38 Books like Ward D

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 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital

Phantom Limb 95%

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 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital

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 🏥 Psychiatric Facility 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

The Silent Patient 95%

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 🏥 Psychiatric Facility 🤥 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 👁️ Unreliable Perception 💔 Survivor's Guilt

The Girl Who Lived 2 95%

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 👁️ Unreliable Perception 💔 Survivor's Guilt

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 ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths

La historia del loco 95%

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 ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths

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 👯 Twin Sisters 🔐 Family Secrets

The Locked Ward 94%

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 👯 Twin Sisters 🔐 Family Secrets

We Were Never Here

by Andrea Bartz • 2021

A best friend's violence feels like protection until a second body makes her question everything.

3.49

147k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🖤 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🕳️ Cover Up Gone Wrong 🎭 Gaslighting

We Were Never Here 94%

A best friend's violence feels like protection until a second body makes her question everything.

by Andrea Bartz 2021

3.49

147k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🖤 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🕳️ Cover Up Gone Wrong 🎭 Gaslighting

Cross My Heart

by Megan Collins • 2025

His dead wife's heart beats in her chest. Anonymous messages lead to obsession, then murder.

3.55

24k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 📱 Online Obsession 🔥 Gaslighting 🎭 False Identity

Cross My Heart 94%

His dead wife's heart beats in her chest. Anonymous messages lead to obsession, then murder.

by Megan Collins 2025

3.55

24k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 📱 Online Obsession 🔥 Gaslighting 🎭 False Identity

My Best Friend's Wife

by Dina Santorelli • 2025

A wife's snowbound vacation turns lethal after her best friend marries a stranger.

4.23

3k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Obsessive Love 🚨 Framed For Murder

My Best Friend's Wife 94%

A wife's snowbound vacation turns lethal after her best friend marries a stranger.

by Dina Santorelli 2025

4.23

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Obsessive Love 🚨 Framed For Murder

Insomnia

by Sarah Pinborough • 2022

A lawyer nears forty sleepless, terrified she'll inherit the madness that destroyed her mother.

3.69

36k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔄 Generational Trauma 👯 Estranged Sisters 👩 Motherhood And Madness

Insomnia 94%

A lawyer nears forty sleepless, terrified she'll inherit the madness that destroyed her mother.

by Sarah Pinborough 2022

3.69

36k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔄 Generational Trauma 👯 Estranged Sisters 👩 Motherhood And Madness

Anatomía de una obsesión

by Vi Keeland • 2024

She stalks the widower her husband made. He becomes her patient. The chase goes both ways.

3.88

18k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Doctor Patient Affair 👁️ Mutual Obsession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👀 Paranoid Atmosphere

Anatomía de una obsesión 94%

She stalks the widower her husband made. He becomes her patient. The chase goes both ways.

by Vi Keeland 2024

3.88

18k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Doctor Patient Affair 👁️ Mutual Obsession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👀 Paranoid Atmosphere

Dead Med

by Freida McFadden • 2024

At a medical school plagued by fatal overdoses, a first-year suspects the deaths are no accident.

3.81

104k+

🏥 Medical Thriller 🖤 Dark Academia 📚 Academic Rivals 💕 Friends To Lovers 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Dead Med 94%

At a medical school plagued by fatal overdoses, a first-year suspects the deaths are no accident.

by Freida McFadden 2024

3.81

104k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Thriller 🖤 Dark Academia 📚 Academic Rivals 💕 Friends To Lovers 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

The Other Mrs.

by Mary Kubica • 2020

On a remote Maine island, a woman with blackouts fears she murdered her neighbor.

3.74

165k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 😈 Gaslighting Husband 🧩 Dissociative Identity

The Other Mrs. 94%

On a remote Maine island, a woman with blackouts fears she murdered her neighbor.

by Mary Kubica 2020

3.74

165k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 😈 Gaslighting Husband 🧩 Dissociative Identity

Woman Last Seen

by Adele Parks • 2021

Chained to a radiator, she doesn't know which of her two husbands put her there.

3.68

25k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Double Life 🤥 Unreliable Protagonist ⛓️ Captivity

Woman Last Seen 94%

Chained to a radiator, she doesn't know which of her two husbands put her there.

by Adele Parks 2021

3.68

25k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Double Life 🤥 Unreliable Protagonist ⛓️ Captivity

The Last Time I Lied

by Riley Sager • 2018

Three girls vanished from her cabin at summer camp. Fifteen years later, she returns for answers.

