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🤥 Unreliable Protagonist

The central character through whom we experience the story is fundamentally untrustworthy, forcing readers to read against the grain of the narrative they're being told. The tension between sympathy and suspicion drives every page.
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
by Iain Reid • 2016
A woman's doubts explode into horror when a visit to her boyfriend's family farm turns surreal.
3.50
206k+
🖤 Psychological Horror🤥 Unreliable Narrator📖 Metafiction
I'm Thinking of Ending Things Summary
I'm Thinking of Ending Things 90%
A woman's doubts explode into horror when a visit to her boyfriend's family farm turns surreal.
by Iain Reid 2016
3.50
206k+ ratings
🖤 Psychological Horror🤥 Unreliable Narrator📖 Metafiction
Despair
by Vladimir Nabokov • 1989
A Russian émigré in Berlin finds his physical double and decides murder is the highest art.
3.9
12k+
🗣️ Unreliable Narrator🪞 DoppelgäNger🎭 Stolen Identity
Despair Summary
Despair 90%
A Russian émigré in Berlin finds his physical double and decides murder is the highest art.
by Vladimir Nabokov 1989
3.9
12k+ ratings
🗣️ Unreliable Narrator🪞 DoppelgäNger🎭 Stolen Identity
Creep
by Emma van Straaten • 2025
His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.
3.47
6k+
🖤 Psychological Horror📖 Literary Thriller🌀 Unreliable Narrator
Creep Summary
Creep 90%
His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.
by Emma van Straaten 2025
3.47
6k+ ratings
🖤 Psychological Horror📖 Literary Thriller🌀 Unreliable Narrator
Diary of a Murderer and Other Stories
by Young-ha Kim • 2019
An Alzheimer's-stricken serial killer must outwit the murderer he sees in his daughter's boyfriend.
3.71
13k+
🎭 Psychological Thriller🤔 Unreliable Narrator🧠 Memory Loss
Diary of a Murderer and Other Stories Summary
Diary of a Murderer and Other Stories 90%
An Alzheimer's-stricken serial killer must outwit the murderer he sees in his daughter's boyfriend.
by Young-ha Kim 2019
3.71
13k+ ratings
🎭 Psychological Thriller🤔 Unreliable Narrator🧠 Memory Loss
Sometimes I Lie
by Alice Feeney • 2017
She lies in a coma, fully aware, as her husband and sister discuss what they did.
3.74
352k+
🏠 Domestic Thriller🌀 Unreliable Narrator💔 Childhood Trauma
Sometimes I Lie Summary
Sometimes I Lie 90%
She lies in a coma, fully aware, as her husband and sister discuss what they did.
by Alice Feeney 2017
3.74
352k+ ratings
🏠 Domestic Thriller🌀 Unreliable Narrator💔 Childhood Trauma
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 Summary
La historia del loco 89%
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
I Am the Cheese
by Robert Cormier • 1977
A boy bikes alone to his father's hospital, while an interrogator dismantles his memories.
3.78
18k+
🔍 Psychological Thriller🤥 Unreliable Narrator🕵️ Witness Protection
I Am the Cheese Summary
I Am the Cheese 89%
A boy bikes alone to his father's hospital, while an interrogator dismantles his memories.
by Robert Cormier 1977
3.78
18k+ ratings
🔍 Psychological Thriller🤥 Unreliable Narrator🕵️ Witness Protection
Phantom Limb
by Lucinda Berry • 2016
After her fragile twin's suicide, she wakes in a psychiatric ward with scars she didn't make.
3.89
68k+
🔪 Psychological Thriller👯 Twin Bond🌀 Unreliable Narrator
Phantom Limb Summary
Phantom Limb 89%
After her fragile twin's suicide, she wakes in a psychiatric ward with scars she didn't make.
by Lucinda Berry 2016
3.89
68k+ ratings
🔪 Psychological Thriller👯 Twin Bond🌀 Unreliable Narrator
The Locked Ward
by Sarah Pekkanen • 2025
A woman discovers her twin locked in a psych ward for a murder she didn't commit.
