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Dark Psychological Fiction: Exploring the Depths of the Human Mind

In the realm of literature, dark psychological fiction offers readers a captivating journey into the complex and often disturbing aspects of the human mind. This genre delves into the hidden recesses of the psyche, exploring themes such as mental illness, obsession, manipulation, and the blurred lines between reality and imagination. Whether you are a fan of suspense, thrillers, or horror, these types of books are sure to leave a lasting impression.

One of the most highly regarded authors in the realm of dark psychological fiction is Gillian Flynn. Her novel "Gone Girl" has left countless readers on the edge of their seats, as they unravel the twisted and intricate layers of the story. Flynn's ability to create deeply flawed and morally ambiguous characters adds a level of realism that keeps readers hooked until the very last page. Her other works, such as "Sharp Objects" and "Dark Places," also explore the intricate workings of the human psyche in deeply unsettling ways.

Another captivating author in this genre is Daphne du Maurier. Her novel "Rebecca" is a haunting tale that delves into themes of obsession and identity. Set in a mysterious mansion by the sea, the story follows the protagonist as she navigates the overwhelming presence of her husband's deceased first wife, Rebecca. Du Maurier's ability to create a sense of unease and tension throughout the narrative is nothing short of remarkable.

For those who prefer a more supernatural twist to their dark psychological fiction, Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House" is an absolute must-read. Jackson masterfully combines elements of horror and psychological suspense, as she explores the psychological effects of a haunted house on its occupants. This chilling tale has established itself as a classic in the genre and continues to captivate readers to this day.

If you're looking for a comprehensive resource to discover more dark psychological fiction novels, websites like Goodreads and Book Riot provide curated lists and recommendations. These platforms allow readers to explore various sub-genres within the realm of psychological fiction, ensuring that you'll find the perfect novel to satiate your appetite for dark and introspective narratives.

In conclusion, dark psychological fiction offers an opportunity to delve into the depths of the human mind like no other genre. Authors like Gillian Flynn, Daphne du Maurier, and Shirley Jackson have mastered the art of crafting chilling stories that explore the darkest corners of the human psyche. By immersing yourself in these narratives, you'll embark on a thrilling journey that will leave you questioning your own perceptions of reality. So, grab a copy of one of these gripping novels and prepare to be captivated by the twisted and unsettling world of dark psychological fiction.
The supporting character system always crashes. Fiction
The supporting character system always crashes.

The melody flew into the world of rebirth novels, and she thought she was the female lead. But when the female supporting system appeared, she realized that she was just a malicious supporting character to set the atmosphere. But none of this is crucial. The most important thing is: why does the female supporting system keep malfunctioning? As a supporting character with ideals, abilities, and ambitions, her role is to fix all the loopholes in the system! So, without saying a word, she mercilessly beat up the male lead, and then the leader of the Beggar Sect appeared. What the hell? When the female lead found her master, she didn't expect her master to be from the same hometown. Give me a brick, hurry up... When the female lead was being assassinated, Tian Boguang, the flirtatious thief, showed up. Handsome guy, is your crush a nun or something? Even the Divine Eagle Hero joined in

51.12 Million words | 2022-03-13 14:35Update

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Chu Shao's Guide to Doting on His Wife Fiction
Chu Shao's Guide to Doting on His Wife

【This article has been published under the title "Never Betrayed by Deep Affection from Now On", available at Dangdang and Taobao.】【New book recommendation: My Beloved Wife: Yi Shao, Please Spoil Me!】He revealed before their marriage that he had a car and a house, and both his parents were too busy. She discovered the reality after marriage: luxury cars and numerous properties, while his parents flew around the world for business negotiations. Gu Xiaoxiao once foolishly believed that Chu Yichen was the most suitable person for her, until she discovered that he was her immediate superior at work...

