😈 Psychopath

Books that probe the chilling reality of psychopathy — the charm without empathy, the calculation without conscience — drawing readers into one of psychology's most unsettling character studies.

The Mask of Sanity

by Hervey M. Cleckley • 1941

Intelligent, charming, incapable of love or remorse. The study that first defined psychopathy.

3.99

1k+

🧠 Clinical Psychopathy 📋 Personality Disorders 💔 Empathy Deficits

The Mask of Sanity 90%

Intelligent, charming, incapable of love or remorse. The study that first defined psychopathy.

by Hervey M. Cleckley 1941

3.99

1k+ ratings

🧠 Clinical Psychopathy 📋 Personality Disorders 💔 Empathy Deficits

La psicopatia

by Robert D. Hare • 2018

Rational, not psychotic: the clinical tool that separates true psychopaths from ordinary offenders.

4.21

🏛️ Forensic Psychology 📋 Clinical Assessment 🧠 Psychopathy

La psicopatia 90%

Rational, not psychotic: the clinical tool that separates true psychopaths from ordinary offenders.

by Robert D. Hare 2018

4.21

28 ratings

🏛️ Forensic Psychology 📋 Clinical Assessment 🧠 Psychopathy

The Mask of Sanity

by Jacob M. Appel • 2017

A respected doctor discovers his wife's affair, and his own talent for getting away with murder.

3.80

613

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Sociopath Protagonist 🔪 Serial Killer Pov

The Mask of Sanity 90%

A respected doctor discovers his wife's affair, and his own talent for getting away with murder.

by Jacob M. Appel 2017

3.80

613 ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Sociopath Protagonist 🔪 Serial Killer Pov

Without Conscience

by Robert D. Hare • 1993

Twenty percent of prisoners are psychopaths. More wear suits. The expert's guide to spotting them.

4.06

13k+

🧠 Psychopathy 🔍 Forensic Psychology 🚫 Antisocial Personality

Without Conscience 90%

Twenty percent of prisoners are psychopaths. More wear suits. The expert's guide to spotting them.

by Robert D. Hare 1993

4.06

13k+ ratings

🧠 Psychopathy 🔍 Forensic Psychology 🚫 Antisocial Personality

Bad Men Do what Good Men Dream

by Robert I. Simon • 1996

The monsters in the news are not a different species: they are you, minus restraint.

3.77

230

🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🔍 Criminal Psychology 💔 Empathy Deficits

Bad Men Do what Good Men Dream 89%

The monsters in the news are not a different species: they are you, minus restraint.

by Robert I. Simon 1996

3.77

230 ratings

🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🔍 Criminal Psychology 💔 Empathy Deficits

The Psychopath Whisperer

by Kent A. Kiehl • 2014

Psychopaths share a brain deficit visible by childhood, discovered inside prison with a mobile MRI.

4.07

4k+

🏛️ Forensic Psychology 🧠 Neurocriminology 🎭 Antisocial Personality

The Psychopath Whisperer 89%

Psychopaths share a brain deficit visible by childhood, discovered inside prison with a mobile MRI.

by Kent A. Kiehl 2014

4.07

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Forensic Psychology 🧠 Neurocriminology 🎭 Antisocial Personality

Snakes in Suits

by Paul Babiak • 2006

Nearly one in thirty executives is a psychopath, and charm is their favorite credential.

3.68

4k+

🏢 Corporate Psychopaths 🎭 Manipulation Tactics 🧠 Psychopathy Assessment

Snakes in Suits 89%

Nearly one in thirty executives is a psychopath, and charm is their favorite credential.

by Paul Babiak 2006

3.68

4k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Psychopaths 🎭 Manipulation Tactics 🧠 Psychopathy Assessment

The Psychopath Next Door

by Mark Edwards • 2025

A vengeful ex-con moves next door and finds a kindred spirit in a family's twelve-year-old daughter.

3.95

28k+

🏡 Psychopath Neighbor 🔪 Female Psychopath 🕸️ Twisted Mentorship

The Psychopath Next Door 89%

A vengeful ex-con moves next door and finds a kindred spirit in a family's twelve-year-old daughter.

by Mark Edwards 2025

3.95

28k+ ratings

🏡 Psychopath Neighbor 🔪 Female Psychopath 🕸️ Twisted Mentorship

One

by Paulina Ian-Kane • 2023

A forensic pathologist craves blood. A psychopath craves him. A serial killer wants them both dead.