3.67
27k+
🧠 Psychological Suspense🎭 Unreliable Narrator🏠 Domestic Thriller
The Locked Ward Summary
The Locked Ward 89%
A woman discovers her twin locked in a psych ward for a murder she didn't commit.
by Sarah Pekkanen 2025
3.67
27k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Suspense🎭 Unreliable Narrator🏠 Domestic Thriller
Bald-Faced Liar
by Victoria Helen Stone • 2025
A woman who reinvented herself to escape a childhood scandal is hunted by a stalker who remembers.
3.76
8k+
🎭 Unreliable Narrator🔪 Stalker Thriller💔 Trauma Survivor
Bald-Faced Liar Summary
Bald-Faced Liar 89%
A woman who reinvented herself to escape a childhood scandal is hunted by a stalker who remembers.
by Victoria Helen Stone 2025
3.76
8k+ ratings
🎭 Unreliable Narrator🔪 Stalker Thriller💔 Trauma Survivor
Diary of an Oxygen Thief
by Anonymous
An Irish ad man who emotionally destroyed women meets a New York artist determined to destroy him.
2.69
511
🖤 Transgressive Fiction📓 Confessional Narrative☣️ Toxic Protagonist
Diary of an Oxygen Thief Summary
Diary of an Oxygen Thief 89%
An Irish ad man who emotionally destroyed women meets a New York artist determined to destroy him.
by Anonymous
2.69
511 ratings
🖤 Transgressive Fiction📓 Confessional Narrative☣️ Toxic Protagonist
She's a Lamb!
by Meredith Hambrock • 2025
Passed over for Maria, an actress turned childminder waits for her rival's one wrong move.
3.80
5k+
🎭 Unreliable Narrator🔪 Toxic Ambition🌀 Mental Unraveling
She's a Lamb! Summary
She's a Lamb! 89%
Passed over for Maria, an actress turned childminder waits for her rival's one wrong move.
by Meredith Hambrock 2025
3.80
5k+ ratings
🎭 Unreliable Narrator🔪 Toxic Ambition🌀 Mental Unraveling
The Life of a Stupid Man
by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa • 1927
A writer catalogs his life in fragments: madness, art, and a cosmos that laughs.
3.67
11k+
📖 Autobiographical Fiction🧩 Fragmented Narrative🎭 Unreliable Narrator
The Life of a Stupid Man Summary
The Life of a Stupid Man 89%
A writer catalogs his life in fragments: madness, art, and a cosmos that laughs.
by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa 1927
3.67
11k+ ratings
📖 Autobiographical Fiction🧩 Fragmented Narrative🎭 Unreliable Narrator
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 Summary
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
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams
by Sylvia Plath • 1977
A psychiatric clinic secretary secretly collects patient dreams for a private archive of fear.
3.91
7k+
🏥 Psychiatric Setting🌀 Dream Obsession👁️ Unreliable Narrator
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams Summary
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams 89%
A psychiatric clinic secretary secretly collects patient dreams for a private archive of fear.
by Sylvia Plath 1977
3.91
7k+ ratings
🏥 Psychiatric Setting🌀 Dream Obsession👁️ Unreliable Narrator
(The Unconsoled) [By
by Kazuo Ishiguro • 1995
A pianist is summoned to save a city through music, but he cannot find the stage.
3.59
19k+
🔮 Dream Logic🎹 Artist In Crisis🎭 Unreliable Narrator
(The Unconsoled) [By Summary
(The Unconsoled) [By 89%
A pianist is summoned to save a city through music, but he cannot find the stage.
by Kazuo Ishiguro 1995
3.59
19k+ ratings
🔮 Dream Logic🎹 Artist In Crisis🎭 Unreliable Narrator
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 Summary
Bulfinch's Mythology 89%
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
The Woman in the Window
by A.J. Finn • 2018
An agoraphobic psychologist sees a stabbing, but the body vanishes and the victim reappears alive.
