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Top authors writing mental illness horror
Veronica Lancet
26 ratings 4.58 ·
gothic · crime · adult · fiction · mystery · abuse · female-mc · organized-crime · romance · anti-hero · dark · horror · suspense · book · contemporary · age-gap · mental-illness · justice · vigilante · torture
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Tiffany McDaniel
52 ratings 4.21 ·
audiobook · dark · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · mystery · fiction · coming-of-age · book · family · horror · crime · drama · female-author · racism · contemporary · mental-illness · young-adult · paranormal · spirituality · historical
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Rowan Altwood
17 ratings 4.18 ·
romance · mystery · lgbtq · fiction · fantasy · historical-fiction · historical · mlm · paranormal · young-adult · book · supernatural · spooky · ghosts · gothic · dark · substance-abuse · season-winter · horror · found-family
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Stacy Willingham
65 ratings 4.10 ·
contemporary · book · suspense · fiction · psychological · thriller · adult · crime · drama · horror · dark · audiobook · spooky · family · murder · unreliable-narrator · mental-illness · kidnapping · killer · louisiana
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Michelle Hodkin
179 ratings 3.99 ·
horror · fantasy · fiction · young-adult · paranormal · audiobook · death · dark · mystery · supernatural · romance · book · urban-fantasy · dystopia · magic · contemporary · mental-illness · super-powered · high-school · suspense
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Jennifer Jaynes
77 ratings 3.97 ·
fiction · book · mystery · psychological · thriller · crime · audiobook · contemporary · suspense · drama · horror · killer · death · young-adult · mental-illness · murder · adult · dark · serial-killers · realistic
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Sarah Kane
90 ratings 3.93 ·
drama · female-author · fiction · 20th-century · classics · adult · university · book · contemporary · mental-illness · horror · literary · dark · lgbtq · 21st-century · madness · psychological · suicide · feminism · nihilism
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Liz Nugent
106 ratings 3.90 ·
fiction · mystery · psychological · thriller · adult · crime · dark · audiobook · contemporary · book · suspense · horror · family · female-author · murder · historical-fiction · killer · drama · death · mental-illness
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J.R. Johansson
56 ratings 3.89 ·
book · mystery · fiction · law-enforcement · young-adult · horror · suspense · contemporary · fantasy · romance · supernatural · dark · mental-illness · urban-fantasy · paranormal · crime · psychological · death · survival · action-adventure
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Dr. Harper
74 ratings 3.89 ·- The Disturbing Incidents at Lonesome Woods Boarding School by Dr. Harper
- I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is a Vegan Terrorist: 6 Deadly Social Media Influencers by Dr. Harper
- I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is In Love with a Pedophile: 6 Patient Files From Prison by Dr. Harper
- I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is Going to be the Next School Shooter: 6 Patient Files That Will Keep You Up At Night by Dr. Harper
mystery · audiobook · horror · crime · lgbtq · fiction · psychological · young-adult · suspense · contemporary · mental-illness · dark · true-crime · book · drama · fantasy · anthologies · abuse · romantic-love · substance-abuse
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Alex Michaelides
106 ratings 3.89 ·
suspense · psychological · contemporary · book · thriller · adult · fiction · murder · mystery · dark-academia · realistic · mental-illness · 21st-century · audiobook · horror · law-enforcement · dark · killer · drama · literary-fiction
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Holly Seddon
41 ratings 3.83 ·
fiction · adult · female-mc · psychological · thriller · law-enforcement · horror · crime · drama · audiobook · family · mental-illness · contemporary · book · suspense · mystery · female-author · literary-fiction · kidnapping · substance-abuse
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P.J. Vernon
45 ratings 3.78 ·
fiction · adult · book · thriller · contemporary · suspense · mental-illness · horror · dark · substance-abuse · audiobook · murder · psychological · crime · male-mc · womens-fiction · marriage · family · anthologies · mlm
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Tim Floreen
38 ratings 3.76 ·