234.62 Million words | 2021-06-24 17:20Update

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Calamitous water Fiction
Calamitous water

People say, "I would rather be shattered as jade than be intact as tile, for that is the conduct of a gentleman." Why should I be the shattered jade, reduced to dust and trampled underfoot? I choose to be an ugly tile, standing firmly at the highest point, facing the wind and rain without fear, enduring scorching summers and freezing winters, looking down upon all of you, becoming the mud on the ground... A certain woman: Whoever wishes my death, I shall wish their life worse than death! A certain man: Three thousand "troublesome" waters, I will only "marry" a mere ladle.

108.67 Million words | 2022-04-04 02:42Update

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Transmigration: Don't Cheat Me, System Fiction
Transmigration: Don't Cheat Me, System

Su Yingying was 'exchanged' and crossed over to become the second young master of the Qin family. Before she could immerse herself in the joy of abundant wealth, what? She had to disguise herself as a man all the time? She had to face the sadistic elder brother, the brawling mother, and the unruly fiancée! Pity her for this seemingly high-end and classy beginning after crossing over; who knows if what lies ahead is a vulgar, melodramatic, and extremely frustrating ending.

44.44 Million words | 2022-03-21 19:56Update

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Leave no trace. Fiction
Leave no trace.

Qicao Qicao is solely focused on catching up to her senior in the game, but she is unaware that her unreliable best friend has provided her with false information. By sheer coincidence, she becomes friends with her senior in the game. When she feels upset over a stranger's actions, she doesn't realize that the right person is right beside her. Witness how a grass and a sarcastic senior mend their relationship, while the assertive supporting female character and the silly supporting male character create a hilarious romantic comedy. Join the joyful online gaming journey of these two pairs of love-hate lovers. Have you laughed today?

17.14 Million words | 2021-07-16 05:02Update

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domineering official Fiction
domineering official

The bully of the Sang family died, leaving only one, known as unfinished retribution. She, the remaining one, naturally refuses to accept, determined to continue bullying, daring the heavens to be ruthless, or she herself. However, when she avenged her enemies and walked out of the Dawang Ridge, she thought that with a little wealth, she would be safe from now on... Little did she know that the game of the great king had just begun, and experts were making moves one after another. If she didn't play along, she would become a chess piece... Hey, hey, she's the bully, she's the bully, she's the bully. Knowing oneself and the enemy, victorious in every battle, deceiving a master and laughing in the end... In short, this is a story of a domineering woman leading a high-energy man onto the official road, seeking an average official career, but titled as a bully. (This novel has a fictional historical setting, and the author has used homophones from the Southern Song Dynasty. Historians are kindly requested to silently despise. Much appreciated!)

109.80 Million words | 2020-12-07 05:12Update

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The Astonishing Imperial Physician Consort Fiction
The Astonishing Imperial Physician Consort

【New Book: The Queen is My Beloved】 Mo Xuewei, the successor of a divine physician, was forcefully sent by her deceitful master to the Central Continent, where she became the useless seventh miss of the Mo family. When the useless one turns into a genius, she becomes astonishingly talented with unparalleled wisdom.

172.80 Million words | 2021-02-10 04:54Update

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Da Ming: Old Zhu, let's not be in a hurry as we agreed! Fiction
Da Ming: Old Zhu, let's not be in a hurry as we agreed!

Reborn in the Great Ming Dynasty, activating the check-in system. Equipped with a "sharp tool," Su Jing only wants to be a wealthy landlord. Unexpectedly, Lao Zhu is just too "good" to the merchants. W

115.30 Million words | 2020-08-16 02:48Update

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Restore the Han Fiction
Restore the Han

Striving to gain the support of the lords and seeking to preserve my life in chaotic times! As a child who lost my father at a young age, Gong Sunxun obtained a life guideline early on from my mother, who claimed to be a time traveler. However, as the years passed, Gong Sunxun always found things to be a little off: "My cousin Gong Sun Zan is unreliable, what should I do, Mother? Waiting online!" "Yuan Shao, who holds the position of Three Excellencies for four generations, is on the brink of self-destruction, what should I do, Mother? Waiting online!" "The extraordinary Cao Mengde and the unwavering Liu Xuande are about to form an alliance against me, what should I do, Mother? Waiting online!" "Um... Mother, recently Sima Yi and his group have presented me with a memorial urging me to abdicate. I feel quite anxious. What should I do?" "Oh, just chill? Shouldn't disturb your busy schedule of selecting a daughter-in-law and enjoying the life of a queen dowager? Understood, I will definitely listen to you this time. I've always been obedient since childhood!"