3.94
895k+
🏠 Domestic Thriller👁️ Voyeur Thriller🧠 Psych Suspense
The Woman in the Window Summary
The Woman in the Window 89%
An agoraphobic psychologist sees a stabbing, but the body vanishes and the victim reappears alive.
by A.J. Finn 2018
3.94
895k+ ratings
🏠 Domestic Thriller👁️ Voyeur Thriller🧠 Psych Suspense
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 Summary
Ward D 89%
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
Travels in the Scriptorium
by Paul Auster • 2007
An amnesiac wakes in a labeled room and reads a typescript telling his story.
3.26
12k+
🪞 Metafiction🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist📖 Story Within A Story
Travels in the Scriptorium Summary
Travels in the Scriptorium 89%
An amnesiac wakes in a labeled room and reads a typescript telling his story.
by Paul Auster 2007
3.26
12k+ ratings
🪞 Metafiction🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist📖 Story Within A Story
A Thousand Natural Shocks
by Omar Hussain • 2025
A journalist chases oblivion in a memory-erasing cult while a killer forces him to remember.
3.56
976
🧠 Psychological Thriller💊 Memory Manipulation🔍 Unreliable Narrator
A Thousand Natural Shocks Summary
A Thousand Natural Shocks 89%
A journalist chases oblivion in a memory-erasing cult while a killer forces him to remember.
by Omar Hussain 2025
3.56
976 ratings
🧠 Psychological Thriller💊 Memory Manipulation🔍 Unreliable Narrator
The Girl Who Lived 2
by Christopher Greyson • 2024
Faith Winters glimpses the dead and wakes in a psychiatric hospital where healing is a weapon.
4.30
2k+
🧠 Psychological Thriller🏥 Medical Conspiracy🪞 Gaslighting
The Girl Who Lived 2 Summary
The Girl Who Lived 2 89%
Faith Winters glimpses the dead and wakes in a psychiatric hospital where healing is a weapon.
by Christopher Greyson 2024
4.30
2k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Thriller🏥 Medical Conspiracy🪞 Gaslighting
Epiphany Jones
by Michael Grothaus • 2016
A hallucinating museum worker framed for a Van Gogh theft follows a blackmailer who may not be real.
3.83
179
🖤 Psychological Noir🌀 Unreliable Narrator📼 Blackmail Plot
Epiphany Jones Summary
Epiphany Jones 89%
A hallucinating museum worker framed for a Van Gogh theft follows a blackmailer who may not be real.
by Michael Grothaus 2016
3.83
179 ratings
🖤 Psychological Noir🌀 Unreliable Narrator📼 Blackmail Plot
Operation Shylock
by Philip Roth • 1993
A novelist discovers his double in Jerusalem, preaching that Jews must leave Israel to survive.
3.78
5k+
🎭 Autofiction👥 DoppelgäNger🔍 Unreliable Narrator
Operation Shylock Summary
Operation Shylock 89%
A novelist discovers his double in Jerusalem, preaching that Jews must leave Israel to survive.
by Philip Roth 1993
3.78
5k+ ratings
🎭 Autofiction👥 DoppelgäNger🔍 Unreliable Narrator
The Ruined Map
by Kōbō Abe • 1967
When a salaryman vanishes, a detective follows a matchbox into a city where maps lead nowhere.
3.45
3k+
🖤 Existential Noir🌃 Japanese Noir🌀 Unreliable Narrator
The Ruined Map Summary
The Ruined Map 89%
When a salaryman vanishes, a detective follows a matchbox into a city where maps lead nowhere.
by Kōbō Abe 1967
3.45
3k+ ratings
🖤 Existential Noir🌃 Japanese Noir🌀 Unreliable Narrator
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh • 2018
She's young, rich, and so empty she plans to drug herself into a year-long hibernation.
3.60
580k+
👤 Female Misanthrope🗣️ Toxic Friendship🎭 Unreliable Narrator
My Year of Rest and Relaxation Summary
My Year of Rest and Relaxation 89%
She's young, rich, and so empty she plans to drug herself into a year-long hibernation.
by Ottessa Moshfegh 2018
3.60
580k+ ratings
👤 Female Misanthrope🗣️ Toxic Friendship🎭 Unreliable Narrator
The Silent Patient
by Alex Michaelides • 2018
A painter murders her husband and stops speaking. A therapist risks everything to break her silence.
