Phantom Senses Books | Summaries & Audio

The Man Who Tasted Words

by Guy Leschziner • 2022

What a man who hears his own eyeballs move reveals about the illusions of your senses.

4.04

874

🧠 Sensory Neuroscience 🌀 Perception And Reality 🔮 Predictive Processing 🎨 Synesthesia 🩺 Sensory Disorders

The Man Who Tasted Words 90%

What a man who hears his own eyeballs move reveals about the illusions of your senses.

by Guy Leschziner 2022

4.04

874 ratings

🧠 Sensory Neuroscience 🌀 Perception And Reality 🔮 Predictive Processing 🎨 Synesthesia 🩺 Sensory Disorders

The Mind's Eye

by Oliver Sacks • 2010

Blindness doesn't silence the visual brain. It retrains it, exposing how perception is built.

3.92

14k+

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🩺 Clinical Neurology 🔄 Brain Plasticity 👁️ Visual Perception 👂 The Senses

The Mind's Eye 88%

Blindness doesn't silence the visual brain. It retrains it, exposing how perception is built.

by Oliver Sacks 2010

3.92

14k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🩺 Clinical Neurology 🔄 Brain Plasticity 👁️ Visual Perception 👂 The Senses

Hallucinations

by Oliver Sacks • 2012

Hallucinations are not the brain breaking. They are the brain showing how it builds reality.

3.93

25k+

🧠 Clinical Neurology 👁️ Hallucinations 🌌 Altered States 👂 Sensory Perception 💭 Consciousness Studies

Hallucinations 88%

Hallucinations are not the brain breaking. They are the brain showing how it builds reality.

by Oliver Sacks 2012

3.93

25k+ ratings

🧠 Clinical Neurology 👁️ Hallucinations 🌌 Altered States 👂 Sensory Perception 💭 Consciousness Studies

Understanding Pain

by Fernando Cervero • 2012

Your brain constructs your pain. When the system fails, even a soft touch becomes agony.

3.90

🔬 Pain Science 🤕 Chronic Pain 🧬 Sensory Biology 🧠 Brain-Body Connection 🧩 Perception And Sensation

Understanding Pain 88%

Your brain constructs your pain. When the system fails, even a soft touch becomes agony.

by Fernando Cervero 2012

3.90

72 ratings

🔬 Pain Science 🤕 Chronic Pain 🧬 Sensory Biology 🧠 Brain-Body Connection 🧩 Perception And Sensation

Sound

by Bella Bathurst • 2017

For twelve years, her world got quieter. Then a French surgeon offered to reverse the damage.

3.91

288

🦻 Hearing Loss 🏥 Medical Memoir 👁️ Invisible Disability 🔊 Acoustic Ecology 🤟 Deaf Culture

Sound 87%

For twelve years, her world got quieter. Then a French surgeon offered to reverse the damage.

by Bella Bathurst 2017

3.91

288 ratings

🦻 Hearing Loss 🏥 Medical Memoir 👁️ Invisible Disability 🔊 Acoustic Ecology 🤟 Deaf Culture

The Sense of Being Stared at

by Rupert Sheldrake • 2003

The feeling of being watched is real, and it means your mind extends far beyond your brain.

3.79

509

🧠 Extended Mind 🔮 Parapsychology 📡 Telepathy ⏳ Precognition 🐒 Animal Behavior

The Sense of Being Stared at 87%

The feeling of being watched is real, and it means your mind extends far beyond your brain.

by Rupert Sheldrake 2003

3.79

509 ratings

🧠 Extended Mind 🔮 Parapsychology 📡 Telepathy ⏳ Precognition 🐒 Animal Behavior

Jellyfish Have No Ears

by Adèle Rosenfeld • 2022

Hearing fading, a woman navigates a surreal inner world and the choice of a cochlear implant.

