Books like Icarus Girl, The
12 books with a reading profile close to Icarus Girl, The by Helen Oyeyemi. Inward-looking and open-ended; a moderate read.
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The Last House on Needless Street
Also inward-looking and open-ended · horror, psychology
In a boarded-up house at the end of a dead-end street, Ted Corden lives in isolation with his daughter, Lauren, and his religious cat, Olivia.
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
Also inward-looking · horror, psychology
Gabriel Utterson, a London lawyer, investigates the connection between his respected friend Dr.
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things
by Iain Reid
Also inward-looking and open-ended · horror, psychology
The story begins with a young woman traveling with her boyfriend, Jake, to meet his parents at their secluded farmhouse.
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Dolores Claiborne
by Stephen King
Also inward-looking · horror, psychology
Set in the interrogation room of a Maine police station, the story is delivered as a continuous, unbroken monologue by Dolores Claiborne.
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The Cement Garden
by Ian McEwan
Also inward-looking · horror, psychology
Jack is fourteen when his father dies of a heart attack while laying cement in the garden, and a few months later his mother dies too.
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A Head Full of Ghosts
horror, psychology
The Barrett family struggles as fourteen-year-old Marjorie exhibits symptoms of schizophrenia, which their father, motivated by financial desperation and religious fervor, eventually interprets as demonic possession.
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A Sunny Place for Shady People
horror, literary
In this 2024 collection of short fiction, Enriquez documents the intersection of architectural decay and supernatural intrusion throughout Argentina and beyond.
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Lisey's Story
by Stephen King
Also inward-looking · horror, psychology
Two years after the death of her husband, famous novelist Scott Landon, Lisey remains entangled in the complex remnants of their marriage.
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The Black Cat
Also inward-looking and open-ended · horror, literary
The story follows an unnamed narrator who undergoes a psychological breakdown fueled by chronic alcoholism.
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American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis, Mariano Antolín Rato
Also open-ended · horror, psychology
Set in the consumerist landscape of late-1980s Manhattan, the story follows Patrick Bateman, a young investment banker obsessed with high-end designer brands, rigid grooming routines, and the precise acoustics of pop mu…
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Geek Love
Also inward-looking and 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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