😈 Psychopath Behavior

A focused examination of the behavioral patterns that define psychopathy, from superficial charm and manipulation to the cold, predatory logic that underlies their interactions.

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

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 91%

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 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 90%

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

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 90%

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 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

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

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

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

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

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

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

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 88%

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

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

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 88%

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

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

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

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 88%

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

Criminal Genius

by James C. Oleson • 2016

High IQ does not deter crime; it just makes offenders smarter about getting away.

4.17

💼 White Collar Crime 🧠 Criminal Psychology 📜 Moral Development

Criminal Genius 88%

High IQ does not deter crime; it just makes offenders smarter about getting away.

by James C. Oleson 2016

4.17

18 ratings

💼 White Collar Crime 🧠 Criminal Psychology 📜 Moral Development

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

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

Anatomía del mal

by Jordi Wild • 2024

Eight crimes pull apart evil: trauma, group pressure, misogyny, and the mask of ordinary life.

3.42

884

🧠 Criminal Psychology 😈 Nature Of Evil 🧒 Childhood Trauma

Anatomía del mal 88%

Eight crimes pull apart evil: trauma, group pressure, misogyny, and the mask of ordinary life.

by Jordi Wild 2024

3.42

884 ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 😈 Nature Of Evil 🧒 Childhood Trauma

Dangerous Personalities

by Joe Navarro • 2014

An FBI profiler's checklist for spotting the personality types most likely to harm you.

3.88

3k+

🧠 Personality Disorders 🛡️ Interpersonal Safety 🔍 Behavioral Profiling

Dangerous Personalities 88%

An FBI profiler's checklist for spotting the personality types most likely to harm you.

by Joe Navarro 2014

3.88

3k+ ratings

🧠 Personality Disorders 🛡️ Interpersonal Safety 🔍 Behavioral Profiling

The Art Thief

by Michael Finkel • 2023

History's most prolific art thief never stole for money. He stole to possess beauty itself.

3.92

103k+

🖼️ Art Theft 🎨 Aesthetic Obsession 🧠 Collector Psychology

The Art Thief 88%

History's most prolific art thief never stole for money. He stole to possess beauty itself.

by Michael Finkel 2023

3.92

103k+ ratings

🖼️ Art Theft 🎨 Aesthetic Obsession 🧠 Collector Psychology

The Science of Evil

by Simon Baron-Cohen • 2011

Zero empathy produces both cruelty and extraordinary systems. The neuroscience behind the split.

3.77

7k+

🧠 Empathy Research 🧬 Social Neuroscience 👥 Theory Of Mind

The Science of Evil 88%

Zero empathy produces both cruelty and extraordinary systems. The neuroscience behind the split.

by Simon Baron-Cohen 2011

3.77

7k+ ratings

🧠 Empathy Research 🧬 Social Neuroscience 👥 Theory Of Mind

The Best New True Crime Stories

by Mitzi Szereto • 2020

A German village, a cannibal forum, and the volunteer who agreed to be eaten.

3.29

340

🏘️ Small Town Crime 🧠 Criminal Psychology 🌐 Internet Subcultures

The Best New True Crime Stories 88%

A German village, a cannibal forum, and the volunteer who agreed to be eaten.

by Mitzi Szereto 2020

3.29

340 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Crime 🧠 Criminal Psychology 🌐 Internet Subcultures

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

Political Ponerology

by Andrew M. Lobaczewski • 2007

A small, conscienceless minority drives tyranny; your belief in fairness is their greatest weapon.

4.06

398

🏛️ Totalitarian Regimes 🧠 Psychopathy And Power 🔬 Clinical Study Of Evil

Political Ponerology 88%

A small, conscienceless minority drives tyranny; your belief in fairness is their greatest weapon.

by Andrew M. Lobaczewski 2007

4.06

398 ratings

🏛️ Totalitarian Regimes 🧠 Psychopathy And Power 🔬 Clinical Study Of Evil

The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump

by Bandy X. Lee • 2017

A psychiatric rule bars diagnosing public figures. Twenty-seven experts argue survival overrides it.

4.05

3k+

📖 Political Psychopathology 👑 Narcissistic Leadership 🎭 Psychopathy In Power

The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump Summary

The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump 88%

A psychiatric rule bars diagnosing public figures. Twenty-seven experts argue survival overrides it.

by Bandy X. Lee 2017

4.05

3k+ ratings

📖 Political Psychopathology 👑 Narcissistic Leadership 🎭 Psychopathy In Power

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 88%

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

The Wisdom of Psychopaths

by Kevin Dutton • 2012

The traits behind the worst crimes also fuel top surgeons and CEOs. The difference is degree.

3.74

15k+

🖤 Dark Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Moral Psychology

The Wisdom of Psychopaths 88%

The traits behind the worst crimes also fuel top surgeons and CEOs. The difference is degree.

by Kevin Dutton 2012

3.74

15k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Moral Psychology

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

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

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

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

Writer's Guide to Character Traits

by Linda N. Edelstein • 1999

Why your characters feel flat: the psychological patterns that make them real.

3.91

1k+

🎭 Character Creation 🧠 Personality Types 💔 Psychological Disorders

Writer's Guide to Character Traits Summary

Writer's Guide to Character Traits 88%

Why your characters feel flat: the psychological patterns that make them real.

by Linda N. Edelstein 1999

3.91

1k+ ratings

🎭 Character Creation 🧠 Personality Types 💔 Psychological Disorders

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 87%

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

What Is Madness?

by Darian Leader • 2011

Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.

4.14

531

🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis 🌪️ Psychosis 💭 Delusion

What Is Madness? 87%

Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.

by Darian Leader 2011

4.14

531 ratings

🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis 🌪️ Psychosis 💭 Delusion

The Profiler

by Pat Brown • 2010

Exposing the DC sniper case and a staged suicide by reading crime scenes the FBI refuses to.

3.08

2k+

🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🧠 Forensic Psychology 👹 Psychopathy

The Profiler 87%

Exposing the DC sniper case and a staged suicide by reading crime scenes the FBI refuses to.

by Pat Brown 2010

3.08

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🧠 Forensic Psychology 👹 Psychopathy

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

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 87%

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

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