3.13

2k+

🦻 Deaf Experience 👤 Imaginary Companions 🌀 Surreal Encounters 🖤 Melancholy 🧩 Fragmented Narrative

Jellyfish Have No Ears 87%

Hearing fading, a woman navigates a surreal inner world and the choice of a cochlear implant.

by Adèle Rosenfeld 2022

3.13

2k+ ratings

🦻 Deaf Experience 👤 Imaginary Companions 🌀 Surreal Encounters 🖤 Melancholy 🧩 Fragmented Narrative

Musicophilia

by Oliver Sacks • 2007

When language and memory fail, music still gets through. A neurologist explains why.

3.95

75k+

🧠 Music And The Brain 🩻 Clinical Case Studies 🧬 Neuroplasticity 🎵 Music Therapy 👂 Sensory Perception

Musicophilia 87%

When language and memory fail, music still gets through. A neurologist explains why.

by Oliver Sacks 2007

3.95

75k+ ratings

🧠 Music And The Brain 🩻 Clinical Case Studies 🧬 Neuroplasticity 🎵 Music Therapy 👂 Sensory Perception

Phenomenology of Perception

by Maurice Merleau-Ponty • 1945

Perception doesn't start in the mind. Your body inhabits the world before thinking ever arrives.

4.18

6k+

🧠 Phenomenology 🏃 Embodied Cognition 👁️ Philosophy Of Perception 🤲 Bodily Experience 🔷 Gestalt Psychology

Phenomenology of Perception 87%

Perception doesn't start in the mind. Your body inhabits the world before thinking ever arrives.

by Maurice Merleau-Ponty 1945

4.18

6k+ ratings

🧠 Phenomenology 🏃 Embodied Cognition 👁️ Philosophy Of Perception 🤲 Bodily Experience 🔷 Gestalt Psychology

The Brain

by David Eagleman • 2015

Your self is a construction rebuilt daily by a brain that will run on any hardware.

4.25

23k+

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 🎭 Constructed Reality 🌑 Unconscious Mind 👁️ Sensory Perception

The Brain 86%

Your self is a construction rebuilt daily by a brain that will run on any hardware.

by David Eagleman 2015

4.25

23k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 🎭 Constructed Reality 🌑 Unconscious Mind 👁️ Sensory Perception

Phantoms in the Brain

by V.S. Ramachandran • 1998

A missing arm can still hurt. That paradox unlocks how your brain constructs reality.

4.27

21k+

🧠 Neuropsychology 🔄 Brain Plasticity 🏥 Neurological Disorders 💭 Consciousness Studies 🪞 The Constructed Self

Phantoms in the Brain 86%

A missing arm can still hurt. That paradox unlocks how your brain constructs reality.

by V.S. Ramachandran 1998

4.27

21k+ ratings

🧠 Neuropsychology 🔄 Brain Plasticity 🏥 Neurological Disorders 💭 Consciousness Studies 🪞 The Constructed Self

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

by Haruki Murakami • 1985

An experiment turns a data processor's mind into a walled town. His real life is vanishing.

4.11

154k+

🪞 Parallel Worlds 🎭 Fragmented Identity 💭 Lost Memories 🧠 Mind As Prison 💤 Dream Logic

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Summary

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 86%

An experiment turns a data processor's mind into a walled town. His real life is vanishing.

by Haruki Murakami 1985

4.11

154k+ ratings

🪞 Parallel Worlds 🎭 Fragmented Identity 💭 Lost Memories 🧠 Mind As Prison 💤 Dream Logic

The Conscious Mind

by David J. Chalmers • 1996

A zombie physically identical to you feels nothing at all: why consciousness needs its own laws.

4.00

3k+

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🌌 Metaphysics 🎨 Qualia 🪞 Property Dualism 🧟 Thought Experiments

The Conscious Mind 86%

A zombie physically identical to you feels nothing at all: why consciousness needs its own laws.

by David J. Chalmers 1996

4.00

3k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🌌 Metaphysics 🎨 Qualia 🪞 Property Dualism 🧟 Thought Experiments

The Morning Star

by Karl Ove Knausgård • 2020

A strange new star rises over Norway, and the dead grow restless among the living.