4.26
5k+
🧠 Psychological Thriller🤯 Twist Ending🔍 Obsessive Therapist
The Silent Patient Summary
The Silent Patient 89%
A painter murders her husband and stops speaking. A therapist risks everything to break her silence.
by Alex Michaelides 2018
4.26
5k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Thriller🤯 Twist Ending🔍 Obsessive Therapist
For You and Only You
by Caroline Kepnes • 2023
Joe Goldberg's Harvard fellowship becomes a trap when his new crush and old crimes collide.
3.28
15k+
🧠 Psychological Thriller📚 Dark Academia🗣️ Unreliable Narrator
For You and Only You Summary
For You and Only You 89%
Joe Goldberg's Harvard fellowship becomes a trap when his new crush and old crimes collide.
by Caroline Kepnes 2023
3.28
15k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Thriller📚 Dark Academia🗣️ Unreliable Narrator
The Imposter
by Adriane Leigh • 2024
She stole her therapist's identity. The couple she's obsessed with destroying are now her clients.
3.93
5k+
🎭 Unreliable Narrator🪪 Stolen Identity🔪 Revenge Thriller
The Imposter Summary
The Imposter 89%
She stole her therapist's identity. The couple she's obsessed with destroying are now her clients.
by Adriane Leigh 2024
3.93
5k+ ratings
🎭 Unreliable Narrator🪪 Stolen Identity🔪 Revenge Thriller
You Are But Dust
by Hannah Clayton • 2025
At her sister's funeral, Samarra meets Death: a charming man offering to end her pain.
3.50
1k+
👁️ Unreliable Narrator💀 Personified Death🌀 Addiction Spiral
You Are But Dust Summary
You Are But Dust 89%
At her sister's funeral, Samarra meets Death: a charming man offering to end her pain.
by Hannah Clayton 2025
3.50
1k+ ratings
👁️ Unreliable Narrator💀 Personified Death🌀 Addiction Spiral
Notes from the Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1864
A spiteful clerk burrows into isolation, his mind too sharp to do anything but wound himself.
4.17
238k+
😤 Spiteful Narrator🧠 Analysis Paralysis🎭 Unreliable Narrator
Notes from the Underground Summary
Notes from the Underground 89%
A spiteful clerk burrows into isolation, his mind too sharp to do anything but wound himself.
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864
4.17
238k+ ratings
😤 Spiteful Narrator🧠 Analysis Paralysis🎭 Unreliable Narrator
The Grownup
by Gillian Flynn • 2014
A fake psychic cleanses a Gothic mansion. The ghosts are fake; the danger is real.
3.55
155k+
🏠 Domestic Noir🧠 Psychological Horror🗣️ Unreliable Narrator
The Grownup Summary
The Grownup 89%
A fake psychic cleanses a Gothic mansion. The ghosts are fake; the danger is real.
by Gillian Flynn 2014
3.55
155k+ ratings
🏠 Domestic Noir🧠 Psychological Horror🗣️ Unreliable Narrator
No Longer Human
by Osamu Dazai • 1948
Playing the clown protects him from other people. The mask has fused to his skin.
3.94
262k+
🖊️ Confessional Narrative🎭 Unreliable Narrator🌀 Self-Destructive Spiral
No Longer Human Summary
No Longer Human 89%
Playing the clown protects him from other people. The mask has fused to his skin.
by Osamu Dazai 1948
3.94
262k+ ratings
🖊️ Confessional Narrative🎭 Unreliable Narrator🌀 Self-Destructive Spiral
The Last House on Needless Street
by Catriona Ward • 2021
A missing girl's sister moves next door to a recluse whose cat knows everything.
