Books like American Psycho

If you liked American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. The Haunting of Hill House

    Shirley Jackson · 1959

    Because shares tags: horror, psychological, classic.

    Eleanor joins a ghost study at Hill House, bonds fast with Theodora, and feels the house single her out by name.

  2. The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe

    Edgar Allan Poe · 2026

    Because shares tags: horror, classic.

    The full Poe shelf in one volume: mad narrators, rotting houses, Dupin, and the Raven.

  3. Don Quixote

    Miguel de Cervantes · 1605

    Because shares tags: classic, satire.

    A poor gentleman maddened by knight romances rides out as Don Quixote with Sancho Panza, until the world answers back.

  4. Candide

    Voltaire · 1759

    Because shares tags: classic, satire.

    Voltaire's Candide follows a sheltered boy across earthquakes, wars, and Eldorado as his tutor's sunny optimism falls apart. Short, savage,…

  5. Northanger Abbey

    Jane Austen · 1817

    Because shares tags: classic, satire.

    Naive Catherine Morland mixes gothic novels with real Bath society and love.

  6. Cat's Cradle

    Kurt Vonnegut Jr. · 1963

    Because shares tags: satire, classic.

    Jonah researches the atom bomb and finds ice-nine and Bokononism on San Lorenzo.

  7. World War Z

    Max Brooks · 2006

    Because shares tags: horror, satire.

    A UN researcher collects survivor accounts from Patient Zero in China to Yonkers and the Redeker Plan, charting the zombie war.

  8. The Silence of the Lambs

    Thomas Harris · 1988 · Hannibal Lecter #2

    Because shares tags: horror, psychological.

    Clarice Starling seeks Hannibal Lecter's help to catch Buffalo Bill before Catherine Martin runs out of time.

  9. Misery

    Stephen King · 1987

    Because shares tags: horror, psychological.

    A novelist crashes in Colorado snow and wakes in the home of his self-declared number one fan, who will not let him leave.

  10. V for Vendetta

    Alan Moore · 1988

    Because shares tag: classic.

    A masked rebel stalks fascist London while lost girl Evey finds her nerve, in Alan Moore and David Lloyd's 1988 DC graphic novel.

  11. Under the Dome

    Stephen King · 2009

    Because shares tag: horror.

    Chester's Mill is sealed under an invisible dome as cook Barbie and editor Julia face Big Jim Rennie's rule.

  12. The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories

    Charlotte Perkins Gilman · 1892

    Because shares tag: horror.

    A young mother confined for her health fixates on yellow wallpaper, plus 39 other Gilman stories on marriage and work.

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