3.96

19k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🌑 Cosmic Dread 💔 Fraying Marriage 🔮 Unreliable Reality ⛪ Priest In Crisis

The Morning Star 86%

A strange new star rises over Norway, and the dead grow restless among the living.

by Karl Ove Knausgård 2020

3.96

19k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🌑 Cosmic Dread 💔 Fraying Marriage 🔮 Unreliable Reality ⛪ Priest In Crisis

The New Science of the Mind

by Mark Rowlands • 2010

The mind extends through body and tools because it reveals rather than calculates.

3.69

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🏃 Embodied Cognition 🌐 Extended Cognition 📜 Phenomenology

The New Science of the Mind 86%

The mind extends through body and tools because it reveals rather than calculates.

by Mark Rowlands 2010

3.69

45 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🏃 Embodied Cognition 🌐 Extended Cognition 📜 Phenomenology

Unbelievable

by Stacy Horn • 2009

The Duke lab proved telepathy with odds of one in an octillion. Science responded with silence.

3.27

512

🔮 Parapsychology 🔬 History Of Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies 👻 Afterlife Research 🧪 Experimental Psychology

Unbelievable 86%

The Duke lab proved telepathy with odds of one in an octillion. Science responded with silence.

by Stacy Horn 2009

3.27

512 ratings

🔮 Parapsychology 🔬 History Of Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies 👻 Afterlife Research 🧪 Experimental Psychology

Bellevue

by Robin Cook • 2024

Bellevue's ghosts kill a young surgeon's patients, demanding he answer for his ancestors' crimes.

3.36

5k+

🏥 Medical Horror 👻 Haunted Hospital 🔗 Ancestral Guilt 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Bellevue 86%

Bellevue's ghosts kill a young surgeon's patients, demanding he answer for his ancestors' crimes.

by Robin Cook 2024

3.36

5k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Horror 👻 Haunted Hospital 🔗 Ancestral Guilt 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Body Has a Mind of Its Own

by Sandra Blakeslee • 2007

Your brain's body maps extend into tools and space; remapping them can ease pain, deepen empathy.

3.98

796

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🪞 Mirror Neurons 🤕 Pain Science 🧘 Body Awareness

The Body Has a Mind of Its Own 86%

Your brain's body maps extend into tools and space; remapping them can ease pain, deepen empathy.

by Sandra Blakeslee 2007

3.98

796 ratings

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🪞 Mirror Neurons 🤕 Pain Science 🧘 Body Awareness

When Darkness Loves Us

by Elizabeth Engstrom • 1985

Trapped in caverns beneath her farm, a teenage bride raises a son born to the dark.

4.01

2k+

🕳️ Gothic Underground 🦴 Body Horror 🌑 Feral Child 🎭 Disfigured Protagonist 👻 Ambiguous Ghost

When Darkness Loves Us 86%

Trapped in caverns beneath her farm, a teenage bride raises a son born to the dark.

by Elizabeth Engstrom 1985

4.01

2k+ ratings

🕳️ Gothic Underground 🦴 Body Horror 🌑 Feral Child 🎭 Disfigured Protagonist 👻 Ambiguous Ghost

Born on a Blue Day

by Daniel Tammet • 2006

A mind where numbers glow with color, calendars are landscapes, and prime numbers feel smooth.

3.85

24k+

🧩 Living With Autism 🌈 Synesthesia 👁️ Sensory Perception 🧠 Savant Abilities ♾️ Neurodiversity

Born on a Blue Day 86%

A mind where numbers glow with color, calendars are landscapes, and prime numbers feel smooth.

by Daniel Tammet 2006

3.85

24k+ ratings

🧩 Living With Autism 🌈 Synesthesia 👁️ Sensory Perception 🧠 Savant Abilities ♾️ Neurodiversity

Physical Intelligence

by Scott Grafton • 2020

Movement is the foundation of thought, and fatigue is your brain's way of holding you back.

