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Top authors writing mental illness horror
Veronica Lancet
4.58 · 26 ratings
dark · adult · horror · crime · fiction · mystery · female-mc · suspense · anti-hero · contemporary · gothic · book · organized-crime · romance · abuse · age-gap · justice · torture · vigilante · arranged-marriage
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Lily Heron (Lily Rooke/Emily Rooke)
4.33 · 6 ratings
mlm · lgbtq · fiction · mental-illness · fantasy · book · young-adult · romance · horror · dark · paranormal · supernatural · action-adventure · holidays · adult · dark-fantasy · romantic-love
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Tiffany McDaniel
4.21 · 52 ratings
fiction · mystery · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · dark · audiobook · family · book · coming-of-age · crime · drama · female-author · horror · young-adult · mental-illness · racism · contemporary · lgbtq · psychological · epic
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Rowan Altwood
4.17 · 18 ratings
fiction · mystery · fantasy · lgbtq · historical · historical-fiction · young-adult · mlm · book · romance · paranormal · substance-abuse · suspense · season-winter · slow-burn · horror · spooky · dark · ghosts · supernatural
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Stephanie Denne
4.15 · 13 ratings
dark-fantasy · horror · adult · dark · fiction · fantasy · fated-mates · found-family · paranormal · vampires · romance · book · dark-academia · magic · witches-wizards · urban-fantasy · mental-illness · forced-proximity · fae · friends-to-lovers
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Georgia Wells
4.15 · 20 ratings
fiction · horror · adult · dark · romance · book · steamy · suspense · serial-killers · mental-illness · enemies-to-lovers · demons · insta-love · supernatural · kidnapping · paranormal · fantasy · spirituality · mystery · fated-mates
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Michelle Hodkin
4.00 · 279 ratings
young-adult · paranormal · fiction · fantasy · horror · urban-fantasy · supernatural · romance · book · audiobook · mystery · death · dark · mental-illness · contemporary · dystopia · magic · high-school · suspense · super-powered
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Jennifer Jaynes
3.97 · 77 ratings
fiction · book · crime · mystery · thriller · psychological · suspense · audiobook · contemporary · drama · horror · death · mental-illness · young-adult · killer · murder · serial-killers · dark · realistic · adult
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Morgan Talty
3.96 · 53 ratings
audiobook · horror · indigenous-mc · poc-mc · fiction · contemporary · anthologies · mental-illness · literary-fiction · poc-author · realistic · adult · mystery · fantasy · family · myths · 21st-century · drama · maine · paranormal
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Sarah Kane
3.92 · 98 ratings
20th-century · fiction · drama · female-author · classics · mental-illness · book · contemporary · adult · university · literary · horror · lgbtq · dark · nihilism · suicide · psychological · feminism · madness · 21st-century
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Liz Nugent
3.90 · 106 ratings
crime · mystery · fiction · dark · thriller · adult · book · psychological · suspense · audiobook · contemporary · family · horror · drama · murder · female-author · historical-fiction · death · mental-illness · realistic
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J.R. Johansson
3.89 · 56 ratings
young-adult · book · fiction · mystery · law-enforcement · contemporary · suspense · horror · supernatural · urban-fantasy · romance · mental-illness · paranormal · fantasy · dark · psychological · survival · action-adventure · crime · family
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Dr. Harper
3.89 · 74 ratings- The Disturbing Incidents at Lonesome Woods Boarding School by Dr. Harper
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audiobook · horror · psychological · lgbtq · crime · mystery · fiction · suspense · contemporary · mental-illness · young-adult · dark · book · anthologies · true-crime · drama · fantasy · abuse · substance-abuse · romantic-love
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Maria Dong
3.82 · 11 ratings
fiction · adult · horror · mental-illness · book · psychological · mystery · lgbtq · female-mc · space-travel · exploration · literary-fiction · fantasy · thriller · crime · amateur-sleuth · unreliable-narrator · female-author · futuristic · near-future
