Fiction - Psychological

"Natsume Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature." --Haruki Murakami A chance encounter irrevocably links a university student to an older man he simply calls Sensei ("Teacher"). Intrigued by Sensei's aloofness, the student visits him with increasing frequency,...

Meet Peter, a creative and curious boy who has big dreams-but an even bigger problem with procrastination. Whether it's finishing his homework or starting a new project, something always seems to hold him back. Is it fear of failing, a lack of motivation, or...

How well do you know your husband? When Alice Gill sees the little blue line, it's the happiest moment of her life. But her whole world is turned upside down when the police knock at her door minutes later... Her husband, Dominic, is dead....

It's a historical novel set in the American Midwest during the early 20th century. The story revolves around the life of a man named Asa, tracing his journey from childhood through adulthood, exploring his personal growth, relationships, and the challenges he faces in a...

**Flowers from Death is a dark, stalker, steamy contemporary romance**Ever since the accident that shattered my world and killed my best friend, I've yearned for a new life. Columbia University offers just that. Freedom. A fresh start. A chance to be normal for once....

A found journal whose author wishes to remain anonymous... After losing his family in a tragic automobile accident, one man's reason to go on living is stripped away. That is until one day, by chance - some might call it serendipity - he overhears...

About the BookThis is the 25th volume of the series documenting the fictitious misadventures of the innocent or not so innocent therapist Dr. Nevius, and the 4th volume describing his post-mortem attempts to revive his revered suicided love, Moira Morandi. Here the prime energy...

The portrait of a dangerous and unknowable lost soul, by "a chronicler nonpareil of 20th-century Guyanese life." (Margaret Busby, The Guardian) Quiet, reserved, painfully shy, Galton Flood arrives in the Guyanese township of Linden haunted by the death of his domineering mother. There he...

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a gothic novella by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson first published in 1886.It is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and...

"The Runagates Club" is a 1928 compilation of twelve stories recounted as memories from John Buchan's most well-known characters. Set in the fictional Runagates Club in central London in the early 1930s, a dining club for exceptional gentleman. Each month they meet and take...

The dead girl was never identified, and for Martin and the other police officers involved, her murder symbolised everything that was wrong with the city: a haphazard sprawl of indifference. Four months on, Martin is separated from his job, his wife and his friends....

Shannon Fitzpatrick has reoccurring nightmares of a sad little girl with big scared eyes looking through a window of a small old abandoned house. When she tries to help her, the little girl disappears into the fireplace. She gets locked in and left alone...

I was grateful for the death sentence the doctors gave me. It meant no more words, no more summons ringing out in hallucinations and fevers, an end neat as the edge of the world, where the sun drops into the sea. I walked through...

Nicholas Royle challenges and experiments with literary form to forge a new mode of storytelling that is both playful and inquisitive. Tender, absorbing and at times shockingly funny, this extraordinary novel is both mystery and love story. It confronts the mad hand of grief...

The scholarly edition of The Professor's House incorporates into its textual analysis findings from a recently discovered and significantly reworked draft of the novel. Willa Cather's perennial claims that there were no extant drafts make this discovery especially important to Cather scholars. Written in...

Satori in Paris and Pic, two of Jack Kerouac's last novels, showcase the remarkable range and versatility of his mature talent. Satori in Paris is a rollicking autobiographical account of Kerouac's search for his heritage in France, and lands the author in his familiar...

Channeling the emotional intensity of Susan Minot and Amy Bloom--and infused with a witty, dream-like surrealism reminiscent of Margaret Atwood--this mesmerizing debut takes us inside the unsettling world of Margaret Lydia Benning, which turns upside down when she falls in love...and then unravels before...

Ellen Wilbur's stories crackle with emotional energy, drawing readers into a vivid tapestry of relationships, heartbreak, and revelation. From the very first page, her keen insight and nuanced storytelling shine through, plunging us into an array of lives shaped by personal struggles, transformative moments,...

A couple's gender reveal party turns deadly and everyone is a suspect in this gripping thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Overnight Guest Is it a boy or a girl? They would die to know... Cordelia and Wes Drake have...

A blend of postmodern metafiction and old-style bedroom farce, The Journalist explores the elusive, sometimes illusive, boundaries between facts and the fictions we weave around them. The novel's protagonist, living at a time that might be the present in a city that might be...

It's about to get very dark. Bram Stoker Award-winning author Laird Barron returns to the dark and dreadful with his fifth horror collection, which weaves sixteen weird tales into a mosaic of the bloody and the macabre.Bring a flashlight and a book of matches.Where...

"The Possessed: Or, The Devils Part III" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky's is a seminal work in Russian literature, renowned for its exploration of existentialism, Dostoevskian themes, and psychological depth. Set against the backdrop of Russian society, this novel delves into the complexities of the human...

From T. Marie Vandelly, author of the acclaimed horror novel Theme Music, An Evil Premise is a mind-bending, thrilling meta-novel about possession, insanity, and the lengths a writer will go to find inspiration.When a bizarre accident leaves her sister, bestselling author Deidre Baldwin, in...

When a man discovers his high school sweetheart and love of his life is not the perfect temperate soul he married, many questions complicate his thoughts. Not the least of which is to cut his losses and put an end to what may turn...

Prepare to have your heart broken. Oink and the Inevitable is a powerful, moving story about a very special pig. Oink's life on the farm is idyllic at first, but his unusual intelligence soon reveals a dark secret. He sees the fear in the...