3.60

194

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🔗 Mind-Body Connection 🧬 Neuroplasticity 🥵 Fatigue And Endurance 🧭 Spatial Cognition

Physical Intelligence 86%

Movement is the foundation of thought, and fatigue is your brain's way of holding you back.

by Scott Grafton 2020

3.60

194 ratings

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🔗 Mind-Body Connection 🧬 Neuroplasticity 🥵 Fatigue And Endurance 🧭 Spatial Cognition

On Looking

by Alexandra Horowitz • 2013

The same city block holds eleven unseen worlds. A walk with those who can see them.

3.51

5k+

👁️ Sensory Perception 🌿 Nature Writing 🔍 Everyday Observation 🏙️ Urban Ecology 🎯 Selective Attention

On Looking 86%

The same city block holds eleven unseen worlds. A walk with those who can see them.

by Alexandra Horowitz 2013

3.51

5k+ ratings

👁️ Sensory Perception 🌿 Nature Writing 🔍 Everyday Observation 🏙️ Urban Ecology 🎯 Selective Attention

Sour Candy

by Kealan Patrick Burke • 2015

A Walmart candy aisle encounter costs a man his teeth, his girlfriend, and his reality.

3.59

26k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🧬 Parasitic Entity 😵 Reality Gaslighting 👔 Reluctant Father

Sour Candy 86%

A Walmart candy aisle encounter costs a man his teeth, his girlfriend, and his reality.

by Kealan Patrick Burke 2015

3.59

26k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🧬 Parasitic Entity 😵 Reality Gaslighting 👔 Reluctant Father

The kingdom of infinite space

by Raymond Tallis • 2008

Spit, yawns, and blushes: a philosopher unpacks the biology that culture transforms.

3.38

151

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💪 Philosophy Of The Body 🌟 Human Uniqueness 👁️ Sensory Experience 😊 Face And Expression

The kingdom of infinite space 86%

Spit, yawns, and blushes: a philosopher unpacks the biology that culture transforms.

by Raymond Tallis 2008

3.38

151 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💪 Philosophy Of The Body 🌟 Human Uniqueness 👁️ Sensory Experience 😊 Face And Expression

Nona the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir • 2022

An amnesiac child with a borrowed body has six months before the apocalypse inside her wakes.

4.33

57k+

🚀 Science Fantasy 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 👥 Body Sharing 🥀 Tender Horror

Nona the Ninth 86%

An amnesiac child with a borrowed body has six months before the apocalypse inside her wakes.

by Tamsyn Muir 2022

4.33

57k+ ratings

🚀 Science Fantasy 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 👥 Body Sharing 🥀 Tender Horror

Deviate

by Beau Lotto • 2017

Your brain evolved for survival, not truth. That bias is the engine of creativity.

3.73

2k+

👁️ Perception Science 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎨 Creativity Science 🏃 Embodied Cognition 🧩 Cognitive Biases

Deviate 86%

Your brain evolved for survival, not truth. That bias is the engine of creativity.

by Beau Lotto 2017

3.73

2k+ ratings

👁️ Perception Science 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎨 Creativity Science 🏃 Embodied Cognition 🧩 Cognitive Biases

I Am Behind You

by John Ajvide Lindqvist • 2014

Campers wake to a world erased: no sun, no roads, only grass stretching forever.

3.36

5k+

🚪 Liminal Space 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror 👧 Inhuman Child 🩸 Body Horror

I Am Behind You 86%

Campers wake to a world erased: no sun, no roads, only grass stretching forever.

by John Ajvide Lindqvist 2014

3.36

5k+ ratings

🚪 Liminal Space 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror 👧 Inhuman Child 🩸 Body Horror

Ghost Story

by Jim Butcher • 2011

Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.

4.25

107k+

👻 Ghost Detective 🧙 Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir 🔮 Reluctant Medium 🌑 Dark Apprentice

Ghost Story 86%

Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.

by Jim Butcher 2011

4.25

107k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Detective 🧙 Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir 🔮 Reluctant Medium 🌑 Dark Apprentice

Livewired

by David Eagleman • 2014

Half a brain runs a full life because idle neural real estate gets claimed immediately.