322.80 Million words | 2021-04-03 15:35Update

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This is how cultivating immortality works. Fiction
This is how cultivating immortality works.

The players of the Nine Continents world, full of resentment, gathered together, sealing their alliance with blood, vowing to scatter the soul of the notorious demon lord. In an instant, responses came from all directions, and a wave of enthusiasm surged, as everyone glimpsed a brighter future. Except for Lu Bei. He was the so-called demon lord. "Labeling me as a demon lord, blaming me for cheating you all, I'm just an NPC, how could I possibly deceive you? Cultivation is just like this!"

377.77 Million words | 2022-05-28 21:59Update

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Shinto Danzun Fiction
Shinto Danzun

The unparalleled powerhouse, the Emperor Lin Han, perished in pursuit of the path to godhood. Thousands of years later, he reincarnated with the "Immortal Heavenly Scripture" in the same-named youth. From then on, storms and clouds surged as he clashed with countless geniuses of the current era, restarting the legendary path. Throughout the endless heavens, I am the strongest!

1,023.81 Million words | 2022-02-10 04:07Update

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From the Red Moon onwards. Fiction
From the Red Moon onwards.

From the moment the crimson moon appeared in the sky, everyone in the world turned into lunatics. Except for me!

302.29 Million words | 2022-10-13 15:26Update

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I have a haunted house. Fiction
I have a haunted house.

A foul-smelling hearse parked at the front door, the sound of marbles colliding echoed from the ceiling, someone paced back and forth in the hallway, and the next-door room seemed to be cutting something. The bedroom door lock trembled lightly, the faucet in the bathroom was tightly closed, but still, it kept dripping. There was a faint rolling sound coming from under the bed, as if a ball was rolling back and forth. Wet footprints, stained with water, constantly appeared on the floor, slowly approaching. It was 3 am, Chen Ge held a kitchen knife hiding by the radiator, his phone just dialed. "Landlord! Is this what you meant by a little lively at night?!" The book fans, first group, second group.

307.73 Million words | 2020-09-27 03:53Update

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I am not a neurasthenic patient Fiction
I am not a neurasthenic patient

After traversing into the world of Detective Conan, Chi Feichi was sent to the hospital. Tuesday. Doctor: "What day is it tomorrow?" Chi Feichi: "Wednesday." Doctor: "Cough, tomorrow is Friday." Chi Feichi: "..." Month and day. Doctor: "What is the date tomorrow?" Chi Feichi: "Month and day." Doctor: "Cough, tomorrow is month and day." Chi Feichi: "..." When everyone believes that the chaotic time is correct, and one person cannot discern and blend in correctly, then that person is the outlier, the patient! Once entering the hospital, it's as deep as the sea, and recovery in this lifetime is impossible. Chi Feichi takes a deep breath: "I've had enough!"

908.92 Million words | 2023-03-05 13:47Update

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Darling, it's time to take your medication! Fiction
Darling, it's time to take your medication!

Dear, it's time to take your medicine! The beautiful and pure saint brought the healing potion for your injuries. On this day, you witnessed betrayal with your own eyes and experienced despair in your soul... From this day forward, the hero is dead. Burn some paper for this occasion! w

212.85 Million words | 2023-04-04 10:22Update

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Consumer God Fiction
Consumer God

Time's tide rolls on, Han Lie rises against the current with the consumer system. "Consumer System: God of Men," written by Qisu Bread, is a free full-text reading without pop-ups and is a chapter reposted by netizens. Recommended address: [insert recommended address]

191.58 Million words | 2020-12-21 19:03Update

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All my apprentices are major villains. Fiction
All my apprentices are major villains.