4.00

223k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏕️ Summer Camp Setting 🏚️ Abandoned Asylum ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Last Time I Lied 94%

Three girls vanished from her cabin at summer camp. Fifteen years later, she returns for answers.

by Riley Sager 2018

4.00

223k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏕️ Summer Camp Setting 🏚️ Abandoned Asylum ⏳ Dual Timeline

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 🤯 Unexpected Twists 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Wife Between Us 94%

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 🤯 Unexpected Twists 🎭 Hidden Identity

Trap Door

by Dreda Say Mitchell • 2020

Her new job in a haunted Victorian building hides a basement nightmare staged just for her.

3.73

2k+

🌀 Gaslighting 🔒 Family Secrets 🏚️ Contemporary Gothic 🕳️ Claustrophobic Dread 🎯 Revenge Plot

Trap Door 94%

Her new job in a haunted Victorian building hides a basement nightmare staged just for her.

by Dreda Say Mitchell 2020

3.73

2k+ ratings

🌀 Gaslighting 🔒 Family Secrets 🏚️ Contemporary Gothic 🕳️ Claustrophobic Dread 🎯 Revenge Plot

The Clinic

by Cate Quinn • 2024

An undercover agent poses as an addict in a luxury rehab where her sister was murdered.

3.51

40k+

🏥 Luxury Rehab 🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🖤 Female Sociopath 🕵️‍♀️ Undercover Patient 👯 Sisterly Bond

The Clinic 94%

An undercover agent poses as an addict in a luxury rehab where her sister was murdered.

by Cate Quinn 2024

3.51

40k+ ratings

🏥 Luxury Rehab 🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🖤 Female Sociopath 🕵️‍♀️ Undercover Patient 👯 Sisterly Bond

The Influencer

by Adriane Leigh • 2024

She faked her husband's death online, and now she's obsessed with the woman he left her for.

3.52

14k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 📱 Social Media Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👯‍♀️ Female Rivalry 🪪 Identity Theft

The Influencer 94%

She faked her husband's death online, and now she's obsessed with the woman he left her for.

by Adriane Leigh 2024

3.52

14k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 📱 Social Media Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👯‍♀️ Female Rivalry 🪪 Identity Theft

The Thorns

by Dawn Kurtagich • 2025

A childhood thorn appears. The boarding school games that shattered her mind are starting again.

3.47

2k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏫 Boarding School

The Thorns 94%

A childhood thorn appears. The boarding school games that shattered her mind are starting again.

by Dawn Kurtagich 2025

3.47

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏫 Boarding School

Finders Keepers

by Natalie Barelli • 2023

Her lost diary is now a bestseller, and its darkest entry connects her to a teacher's murder.

3.80

8k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 📖 Stolen Story 🕯️ Gaslighting 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 📱 Influencer Culture

Finders Keepers 94%

Her lost diary is now a bestseller, and its darkest entry connects her to a teacher's murder.

by Natalie Barelli 2023

3.80

8k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 📖 Stolen Story 🕯️ Gaslighting 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 📱 Influencer Culture

She's Not Sorry

by Mary Kubica • 2024

Her daughter is in danger, and the comatose patient she's treating knows why.

3.79

203k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets 🏥 Hospital Thriller 🛡️ Protective Mother

She's Not Sorry 94%

Her daughter is in danger, and the comatose patient she's treating knows why.

by Mary Kubica 2024

3.79

203k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets 🏥 Hospital Thriller 🛡️ Protective Mother

The Perfect Roommate

by Minka Kent • 2018

Lonely and invisible, she moves in with a flawless roommate. Then murder makes her the suspect.

3.78

14k+

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌀 Gaslighting 🔍 Framed For Murder 👥 Copycat 🎓 College Thriller

The Perfect Roommate 94%

Lonely and invisible, she moves in with a flawless roommate. Then murder makes her the suspect.

by Minka Kent 2018

3.78

14k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌀 Gaslighting 🔍 Framed For Murder 👥 Copycat 🎓 College Thriller

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 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere 👯 Sibling Rivalry

Sometimes I Lie 94%

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 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere 👯 Sibling Rivalry

The New Husband

by Brian R. O'Rourke • 2023

Mary's husband returns from a retreat feeling like a stranger. And the man stalking her knows why.

4.02

5k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👯 Evil Twin 🕯️ Gaslighting 👪 Family Conspiracy

The New Husband 94%

Mary's husband returns from a retreat feeling like a stranger. And the man stalking her knows why.

by Brian R. O'Rourke 2023

4.02

5k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👯 Evil Twin 🕯️ Gaslighting 👪 Family Conspiracy

The Silent Patient

by Alex Michaelides • 2019

A therapist tries to break a mute painter's silence, six years after she shot her husband.