4.16

5k+

🧠 Neuroscience 🧩 Neuroplasticity 👁️ Sensory Perception 🧬 Neural Darwinism 🦾 Body Schema

Livewired 86%

Half a brain runs a full life because idle neural real estate gets claimed immediately.

by David Eagleman 2014

4.16

5k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience 🧩 Neuroplasticity 👁️ Sensory Perception 🧬 Neural Darwinism 🦾 Body Schema

Wretch

by Eric LaRocca • 2026

After his husband dies, a man joins a grief group whose rituals conjure a soul-hungry spirit.

3.38

1k+

🖤 Grief Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🍖 Emotional Cannibalism 🪲 Insect Horror

Wretch 86%

After his husband dies, a man joins a grief group whose rituals conjure a soul-hungry spirit.

by Eric LaRocca 2026

3.38

1k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🍖 Emotional Cannibalism 🪲 Insect Horror

Nestlings

by Nat Cassidy • 2023

A paraplegic mother wins a luxury apartment in a building that feeds on families like hers.

3.78

28k+

🩸 Postpartum Horror 🏢 Sentient Building 🦴 Body Horror 🏚️ Gothic Apartment 🕷️ Parasitic Colony

Nestlings 86%

A paraplegic mother wins a luxury apartment in a building that feeds on families like hers.

by Nat Cassidy 2023

3.78

28k+ ratings

🩸 Postpartum Horror 🏢 Sentient Building 🦴 Body Horror 🏚️ Gothic Apartment 🕷️ Parasitic Colony

Dragon Tears

by Dean Koontz • 1993

A cop receives a countdown to his death, then watches the world begin to break.

3.78

24k+

🔮 Supernatural Thriller 👮 Police Vs Paranormal 👥 Partner Detectives 🌀 Reality Unraveling 🏠 Found Family

Dragon Tears 86%

A cop receives a countdown to his death, then watches the world begin to break.

by Dean Koontz 1993

3.78

24k+ ratings

🔮 Supernatural Thriller 👮 Police Vs Paranormal 👥 Partner Detectives 🌀 Reality Unraveling 🏠 Found Family

Apartment 16

by Adam L.G. Nevill • 2010

An American inherits a London flat where something behind a locked door has waited for decades.

3.20

7k+

🖼️ Haunted Paintings 🏢 Sentient Building 🌀 Descent Into Madness 👻 Ghost Child 🔄 Generational Curse

Apartment 16 86%

An American inherits a London flat where something behind a locked door has waited for decades.

by Adam L.G. Nevill 2010

3.20

7k+ ratings

🖼️ Haunted Paintings 🏢 Sentient Building 🌀 Descent Into Madness 👻 Ghost Child 🔄 Generational Curse

Doctor Sleep

by Stephen King • 2013

A hospice worker protects a girl whose psychic beacon has lured a tribe of soul-eating nomads.

4.13

304k+

🧠 Psychic Horror 🧛 Psychic Vampires 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔗 Psychic Link 👻 Haunted Past

Doctor Sleep 86%

A hospice worker protects a girl whose psychic beacon has lured a tribe of soul-eating nomads.

by Stephen King 2013

4.13

304k+ ratings

🧠 Psychic Horror 🧛 Psychic Vampires 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔗 Psychic Link 👻 Haunted Past

A Short Stay in Hell

by Steven L. Peck • 2011

After death, a man faces an infinite library. To escape Hell, he must find the book of his life.

4.15

70k+

🧠 Philosophical Horror 👻 Afterlife Horror 🔢 Mathematical Horror 💔 Love Across Eternity 🎭 Absurdist Afterlife

A Short Stay in Hell 86%

After death, a man faces an infinite library. To escape Hell, he must find the book of his life.

by Steven L. Peck 2011

4.15

70k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Horror 👻 Afterlife Horror 🔢 Mathematical Horror 💔 Love Across Eternity 🎭 Absurdist Afterlife

Beyond Black

by Hilary Mantel • 2005

Her spirit guide is her childhood abuser. She tours England's motorways with her assistant.