Mr. Lu woke up to find himself as the most powerful and oldest demon master in the world, with nine fully wicked disciples who struck fear into the hearts of everyone. His first disciple, the leader of the Ghost Sect, had thousands of demonic followers under his command, while his second disciple, the Sword Demon, would resort to killing at the slightest provocation... Having lost all his cultivation, how would he tame this group of unruly disciples? His senior disciple, Mr. Yu Zhenghai, declared, "I have been unrivaled in my whole life, except for my master. No one shall dare to trample upon me." His seventh disciple, Si Wuya, lamented, "If Master doesn't die, we can't rest peacefully in either food or sleep!" ... His ninth disciple, Yan'er, vowed, "I will always remember Master's words and become a good person." Book club: Welcome to chat and have fun. Introduction is beyond me. Please read the content.

442.01 Million words | 2022-06-08 04:41Update

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The Idle Figure in the Prosperous Age of Zhenguan. Fiction
The Idle Figure in the Prosperous Age of Zhenguan.

During the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, peace and harmony prevailed throughout the land, with magnificent mountains and rivers, and the Li clan reigning supreme. General Li Jing led troops to defeat the Turks in the north, while Emperor Taizong embarked on an expedition to Goguryeo in the east, establishing his dominance in all directions. Starting anew, they restored the old glory of the empire. Before the portraits of the heroes, Emperor Li Yuan strummed his lute with a sense of melancholy, while Emperor Li Shimin danced gracefully and joyously on the Lingyan Terrace. In the grandest and most spirited era in Chinese history, outside the ancient capital of Chang'an, a young man in humble attire smiled as he gazed at the setting sun's glow upon the imperial city...

329.80 Million words | 2021-12-25 12:56Update

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Douluo Continent: Starting as the Slave of Bibi Dong Fiction
Douluo Continent: Starting as the Slave of Bibi Dong

Novelist Ye Xuan, transcended to the divine realm and became an emperor, then unexpectedly crossed over to the Douluo Continent. What? Xiao Wu? My future wife! What? Empress Bibi Dong? My servant girl! Huh? My younger sister? Hehehehehehehehehe! Use your imagination! City of Slaughter? It's owned by my family! Sea God Island? That's where I bathe every day! What? Tang Sect? What's that, a fierce military base with me in charge?...

54.04 Million words | 2022-04-04 09:37Update

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I'm really not a demon. Fiction
I'm really not a demon.

As an ordinary bookstore owner, Ling Ping'an's greatest desire in life is to live a mediocre and uneventful existence. However, there always seems to be some late-stage "chuunibyou" (delusions of grandeur) customers who show up at his store late at night. In order to make a living, Ling Ping'an reluctantly adopts the same extravagant style as these customers and enthusiastically promotes the books in his store. After much effort and struggle, he manages to sell the books. But to his dismay, these customers claim they have no money to pay. Instead, they propose offering divine artifacts and mystical objects as collateral for the books. Helpless, Ling Ping'an agrees to their demands. Little does he know, every book these customers take from him undergoes a transformation. "Secrets of Role-Playing" becomes "Reports from the Abyssal Depths," and "Official Guide to Stellar Mechanical Ascension" is actually "The Mechanical Gospels." In the eyes of these customers, Ling Ping'an is actually a terrifying leader of a cult, an indescribable being who rules over countless realms. In response to this, Ling Ping'an can only say, "That's not me! I don't have any of that! Don't make things up."

219.20 Million words | 2023-03-18 02:41Update

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Doupo: Starting with a bronze treasure chest. Fiction
Doupo: Starting with a bronze treasure chest.

Reborn as the junior captain of the Wolf Head Mercenary Corps, the minor antagonist who would later be slain by the protagonist Xiao Yan. Mu Li secretly vowed to change his destiny against the heavens, and to truly do as he pleased in this world, establishing a great legacy. "Is what I'm doing a little unethical?" Having long forgotten the concept of ethics, Mu Li withdrew his hand.

115.31 Million words | 2022-08-10 20:57Update

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