Catty Hammond isn't like other girls; she can talk to roaches. It's not a gift she ever wanted or asked for, but ever since she was a child, it's marked her as different. And in the suburb of Hilly Green, different is just about...

Fifteen years ago, a night on the shores of the Outer Banks changed Claudia Mercer's life forever. Now, haunted by questions she can't let go, Claudia returns to the North Carolina coast to find her missing brother - and confront the ghosts of her...

Summer by Edith Wharton is a poignant novel that explores themes of desire, societal constraints, and the complexities of human relationships. The story centers on a young woman named Charity Royall, who is caught between her longing for a more vibrant life and the...

When its librarian keeper mysteriously dies, two former classmates must race to locate a rare book from their college years that can foretell your future if you confess a secret from your past--but someone is intent on protecting what's hidden inside.It can write the...

Michael J. Wilson's character-driven debut captures the loneliness of urban millennial life and the peril of becoming enamored with strangers solely through their social media personas."Contessa became a fixture in my mind a year ago when I saw her board the train." So begins...

In this twisty tale of domestic suspense, four neighbors become the prime suspects in a murder investigation that reveals the sinister underside of their picture-perfect community--from the bestselling author of The Guilty Husband. Hawthorne Lane is the perfect place to live. Its tree-lined street...

"If her abusive husband hadn't tried to kill her and her beloved dog Lucie, Helen Ward might never have left her million-dollar home and run far away..." --p. [4] of cover.Author: Fern MichaelsISBN-10: 1420132490ISBN-13: 9781420132496Publisher: Kensington Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/30/2013Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.10h...

A man is confronted about his nappy-wearing by his wife but she has other ideas. If he doesn't start wearing nappies all the time and using them fully... she will divorce him. Life is about to change very dramatically.From the book: Naughty Naughty No...

Gwen is known as someone who listens well and solves problems. Clients pay for her counsel as they sit in the purple chair and untangle their emotions and stories. Word of mouth keeps people coming to her door. But who listens to Gwen? Who...

Author: Jodi PicoultISBN-10: 0606407553ISBN-13: 9780606407557Publisher: Turtleback BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/05/2013Pages: 528Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 6.70h x 4.20w x 1.30dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.7Point Value: 25Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 158139 / Storyteller

Tragedy befalls Maine's Carrabassett Valley as Catherine Thomaston, a theoretical physics professor with a brilliant career at Bowdoin College, takes ill after the sudden death of her father. Forced into retirement by this terrible illness, she has been living a quiet life of isolation...

On a remote Shetland island, a mother and daughter's strained relationship is tested as dark and long-hidden secrets are revealed . . . Kirstie exiles herself to the small Shetland island of Yell after yet another torrid affair. She knows she went too far...

Since Maylee was abducted from her high school the very month of graduation, her Aunt Autumn has never lost hope in finding her.It's been three years. Autumn has finally reached inside herself and found the courage to track down an old lead, and travels...

Do fairy-tales romances exist? Bruised but Not Broken is a fictitious story centred on the life of Kaitlin, a woman seeking romance and love through online dating. When she meets an alluring and mysterious man-Greg Kingston-Kaitlin is initially captivated by her Prince Charming's enchanting...

If your husband still played with Doll Houses, what would you do? Or would you let that slide a little bit? He is some sweet caramel eye candy, right? Should you excuse his sick behavior because he suffered a tragic childhood? The question is...

Two days after Christmas, two in the afternoon, two passengers must face the storm to prevail against the darkness. Maggie Espinoza needs to get away from Portland, Oregon, from a blown out past and a bleak future. She figures taking the Express train to...

Lord Jim is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine from October 1899 to November 1900. An early and primary event in the story is the abandonment of a passenger ship in distress by its crew, including a...

Wealthy retired and grieving industrialist, Calvin James, publicly kills a beloved Reverend in front of his congregation. This should be open and shut for the police detective assigned to the case, until he is sent for a psychological exam to determine his ability to...

A tale of ambivalent friendship and obsession with a fashionable drifter named Nicola in the fashionable city named Milan.It was the lies he told that reminded me of that past of mine that I hadn't encountered in a while. He was telling me the...

A troubled woman sits alone on a couch in a crowded funeral home, in wake of her husband's "accident." In her right hand, she holds a scrap of paper she refuses to reveal, and, in her heart, she holds a lot of secrets, including...

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Nani Power's The Good Remains is an enchanting tribute to Dickens's A Christmas Carol that follows a beguiling cast of characters in a small Virginia town heavy with history. Dr. C. R. Ash is a...

The final volume in a trilogy beginning with Umbrella and followed by Shark, Phone tells the story of two men: Zack Busner and Jonathan De'Ath. Busner is a psychiatrist who has made his name through his unorthodox treatment of psychological damage, such as administering...

Author: Ed RodriguezISBN-13: 9798992858013Publisher: Ed RodriguezLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/08/2025Pages: 352Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d

Who's in control in those moments you aren't?They're all around us.Wherever there's enough of us to keep them alive. Waiting for their chance to occupy those of us whose consciousness lapses. There when we get lost in a thought. A daydream. A moment.Through us,...

Deranged old Mr. Jarrow stubbornly insists his (very much alive) wife is dead and will only communicate with her through seances. Obsessed with all things gruesome and horrible, he delights in reading accounts of murders in the newspaper and leaving rotting animal corpses on...