3.43

10k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🔮 Psychic Mediums 🏘️ Gothic Suburbia 💔 Haunted By Trauma 😈 Darkly Comic

Beyond Black 86%

Her spirit guide is her childhood abuser. She tours England's motorways with her assistant.

by Hilary Mantel 2005

3.43

10k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🔮 Psychic Mediums 🏘️ Gothic Suburbia 💔 Haunted By Trauma 😈 Darkly Comic

Ghosts

by Roger Clarke • 2012

Ghosts have a natural history: five centuries of sightings show how the dead reflect the living.

3.54

1k+

👻 Paranormal History 🔎 Skeptical Inquiry 🕯️ Spiritualism 🎭 Ghost Hoaxes 💥 Poltergeist Cases

Ghosts 86%

Ghosts have a natural history: five centuries of sightings show how the dead reflect the living.

by Roger Clarke 2012

3.54

1k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal History 🔎 Skeptical Inquiry 🕯️ Spiritualism 🎭 Ghost Hoaxes 💥 Poltergeist Cases

Apartment 2B

by K. Webster • 2014

An abuse survivor moves into a crumbling apartment and falls for the neighbor the cold follows.

3.82

2k+

🖤 Ghost Love Interest 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Found Family 🖐️ Fear Of Touch 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Apartment 2B 86%

An abuse survivor moves into a crumbling apartment and falls for the neighbor the cold follows.

by K. Webster 2014

3.82

2k+ ratings

🖤 Ghost Love Interest 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Found Family 🖐️ Fear Of Touch 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Experience Machine

by Andy Clark • 2023

Your brain guesses reality instead of recording it, and the mismatch shapes everything.

3.91

1k+

🧠 Predictive Processing 💭 Consciousness Studies 🦾 Embodied Cognition 🌐 Distributed Cognition ❤️ Embodied Emotion

The Experience Machine 86%

Your brain guesses reality instead of recording it, and the mismatch shapes everything.

by Andy Clark 2023

3.91

1k+ ratings

🧠 Predictive Processing 💭 Consciousness Studies 🦾 Embodied Cognition 🌐 Distributed Cognition ❤️ Embodied Emotion

The Mind Electric

by Pria Anand • 2025

When the brain breaks, it fills the gaps with stories. A neurologist shows medicine does the same.

3.81

768

🧠 Neurological Disorders 📖 Narrative Medicine 🏛️ History Of Medicine 🎓 Medical Education 💢 Pain Perception

The Mind Electric 86%

When the brain breaks, it fills the gaps with stories. A neurologist shows medicine does the same.

by Pria Anand 2025

3.81

768 ratings

🧠 Neurological Disorders 📖 Narrative Medicine 🏛️ History Of Medicine 🎓 Medical Education 💢 Pain Perception

North American Lake Monsters

by Nathan Ballingrud • 2013

Werewolves on a construction site, an angel in a broken home: the supernatural mirrors human grief.

3.95

7k+

🖤 Literary Horror 👁️ Weird Fiction 🔧 Working Class Horror 🕯️ Supernatural Grief 🏚️ Haunted Families

North American Lake Monsters 86%

Werewolves on a construction site, an angel in a broken home: the supernatural mirrors human grief.

by Nathan Ballingrud 2013

3.95

7k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 👁️ Weird Fiction 🔧 Working Class Horror 🕯️ Supernatural Grief 🏚️ Haunted Families

The Reality of ESP

by Russell Targ • 2012

The CIA funded ESP research for 23 years. A physicist says the statistical case is closed.