4.01

4k+

🧠 Psychopath Hero 🖤 Obsessive Love 🏠 Found Family

One 89%

A forensic pathologist craves blood. A psychopath craves him. A serial killer wants them both dead.

by Paulina Ian-Kane 2023

4.01

4k+ ratings

🧠 Psychopath Hero 🖤 Obsessive Love 🏠 Found Family

La Leçon du mal

by Yusuke Kishi • 2022

At a Japanese high school, the star teacher locks the doors. His lesson plan: a massacre.

3.59

1k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🎭 Charismatic Psychopath 🏫 Japanese High School

La Leçon du mal 89%

At a Japanese high school, the star teacher locks the doors. His lesson plan: a massacre.

by Yusuke Kishi 2022

3.59

1k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🎭 Charismatic Psychopath 🏫 Japanese High School

Full Brutal

by Kristopher Triana • 2018

When a cheerleader seduces her teacher, his shame becomes an addiction she'll kill to feed.

3.93

4k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🦴 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism

Full Brutal 89%

When a cheerleader seduces her teacher, his shame becomes an addiction she'll kill to feed.

by Kristopher Triana 2018

3.93

4k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🦴 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism

The Psychopath Inside

by James Fallon • 2013

A neuroscientist studied killers' brain scans and found one that matched his own.

3.50

6k+

🧠 Psychopathy Research 🔍 Forensic Psychology 💔 Empathy And Emotion

The Psychopath Inside 89%

A neuroscientist studied killers' brain scans and found one that matched his own.

by James Fallon 2013

3.50

6k+ ratings

🧠 Psychopathy Research 🔍 Forensic Psychology 💔 Empathy And Emotion

Inside the Criminal Mind

by Stanton E. Samenow • 1984

The criminal is not a victim; he is a calculating architect who genuinely sees himself as decent.

3.77

2k+

🧠 Criminal Psychology ⚖️ Forensic Psychology 🎭 Psychopathy

Inside the Criminal Mind 89%

The criminal is not a victim; he is a calculating architect who genuinely sees himself as decent.

by Stanton E. Samenow 1984

3.77

2k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology ⚖️ Forensic Psychology 🎭 Psychopathy

Talking With Psychopaths and Savages

by Christopher Berry-Dee • 2017

Serial killers lack the brain wiring for empathy. Thirty interviews show what fills the void.

2.98

8k+

🔪 Serial Killers 🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔬 Psychopathy Research

Talking With Psychopaths and Savages Summary

Talking With Psychopaths and Savages 89%

Serial killers lack the brain wiring for empathy. Thirty interviews show what fills the void.

by Christopher Berry-Dee 2017

2.98

8k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killers 🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔬 Psychopathy Research

Satan's Affair

by H.D. Carlton • 2021

A traveling haunted house hides a woman who executes predators. Her only friends may not exist.

3.71

156k+

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 💀 Extreme Horror

Satan's Affair 89%

A traveling haunted house hides a woman who executes predators. Her only friends may not exist.

by H.D. Carlton 2021

3.71

156k+ ratings

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 💀 Extreme Horror

The Sociopath Next Door

by Martha Stout • 2005

One in 25 people have no conscience. The most charming are the most dangerous.

3.77

39k+

🧠 Personality Disorders ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🎭 Manipulation Tactics

The Sociopath Next Door 89%

One in 25 people have no conscience. The most charming are the most dangerous.

by Martha Stout 2005

3.77

39k+ ratings

🧠 Personality Disorders ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🎭 Manipulation Tactics

Cruel Malady

by Trisha Wolfe • 2023

She hunts abusive men. He wants to cure her psychopathy. Their obsession becomes the experiment.

3.81

674

🧠 Psychopath Heroine ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 💀 Mutual Obsession

Cruel Malady 89%

She hunts abusive men. He wants to cure her psychopathy. Their obsession becomes the experiment.

by Trisha Wolfe 2023

3.81

674 ratings

🧠 Psychopath Heroine ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 💀 Mutual Obsession

Outsmarting the Sociopath Next Door

by Martha Stout • 2020

They mimic feelings they don't have. The red flags and responses that keep you safe.

3.97

964

🧠 Personality Disorders 🎭 Manipulation Tactics 🛡️ Emotional Self-Defense

Outsmarting the Sociopath Next Door Summary

Outsmarting the Sociopath Next Door 88%

They mimic feelings they don't have. The red flags and responses that keep you safe.

by Martha Stout 2020

3.97

964 ratings

🧠 Personality Disorders 🎭 Manipulation Tactics 🛡️ Emotional Self-Defense

Order of Assassins

by Colin Wilson • 1972

Violence as self-fulfillment: how stagnation and passivity breed the modern assassin.

