Psychological Horror
Psychological Horror: Relies on the characters' fears, guilt, beliefs, and emotional instability to build tension and fear.
- The Shining by Stephen King
- The Hidden by Sarah Pinborough
- Misery by Stephen King
- Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
- Psycho by Robert Bloch
- A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
- The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
- Intensity by Dean Koontz
- Lost Boy Lost Girl by Peter Straub
- The Last Final Girl by Stephen Graham Jones
- The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
- The Course of the Heart by M. John Harrison
- The Face of Fear by Dean Koontz
- The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg
- Strangers by Dean Koontz
- Big Machine by Victor LaValle
- The Door to December by Dean Koontz
- The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias
- Psycho II by Robert Bloch
- The Husband by Dean Koontz
- Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt
- The Face That Must Die by Ramsey Campbell
- The Lost by Jack Ketchum
- Brother by Ania Ahlborn
- Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz
- The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz
- The Neighbors by Ania Ahlborn
- Bite by Richard Laymon
- Whispers by Dean Koontz
- The Good Guy by Dean Koontz
- The Ones That Got Away by Stephen Graham Jones
- The Night of the Ripper by Robert Bloch
- The Bad Place by Dean Koontz
- Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones
- Midnight Sun by Ramsey Campbell
- Renegades by Shaun Hutson
- Cross Her Heart by Sarah Pinborough
- Red by Jack Ketchum
- Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison
- Disappearance at Devil's Rock by Paul Tremblay
- In the Dark by Richard Laymon
- The Association by Bentley Little
- Psycho House by Robert Bloch
- 13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough
- Night Show by Richard Laymon
- Nemesis by Shaun Hutson
- The Wise Friend by Ramsey Campbell
- Koko by Peter Straub
- Generation Loss by Elizabeth Hand
- The Ignored by Bentley Little
- Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones
- Assassin by Shaun Hutson
- The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle
- The Opener of the Way by Robert Bloch
- Endless Night by Richard Laymon
- Alone with the Horrors by Ramsey Campbell
- Toplin by Michael McDowell
- The Fast Red Road: A Plainsong by Stephen Graham Jones
- The Least of My Scars by Stephen Graham Jones
- The Throat by Peter Straub
- The Ecstatic by Victor LaValle
- The Scarf by Robert Bloch
- Like Death by Tim Waggoner
- Weed Species by Jack Ketchum
- Pandora Drive by Tim Waggoner
- Souvenir of Monique by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Caverns by Kevin O'Donnell Jr.