4.21

264

👁️ Remote Viewing 🔬 Parapsychology 🏛️ Government Psi Programs ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 🌐 Nonlocal Awareness

The Reality of ESP 86%

The CIA funded ESP research for 23 years. A physicist says the statistical case is closed.

by Russell Targ 2012

4.21

264 ratings

👁️ Remote Viewing 🔬 Parapsychology 🏛️ Government Psi Programs ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 🌐 Nonlocal Awareness

Kill Creek

by Scott Thomas • 2017

Four horror writers spend Halloween night in a haunted house that feeds on their darkest secrets.

3.75

24k+

🏚️ Sentient House 🎬 Meta Horror ✍️ Writers In Peril 🌀 Blurred Reality 🔄 Cyclical Evil

Kill Creek 86%

Four horror writers spend Halloween night in a haunted house that feeds on their darkest secrets.

by Scott Thomas 2017

3.75

24k+ ratings

🏚️ Sentient House 🎬 Meta Horror ✍️ Writers In Peril 🌀 Blurred Reality 🔄 Cyclical Evil

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 💔 Erotic Obsession 😬 Darkly Comic

Creep 86%

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 💔 Erotic Obsession 😬 Darkly Comic

Harrow the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir • 2020

Haunted by the woman she devoured for power, a necromancer must face a world-devouring beast.

4.29

91k+

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 📘 Second Person Narration 💔 Sapphic Yearning 🌌 Cosmic Horror 💀 Necromantic Empire

Harrow the Ninth 86%

Haunted by the woman she devoured for power, a necromancer must face a world-devouring beast.

by Tamsyn Muir 2020

4.29

91k+ ratings

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 📘 Second Person Narration 💔 Sapphic Yearning 🌌 Cosmic Horror 💀 Necromantic Empire

Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight

by Sharon Heller • 2002

Why tags, crowds, and noise feel unbearable: a body-based fix for sensory defensiveness.

3.90

866

🧠 Sensory Processing 🧩 Sensory Integration ⚡ Nervous System Regulation 🔊 Overstimulation 🧘 Mind-Body Connection

Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight Summary

Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight 86%

Why tags, crowds, and noise feel unbearable: a body-based fix for sensory defensiveness.

by Sharon Heller 2002

3.90

866 ratings

🧠 Sensory Processing 🧩 Sensory Integration ⚡ Nervous System Regulation 🔊 Overstimulation 🧘 Mind-Body Connection

Absolution

by Jeff Vandermeer • 2024

On a forgotten coast, scientists discover the ecosystem they came to catalog is cataloging them.

3.57

13k+

🐊 Ecological Horror 🌀 New Weird 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🌌 Cosmic Horror

Absolution 86%

On a forgotten coast, scientists discover the ecosystem they came to catalog is cataloging them.

by Jeff Vandermeer 2024

3.57

13k+ ratings

🐊 Ecological Horror 🌀 New Weird 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🌌 Cosmic Horror

Ghosts

by Hans Holzer • 1997

A field guide to ghost types, why they linger, and how to investigate without fear.

4.00

879

👻 Ghost Hunting 🔬 Parapsychology 🕊️ Life After Death 🏚️ Haunted Houses 🌀 Poltergeists

Ghosts 86%

A field guide to ghost types, why they linger, and how to investigate without fear.

by Hans Holzer 1997

4.00

879 ratings

👻 Ghost Hunting 🔬 Parapsychology 🕊️ Life After Death 🏚️ Haunted Houses 🌀 Poltergeists

The Anomaly

by Hervé Le Tellier • 2020

When a routine flight duplicates, every passenger faces the stranger who shares their face and past.

3.79

70k+

🪞 Parallel Selves 💻 Simulated Reality 😱 Existential Dread 🎭 Identity Crisis 🧠 Philosophical Thriller

The Anomaly 86%

When a routine flight duplicates, every passenger faces the stranger who shares their face and past.

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Mindless agents and a thinking body construct perception; the self is just a story.

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Materialist Phenomenology 86%

Mindless agents and a thinking body construct perception; the self is just a story.

by Manuel DeLanda 2021

4.05

21 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🦾 Embodied Cognition 👁️ Phenomenology 💭 Nonconceptual Content 🌿 Ecological Psychology

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