3.69

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔍 Psychological True Crime 💭 Existential Psychology

Order of Assassins 88%

Violence as self-fulfillment: how stagnation and passivity breed the modern assassin.

by Colin Wilson 1972

3.69

64 ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔍 Psychological True Crime 💭 Existential Psychology

5150, rue des Ormes

by Patrick Senécal • 1994

A student crashes his bike and finds a family that collects the guilty as trophies.

4.08

7k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🚪 Locked-Room Horror 🔗 Stockholm Syndrome

5150, rue des Ormes 88%

A student crashes his bike and finds a family that collects the guilty as trophies.

by Patrick Senécal 1994

4.08

7k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🚪 Locked-Room Horror 🔗 Stockholm Syndrome

Confessions

by Kanae Minato • 2008

A middle school teacher uses her final homeroom to announce she poisoned her daughter's two killers.

3.93

87k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Revenge Thriller 🏮 Japanese Noir

Confessions 88%

A middle school teacher uses her final homeroom to announce she poisoned her daughter's two killers.

by Kanae Minato 2008

3.93

87k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Revenge Thriller 🏮 Japanese Noir

Bulfinch's Mythology

by Thomas Bulfinch • 1855

The professor is a decoy. The psychopath she married planned it all before he died.

4.14

12k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🕯️ Dark Academia 🎭 Hidden Villains

Bulfinch's Mythology 88%

The professor is a decoy. The psychopath she married planned it all before he died.

by Thomas Bulfinch 1855

4.14

12k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🕯️ Dark Academia 🎭 Hidden Villains

Senseless

by Ronald Malfi • 2025

A widowed detective chases a desert mutilator into the orbit of a crumbling Hollywood family.

3.83

3k+

🕵️ Serial Killer 🧠 Psychological Horror 📖 Cursed Object

Senseless 88%

A widowed detective chases a desert mutilator into the orbit of a crumbling Hollywood family.

by Ronald Malfi 2025

3.83

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Serial Killer 🧠 Psychological Horror 📖 Cursed Object

The Gates of Janus

by Ian Brady • 2001

From prison, the Moors Murderer argues morality is rigged, and his own crimes are the proof.

3.61

511

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔪 Serial Murder 🎭 Offender Profiling

The Gates of Janus 88%

From prison, the Moors Murderer argues morality is rigged, and his own crimes are the proof.

by Ian Brady 2001

3.61

511 ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔪 Serial Murder 🎭 Offender Profiling

Red Dragon

by Thomas Harris • 2000

A haunted ex-profiler returns to catch a family-killer who begins stalking him instead.

4.07

380k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Serial Killer Profiling 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game

Red Dragon 88%

A haunted ex-profiler returns to catch a family-killer who begins stalking him instead.

by Thomas Harris 2000

4.07

380k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Serial Killer Profiling 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game

Confessions Of A Cannibal

by Robert Keller • 2015

A detective planted a lie in the newspaper. The cannibal mailed back his recipe.

3.99

374

🔪 Serial Killers 🍖 Cannibalism 📰 Classic True Crime

Confessions Of A Cannibal 88%

A detective planted a lie in the newspaper. The cannibal mailed back his recipe.

by Robert Keller 2015

3.99

374 ratings

🔪 Serial Killers 🍖 Cannibalism 📰 Classic True Crime

Surrounded by Psychopaths

by Thomas Erikson • 2017

Your personality type is a manipulator's playbook. The four-step defense they never see coming.

3.55

10k+

👔 Corporate Psychopathy 🕶️ Dark Psychology 🎨 Personality Types

Surrounded by Psychopaths 88%

Your personality type is a manipulator's playbook. The four-step defense they never see coming.

by Thomas Erikson 2017

3.55

10k+ ratings

👔 Corporate Psychopathy 🕶️ Dark Psychology 🎨 Personality Types

Hidden Bodies

by Caroline Kepnes • 2016

Robbed by a lover, a bookseller follows her to Hollywood, where someone even more consuming awaits.

3.75

94k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Hidden Bodies 88%

Robbed by a lover, a bookseller follows her to Hollywood, where someone even more consuming awaits.

by Caroline Kepnes 2016

3.75

94k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

The Dark Side of the Mind

by Kerry Daynes • 2019

A forensic psychologist spends her career studying stalkers, until one starts hunting her.

4.02

8k+

🧠 Forensic Psychology 🔍 True Crime Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma

The Dark Side of the Mind 88%

A forensic psychologist spends her career studying stalkers, until one starts hunting her.

by Kerry Daynes 2019

4.02

8k+ ratings

🧠 Forensic Psychology 🔍 True Crime Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma

The Psychopath Test

by Jon Ronson • 2011

A journalist learns to spot psychopaths. Then the checklist starts spotting him.