contemporary · male-mc · action-adventure · young-adult · mental-illness · mystery · lgbtq · fiction · sci-fi · book · suspense · coming-of-age · mlm · dark · horror · bullying · friendship · high-school · angst · futuristic
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Jackie Morse Kessler
56 ratings 3.73 ·
fiction · supernatural · fantasy · young-adult · paranormal · magic · book · myths · urban-fantasy · mental-illness · dystopia · death · horror · high-school · action-adventure · family · apocalyptic · retellings · female-mc · coming-of-age
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Vincent Ralph
38 ratings 3.71 ·
suspense · book · horror · contemporary · thriller · fiction · young-adult · mystery · audiobook · law-enforcement · crime · mental-illness · psychological · serial-killers · high-school · mind-games · realistic · death · dark · drama
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Derek Milman
28 ratings 3.68 ·
young-adult · contemporary · book · fiction · mystery · horror · mlm · mental-illness · realistic · coming-of-age · lgbtq · humor · thriller · audiobook · male-author · family · action-adventure · connecticut · male-mc · north-america
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Dawn Kurtagich
55 ratings 3.65 ·
horror · fiction · fantasy · young-adult · audiobook · mystery · supernatural · book · paranormal · dark · magic · spooky · psychological · ghosts · gothic · haunted-places · suspense · mental-illness · female-mc · lgbtq
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S.K. Tremayne
78 ratings 3.64 ·
book · suspense · mystery · psychological · fiction · thriller · adult · crime · audiobook · mental-illness · contemporary · spooky · horror · family · amnesia · supernatural · domestic-drama · murder · literary-fiction · gothic
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John Darnielle
80 ratings 3.58 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · 21st-century · mystery · psychological · crime · horror · audiobook · mental-illness · realistic · contemporary · book · suspense · spooky · thriller · drama · adult · dark · historical-fiction · male-author
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Brandon Hobson
60 ratings 3.57 ·
fiction · indigenous-mc · poc-mc · audiobook · poc-author · mental-illness · young-adult · book · realistic · grief · fantasy · literary-fiction · myths · social-commentary · mystery · magical-realism · retellings · historical-fiction · horror · substance-abuse
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Ottessa Moshfegh
142 ratings 3.56 ·
dark · fiction · adult · 21st-century · literary-fiction · audiobook · psychological · female-author · book · mental-illness · horror · historical-fiction · realistic · humor · contemporary · feminism · historical · mystery · drama · crime
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Bryce Gibson
11 ratings 3.55 ·
book · horror · law-enforcement · young-adult · fiction · suspense · crime · mental-illness · mystery · psychological · literary · historical · serial-killers · season-autumn · thriller · action-adventure · season-summer · classics
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Sue Wallman
40 ratings 3.48 ·
murder · mystery · fiction · young-adult · thriller · book · contemporary · season-summer · crime · mental-illness · law-enforcement · horror · action-adventure · family · psychological · plot-twist · children-books · death · realistic · grief
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Amy Lukavics
58 ratings 3.47 ·
fiction · paranormal · young-adult · horror · mystery · suspense · book · family · fantasy · supernatural · spooky · mental-illness · historical · death · historical-fiction · ghosts · female-mc · monsters · zombies · audiobook
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Stephanie Kuehn
108 ratings 3.46 ·
young-adult · fiction · contemporary · realistic · mental-illness · mystery · book · high-school · horror · suspense · audiobook · dark · psychological · male-mc · poc-author · thriller · friendship · poc-mc · unreliable-narrator · crime
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Sean Olin
34 ratings 3.41 ·
contemporary · book · realistic · suspense · young-adult · mental-illness · horror · fiction · mystery · psychological · law-enforcement · dark · killer · death · thriller · crime · male-mc · north-america · incest · revenge
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Viola Di Grado
24 ratings 3.33 ·
fiction · adult · literary-fiction · female-author · book · contemporary · psychological · horror · mental-illness · low-fantasy · lgbtq · magical-realism · philosophy · supernatural · romance · female-mc · fantasy · gothic · ghosts · womens-fiction
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