded · horror, literary
In a world where a sudden virus renders all animal meat lethal, governments legalize "special meat": the breeding and slaughter of humans for systemic consumption.
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8
Lapvona
Also deep and open-ended · horror, literary
In the medieval fiefdom of Lapvona, a deformed boy named Marek survives a life of physical brutality and religious delusion.
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9
Asterios Polyp
Also deep · psychology, literary
Asterios Polyp is a high-concept architect who has never seen one of his blueprints actually constructed.
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10
Homesick for Another World
psychology, literary
Ottessa Moshfegh’s short story collection tracks the internal lives of social outcasts, addicts, and neighborhood creeps inhabiting gritty urban landscapes and neglected suburbs.
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11
Haunted
horror, literary
Twenty-three people answer an ad for a writers' retreat in an abandoned theater, expecting a quiet place to work.
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12
Geek Love
Also open-ended · horror, literary
Aloysius Binewski and his wife Crystal Lil deliberately breed a family of human oddities by ingesting toxic chemicals and radioactive isotopes during pregnancy.
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