3.95

158k+

🧠 Forensic Psychology 📰 Investigative Journalism 🎭 Psychopathy

The Psychopath Test 88%

A journalist learns to spot psychopaths. Then the checklist starts spotting him.

by Jon Ronson 2011

3.95

158k+ ratings

🧠 Forensic Psychology 📰 Investigative Journalism 🎭 Psychopathy

A Certain Hunger

by Chelsea G. Summers • 2019

A food critic with a secret menu of lovers; her next course could be her last.

3.70

69k+

🔪 Female Serial Killer 🍴 Culinary Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror

A Certain Hunger 88%

A food critic with a secret menu of lovers; her next course could be her last.

by Chelsea G. Summers 2019

3.70

69k+ ratings

🔪 Female Serial Killer 🍴 Culinary Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror

The Anatomy of Motive

by John E. Douglas • 1999

Motive catches killers before evidence does. The FBI profiler who built the science shows why.

4.18

7k+

🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Killers 🧠 Forensic Psychology

The Anatomy of Motive 88%

Motive catches killers before evidence does. The FBI profiler who built the science shows why.

by John E. Douglas 1999

4.18

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Killers 🧠 Forensic Psychology

Bitter Blood

by Jerry Bledsoe • 1988

A custody war. A fake doctor. A mother who saved her last bullets for her own children.

4.04

10k+

🏠 Family Annihilation ⚖️ Custody Battles 🧠 Folie à Deux

Bitter Blood 88%

A custody war. A fake doctor. A mother who saved her last bullets for her own children.

by Jerry Bledsoe 1988

4.04

10k+ ratings

🏠 Family Annihilation ⚖️ Custody Battles 🧠 Folie à Deux

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

by Jeff Lindsay • 2004

A Miami forensics expert who kills murderers meets a new killer whose methods mirror his own.

3.90

221k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Double Life

Darkly Dreaming Dexter 88%

A Miami forensics expert who kills murderers meets a new killer whose methods mirror his own.

by Jeff Lindsay 2004

3.90

221k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Double Life

You

by Caroline Kepnes • 2014

A bookseller stalks a crush from her credit card into her inbox, her apartment, her bed.

3.96

295k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💀 Fatal Obsession 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

You 88%

A bookseller stalks a crush from her credit card into her inbox, her apartment, her bed.

by Caroline Kepnes 2014

3.96

295k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💀 Fatal Obsession 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

Dexter in the Dark

by Jeff Lindsay • 2006

When his killer instinct deserts him, a cult marks his stepchildren for sacrifice.

3.57

41k+

🩸 Serial Killer Antihero 🕯️ Cult Ritual Murders 🗿 Ancient God Worship

Dexter in the Dark 88%

When his killer instinct deserts him, a cult marks his stepchildren for sacrifice.

by Jeff Lindsay 2006

3.57

41k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Antihero 🕯️ Cult Ritual Murders 🗿 Ancient God Worship

The Fourth Monkey

by J.D. Barker • 2017

A dead man's severed ear forces a detective to hunt a killer who buries girls alive.

4.26

88k+

🕵️ Serial Killer Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 📖 Killer Origin Story

The Fourth Monkey 88%

A dead man's severed ear forces a detective to hunt a killer who buries girls alive.

by J.D. Barker 2017

4.26

88k+ ratings

🕵️ Serial Killer Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 📖 Killer Origin Story

Psycho

by Onley James • 2021

A psychic's touch reveals a professor is a vigilante. The killer decides to keep him.

4.24

15k+

🖤 Antihero Romance 🔪 Psychopath Hero 🤝 Found Family

Psycho 88%

A psychic's touch reveals a professor is a vigilante. The killer decides to keep him.

by Onley James 2021

4.24

15k+ ratings

🖤 Antihero Romance 🔪 Psychopath Hero 🤝 Found Family

La historia del loco

by John Katzenbach • 2004

A schizophrenic man returns to an asylum to solve a nurse's murder and his own splintered memories.

4.01

15k+

🩸 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Mental Asylum 🔪 Serial Killer

La historia del loco 87%

A schizophrenic man returns to an asylum to solve a nurse's murder and his own splintered memories.

by John Katzenbach 2004

4.01

15k+ ratings

🩸 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Mental Asylum 🔪 Serial Killer

A Need to Kill

by Mark Pettit • 1990

A paperboy's abduction in Nebraska sparks a hunt for a serial child killer hiding as a scoutmaster.

