Psychological Fiction

Psychological fiction is a work of prose fiction which places more than the usual amount of emphasis on interior characterization, and on the motives, circumstances, and internal action which springs from, and develops, external action. The psychological novel is not content to state what happens but goes on to explain the motivation of this action. In this type of writing character and characterization are more than usually important, and they often delve deeper into the mind of a character than novels of other genres.

An Ishmael of Syria
The Silent Patient
The Secret History
Crime and Punishment
The Bell Jar
My Dark Vanessa
The Girl on the Train
Lord of the Flies
Gone Girl
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
The Vegetarian
Normal People
Yellowface
Outline by Rachel CuskMy Husband by Maud VenturaIndiana by George SandCocoon by Zhang YueranGilead by Marilynne Robinson
Winter Books for Quiet Transformation
107 books — 4 voters
The Mountain Pass by Tamara Ann SparbyI Don’t Trust You by Ken Saik
Psychological Mystery Novels
2 books — 2 voters

Man Alone by Jack RemickA List of Cages by Robin RoeStill Alice by Lisa GenovaThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Psychological or Neuroscience Fiction
198 books — 48 voters
Interview with the Vampire by Anne RiceThe Secret History by Donna TarttWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Little Stranger by Sarah WatersPiranesi by Susanna Clarke
Atmospheric Gothic Novels
10 books — 1 voter

Guillermo Saccomanno
Le gusta pensar que él, a pesar de su carácter manso, puede ser, dada la circunstancia, feroz. Si se le presentara la circunstancia, podría ser otro.
Guillermo Saccomanno, El oficinista

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Kathy Martone, Victorian Songlight: The Birthings of Magic & Mystery

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