3.81
153k+
🧠 Psychological Horror🔍 Missing Child🎭 Unreliable Narrator
The Last House on Needless Street Summary
The Last House on Needless Street 89%
A missing girl's sister moves next door to a recluse whose cat knows everything.
by Catriona Ward 2021
3.81
153k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Horror🔍 Missing Child🎭 Unreliable Narrator
Suicidas
by Raphael Montes • 2012
A suicide pact among wealthy friends turns into a massacre inside a locked basement.
4.05
10k+
🎭 Metafiction🌀 Unreliable Narrator🔪 Toxic Friendship
Suicidas Summary
Suicidas 89%
A suicide pact among wealthy friends turns into a massacre inside a locked basement.
by Raphael Montes 2012
4.05
10k+ ratings
🎭 Metafiction🌀 Unreliable Narrator🔪 Toxic Friendship
Don't Let Her Stay
by Nicola Sanders • 2023
When her stepdaughter moves in, a new mother sees the warning signs her husband ignores.
3.93
265k+
🏚️ Domestic Suspense🔥 Gaslighting👩‍🍼 Protective Mother
Don't Let Her Stay Summary
Don't Let Her Stay 89%
When her stepdaughter moves in, a new mother sees the warning signs her husband ignores.
by Nicola Sanders 2023
3.93
265k+ ratings
🏚️ Domestic Suspense🔥 Gaslighting👩‍🍼 Protective Mother
The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer
by Jennifer Lynch • 1990
A murdered homecoming queen's diary reveals the shadow that stalked her from childhood.
3.82
16k+
📖 Diary Novel🏚️ Small Town Horror🎭 Secret Double Life
The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer Summary
The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer 89%
A murdered homecoming queen's diary reveals the shadow that stalked her from childhood.
by Jennifer Lynch 1990
3.82
16k+ ratings
📖 Diary Novel🏚️ Small Town Horror🎭 Secret Double Life
What She Saw
by Sheila Lowe • 2013
A woman wakes on a train with no memory, hunted by a conspiracy she can’t recall.
3.82
2k+
🕳️ Amnesia👯 Twin Twist🎭 Unreliable Narrator
What She Saw Summary
What She Saw 89%
A woman wakes on a train with no memory, hunted by a conspiracy she can’t recall.
by Sheila Lowe 2013
3.82
2k+ ratings
🕳️ Amnesia👯 Twin Twist🎭 Unreliable Narrator
The Woman Who Lied
by Claire Douglas • 2023
A novelist's unpublished thriller becomes the script for a killer targeting everyone in her circle.
3.91
33k+
🧠 Psychological Thriller📖 Fiction Meets Reality👁️ Unreliable Narrator
The Woman Who Lied Summary
The Woman Who Lied 89%
A novelist's unpublished thriller becomes the script for a killer targeting everyone in her circle.
by Claire Douglas 2023
3.91
33k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Thriller📖 Fiction Meets Reality👁️ Unreliable Narrator
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 Summary
You 89%
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
We Used to Live Here
by Marcus Kliewer • 2024
A family claims they grew up in her house and never leaves, warping Eve's reality.
3.59
305k+
🏚️ Haunted House🤔 Unreliable Narrator🕯️ Gaslighting
We Used to Live Here Summary
We Used to Live Here 89%
A family claims they grew up in her house and never leaves, warping Eve's reality.
by Marcus Kliewer 2024
3.59
305k+ ratings
🏚️ Haunted House🤔 Unreliable Narrator🕯️ Gaslighting
Killer's Kiss
by R.L. Stine • 1997
Her rival took her boyfriend. Then he's found dead with a kiss print that matches hers.
3.79
2k+
🖤 Psychological Horror🔪 Ya Thriller🤥 Unreliable Narrator
Killer's Kiss Summary
Killer's Kiss 89%
Her rival took her boyfriend. Then he's found dead with a kiss print that matches hers.
by R.L. Stine 1997
3.79
2k+ ratings
🖤 Psychological Horror🔪 Ya Thriller🤥 Unreliable Narrator
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
by Michelle Hodkin • 2011
The accident killed her friends and spared her. Now Mara Dyer's worst thoughts are becoming reality.