3.88

339

🧒 Serial Child Murders 🔍 Criminal Profiling 😈 Hidden Predator

A Need to Kill 87%

A paperboy's abduction in Nebraska sparks a hunt for a serial child killer hiding as a scoutmaster.

by Mark Pettit 1990

3.88

339 ratings

🧒 Serial Child Murders 🔍 Criminal Profiling 😈 Hidden Predator

Ward D

by Freida McFadden • 2023

A med student trapped on a locked ward with the best friend who wants her dead.

3.96

646k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

Ward D 87%

A med student trapped on a locked ward with the best friend who wants her dead.

by Freida McFadden 2023

3.96

646k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

American Psycho

by Bret Easton Ellis • 1991

A Wall Street banker's flawless exterior conceals a violent double life everyone refuses to see.

3.80

368k+

🖤 Transgressive Fiction 🩸 Satirical Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

American Psycho 87%

A Wall Street banker's flawless exterior conceals a violent double life everyone refuses to see.

by Bret Easton Ellis 1991

3.80

368k+ ratings

🖤 Transgressive Fiction 🩸 Satirical Horror 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Olivia

by John Hunt • 2022

A travel blogger survives a wilderness killer then teams with his other survivor to end him.

3.95

3k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏕️ Survival Horror 🩸 Final Girl Revenge

Olivia 87%

A travel blogger survives a wilderness killer then teams with his other survivor to end him.

by John Hunt 2022

3.95

3k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏕️ Survival Horror 🩸 Final Girl Revenge

Hannibal

by Thomas Harris • 1999

A disgraced FBI agent becomes bait in a billionaire's grotesque plan to capture Hannibal Lecter.

3.82

118k+

🔪 Cannibal Horror 🧠 Psychological Manipulation 🎯 Revenge Thriller

Hannibal 87%

A disgraced FBI agent becomes bait in a billionaire's grotesque plan to capture Hannibal Lecter.

by Thomas Harris 1999

3.82

118k+ ratings

🔪 Cannibal Horror 🧠 Psychological Manipulation 🎯 Revenge Thriller

Tell Me Your Dreams

by Sidney Sheldon • 1998

Haunted by a stalker, a woman finds herself accused of murders she cannot remember committing.

3.99

56k+

🧠 Dissociative Identity 👥 Hidden Alters ⚖️ Courtroom Drama

Tell Me Your Dreams 87%

Haunted by a stalker, a woman finds herself accused of murders she cannot remember committing.

by Sidney Sheldon 1998

3.99

56k+ ratings

🧠 Dissociative Identity 👥 Hidden Alters ⚖️ Courtroom Drama

The Anatomy of Violence

by Adrian Raine • 2013

Slower heartbeats and smaller amygdalae predict crime. Violence is as biological as it is social.

3.96

2k+

🧠 Neurocriminology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Behavioral Genetics

The Anatomy of Violence 87%

Slower heartbeats and smaller amygdalae predict crime. Violence is as biological as it is social.

by Adrian Raine 2013

3.96

2k+ ratings

🧠 Neurocriminology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Behavioral Genetics

Before She Knew Him

by Peter Swanson • 2019

An artist suspects her neighbor is a killer. Her bipolar past means no one believes her.

3.85

70k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👁️ Unreliable Witness

Before She Knew Him 87%

An artist suspects her neighbor is a killer. Her bipolar past means no one believes her.

by Peter Swanson 2019

3.85

70k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👁️ Unreliable Witness

Back In the Shadows

by J.A. Owenby • 2025

Her husband has a killer alter. A madman cages her, forcing both halves to hunt.

4.11

3k+

🖤 Dark Romance 💀 Serial Killer Romance 🎭 Dissociative Identity

Back In the Shadows 87%

Her husband has a killer alter. A madman cages her, forcing both halves to hunt.

by J.A. Owenby 2025

4.11

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 💀 Serial Killer Romance 🎭 Dissociative Identity

Playground

by Aron Beauregard • 2022

Parents strapped to chairs watch their kids crawl through a playground of grinders and saws.

3.43

20k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🎲 Death Games

Playground 87%

Parents strapped to chairs watch their kids crawl through a playground of grinders and saws.

by Aron Beauregard 2022

3.43

20k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🎲 Death Games

Misery

by Stephen King • 1992

A writer, captive in his superfan's farmhouse, must resurrect the heroine he just killed off.

4.22

843k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Captivity Thriller 😍 Obsessed Fan

Misery 87%

A writer, captive in his superfan's farmhouse, must resurrect the heroine he just killed off.

by Stephen King 1992

4.22

843k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Captivity Thriller 😍 Obsessed Fan

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