4.17

3.4M+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🤐 Silent Witness 📔 Diary As Evidence 🎨 Art And Madness

The Silent Patient 94%

A therapist tries to break a mute painter's silence, six years after she shot her husband.

by Alex Michaelides 2019

4.17

3.4M+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🤐 Silent Witness 📔 Diary As Evidence 🎨 Art And Madness

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 🔪 Killer Narrator ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense

You 94%

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 🔪 Killer Narrator ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense

What Lies in the Woods

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2023

After her attacker dies, a photographer returns to the woods where a skeleton hid the truth.

3.94

206k+

🖤 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Cold Case Thriller 🔪 Toxic Female Friendship 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Manipulative Friend

What Lies in the Woods 94%

After her attacker dies, a photographer returns to the woods where a skeleton hid the truth.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2023

3.94

206k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Cold Case Thriller 🔪 Toxic Female Friendship 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Manipulative Friend

The Librarian

by Valerie Keogh • 2023

Her stalker framed her for destroying a painting. Now he wants her to know why.

3.83

9k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 👭 Sister Bond 🕯️ Gaslighting 💔 Trauma Survivor ⚖️ Framed For Crime

The Librarian 94%

Her stalker framed her for destroying a painting. Now he wants her to know why.

by Valerie Keogh 2023

3.83

9k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 👭 Sister Bond 🕯️ Gaslighting 💔 Trauma Survivor ⚖️ Framed For Crime

Whispers of Dead Girls

by Marlee Bush • 2025

Returning to her dead sister's high school to teach, she finds a predator among the faculty.

3.56

3k+

🔍 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Modern Gothic 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Predator In Plain Sight 🏫 Institutional Cover-Up

Whispers of Dead Girls 94%

Returning to her dead sister's high school to teach, she finds a predator among the faculty.

by Marlee Bush 2025

3.56

3k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Modern Gothic 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Predator In Plain Sight 🏫 Institutional Cover-Up

Seven Lies

by Elizabeth Kay • 2020

A woman's fierce loyalty to her best friend turns poisonous after she tells a single lie.

3.34

11k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏡 Domestic Noir 💔 Obsessive Friendship 🖤 Possessive Love 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Seven Lies 93%

A woman's fierce loyalty to her best friend turns poisonous after she tells a single lie.

by Elizabeth Kay 2020

3.34

11k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏡 Domestic Noir 💔 Obsessive Friendship 🖤 Possessive Love 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

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 😈 Satanic Panic 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Bald-Faced Liar 93%

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 😈 Satanic Panic 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

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 🚪 Killer Next Door 🐱 Cat And Mouse

Before She Knew Him 93%

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 🚪 Killer Next Door 🐱 Cat And Mouse

The Tenant

by Freida McFadden • 2025

Blake takes in a tenant. His life unravels: rashes, maggots, severed fingers. His fiancée walks out.

3.84

715k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🗡️ Revenge Thriller 💔 Intimate Betrayal 🕯️ Gaslighting 😈 Roommate From Hell

The Tenant 93%

Blake takes in a tenant. His life unravels: rashes, maggots, severed fingers. His fiancée walks out.

by Freida McFadden 2025

3.84

715k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🗡️ Revenge Thriller 💔 Intimate Betrayal 🕯️ Gaslighting 😈 Roommate From Hell

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 📰 Media Circus Trial 💔 Parental Abuse

Tell Me Your Dreams 93%

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 📰 Media Circus Trial 💔 Parental Abuse

Gone Tonight

by Sarah Pekkanen • 2023

A nurse discovers her mother's early dementia hides a stolen identity and a killer closing in.

3.82

37k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Hidden Identity 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond

Gone Tonight 93%

A nurse discovers her mother's early dementia hides a stolen identity and a killer closing in.

by Sarah Pekkanen 2023

3.82

37k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Hidden Identity 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond

First Born

by Will Dean • 2022

Her identical twin murdered, an anxious Londoner flies to New York to find the killer.

3.59

16k+

🎭 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Whodunit 👯 Identical Twins 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 😤 Sibling Rivalry

First Born 93%

Her identical twin murdered, an anxious Londoner flies to New York to find the killer.

by Will Dean 2022

3.59

16k+ ratings

🎭 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Whodunit 👯 Identical Twins 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 😤 Sibling Rivalry

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 🥃 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting

The Woman in the Window 93%

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 🥃 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting

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 💔 Friend Betrayal 🪦 Buried Secrets

The Woman Who Lied 93%

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 💔 Friend Betrayal 🪦 Buried Secrets

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