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P.J. Vernon
3.78 · 45 ratings
adult · fiction · substance-abuse · suspense · audiobook · contemporary · book · psychological · mental-illness · dark · thriller · horror · crime · murder · domestic-drama · marriage · steamy · gothic · anthologies · mlm
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Tim Floreen
3.76 · 38 ratings
fiction · contemporary · mental-illness · young-adult · male-mc · lgbtq · action-adventure · mystery · suspense · coming-of-age · book · angst · mlm · dark · sci-fi · high-school · horror · futuristic · bullying · friendship
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Abigail Dean
3.76 · 58 ratings
literary-fiction · book · psychological · mental-illness · contemporary · audiobook · suspense · fiction · mystery · female-mc · crime · adult · thriller · horror · domestic-drama · true-crime · dark · religion · abuse · england
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Aimee Molloy
3.76 · 72 ratings
suspense · audiobook · contemporary · book · kidnapping · psychological · mental-illness · adult · secrets · thriller · female-author · horror · family · crime · drama · unreliable-narrator · fiction · female-mc · domestic-drama · marriage
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Jackie Morse Kessler
3.72 · 67 ratings
fantasy · fiction · paranormal · young-adult · supernatural · magic · urban-fantasy · book · myths · action-adventure · apocalyptic · family · death · horror · high-school · mental-illness · dystopia · female-mc · retellings · coming-of-age
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Derek Milman
3.71 · 29 ratings
contemporary · book · young-adult · horror · fiction · mystery · coming-of-age · audiobook · mental-illness · mlm · realistic · thriller · lgbtq · humor · fantasy · killer · suspense · survival · connecticut · psychological
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S.K. Tremayne
3.66 · 88 ratings
thriller · adult · crime · fiction · mystery · suspense · audiobook · book · psychological · spooky · horror · contemporary · mental-illness · family · domestic-drama · murder · amnesia · literary-fiction · gothic · supernatural
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John Darnielle
3.60 · 93 ratings
fiction · 21st-century · literary-fiction · realistic · horror · crime · mystery · suspense · audiobook · contemporary · book · psychological · mental-illness · spooky · dark · adult · male-author · historical-fiction · thriller · drama
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Ottessa Moshfegh
3.57 · 172 ratings
fiction · adult · dark · literary-fiction · 21st-century · female-author · mental-illness · book · horror · psychological · audiobook · historical-fiction · humor · realistic · feminism · mystery · unreliable-narrator · drama · crime · historical
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Bryce Gibson
3.55 · 11 ratings
law-enforcement · horror · fiction · young-adult · book · crime · suspense · mystery · mental-illness · psychological · thriller · historical · season-autumn · literary · classics · action-adventure · season-summer · serial-killers
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Sue Wallman
3.48 · 40 ratings
thriller · contemporary · murder · mystery · fiction · young-adult · book · law-enforcement · horror · season-summer · crime · mental-illness · death · realistic · grief · killer · plot-twist · action-adventure · children-books · family
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Stephanie Kuehn
3.47 · 117 ratings
young-adult · fiction · contemporary · realistic · mystery · mental-illness · high-school · book · horror · suspense · audiobook · dark · thriller · psychological · male-mc · poc-mc · friendship · poc-author · unreliable-narrator · family
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Amy Lukavics
3.47 · 58 ratings
paranormal · young-adult · horror · fiction · mystery · suspense · book · supernatural · spooky · family · fantasy · mental-illness · ghosts · death · historical · historical-fiction · female-mc · zombies · audiobook · gothic
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Viola Di Grado
3.33 · 24 ratings
adult · female-author · fiction · contemporary · book · literary-fiction · horror · psychological · mental-illness · death · dark · magical-realism · fantasy · low-fantasy · female-mc · family · lgbtq · wlw · womens-fiction · 21st-century
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