4.01
191k+
📖 Unreliable Narrator👻 Psychological Paranormal🩹 Trauma And Powers
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer Summary
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer 89%
The accident killed her friends and spared her. Now Mara Dyer's worst thoughts are becoming reality.
by Michelle Hodkin 2011
4.01
191k+ ratings
📖 Unreliable Narrator👻 Psychological Paranormal🩹 Trauma And Powers
Case Study
by Graeme Macrae Burnet • 2021
Believing a therapist drove her sister to suicide, she enters his consulting room under an alias.
3.56
12k+
📚 Metafictional Mystery🇬🇧 1960s London🎭 Unreliable Narrator
Case Study Summary
Case Study 88%
Believing a therapist drove her sister to suicide, she enters his consulting room under an alias.
by Graeme Macrae Burnet 2021
3.56
12k+ ratings
📚 Metafictional Mystery🇬🇧 1960s London🎭 Unreliable Narrator
The Wife Between Us
by Greer Hendricks • 2018
She escaped her ex-husband, but can she save the woman who took her place?
3.83
450k+
🔍 Psychological Suspense🏠 Domestic Thriller🌀 Unreliable Narrator
The Wife Between Us Summary
The Wife Between Us 88%
She escaped her ex-husband, but can she save the woman who took her place?
by Greer Hendricks 2018
3.83
450k+ ratings
🔍 Psychological Suspense🏠 Domestic Thriller🌀 Unreliable Narrator
The Apartment Across the Hall
by Jack Dane • 2025
In a shabby Brooklyn walkup, she watches the neighbor's women go in and never come out.
3.55
13k+
🧩 Psychological Suspense🤥 Unreliable Narrator🎭 Hidden Villain
The Apartment Across the Hall Summary
The Apartment Across the Hall 88%
In a shabby Brooklyn walkup, she watches the neighbor's women go in and never come out.
by Jack Dane 2025
3.55
13k+ ratings
🧩 Psychological Suspense🤥 Unreliable Narrator🎭 Hidden Villain
Yellowface
by R.F. Kuang • 2023
A failed author steals her dead friend's manuscript and rides the lie to bestseller fame.
3.72
1.1M+
🖋️ Publishing Satire📖 Literary Thriller✍️ Literary Theft
Yellowface Summary
Yellowface 88%
A failed author steals her dead friend's manuscript and rides the lie to bestseller fame.
by R.F. Kuang 2023
3.72
1.1M+ ratings
🖋️ Publishing Satire📖 Literary Thriller✍️ Literary Theft
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1864
A retired official in a Petersburg cellar explains why his intelligence has made him spiteful.
4.19
79k+
🖤 Existential Fiction😈 Antihero Narrator🎭 Unreliable Narrator
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead Summary
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead 88%
A retired official in a Petersburg cellar explains why his intelligence has made him spiteful.
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864
4.19
79k+ ratings
🖤 Existential Fiction😈 Antihero Narrator🎭 Unreliable Narrator
Bad Things Happened in This Room
by Marie Still • 2025
She's trapped in a house where a room whispers of a crime she can't recall.
3.33
750
🧠 Psychological Horror🏡 Domestic Gothic🤯 Unreliable Narrator
Bad Things Happened in This Room Summary
Bad Things Happened in This Room 88%
She's trapped in a house where a room whispers of a crime she can't recall.
by Marie Still 2025
3.33
750 ratings
🧠 Psychological Horror🏡 Domestic Gothic🤯 Unreliable Narrator
Dead in the Water
by John Marrs • 2026
After nearly drowning, a man is haunted by a dead boy. The returning memories are his own crimes.
3.86
37k+
🌀 Unreliable Narrator🧠 Repressed Memories🔪 Serial Killer Mind
Dead in the Water Summary
Dead in the Water 88%
After nearly drowning, a man is haunted by a dead boy. The returning memories are his own crimes.
by John Marrs 2026
3.86
37k+ ratings
🌀 Unreliable Narrator🧠 Repressed Memories🔪 Serial Killer Mind
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