# @bookstrofficial on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DQaLytVjtxZ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/36392925-bookstrofficial-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-10-29T22:02:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Bookstr (@BookstrOfficial) — https://gondola.cc/BookstrOfficial

## Caption

Although the following list of novels doesn’t quite fit into the horror genre, these psychological thrillers and mysteries will leave you just as paranoid and chilled to the bone. You’ll soon find out why stories don’t have to be horror to be utterly horrifying… 👀 😱

Watch the full reel to hear about non-horror books that feel like horror, then hit the link in our bio for the full list! 🔗

Featured here:
• THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE by Shirley Jackson | Penguin Classics (penguinusa)
• CORALINE by Neil Gaiman (neilhimself) | Harper Collins (harpercollins)
• THE WOMAN IN WHITE by Wilkie Collins | Penguin Classics (penguinusa)
• THE PANOPTICON by Jenni Fagan (jenni_fagan) | Hogarth (hogarthbooks)
• THE HISTORIAN by Elizabeth Kostova | Back Bay Books | Hachette (hachetteus)
• A SIMPLE PLAN by Scott Smith | Vintage (vintagebooks)
• THE INSTITUTION by Helen Fields (helenfields_author) | Avon (avonbooks) | Harper Collins (harpercollins)
• WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING by Alyssa Cole (alyssacolelit) | William Morrow Paperbacks (williammorrowbooks)
• I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN by Jacqueline Harpman | Transit Books (transitbooks)
• THE HOT ZONE by Richard Preston (richardprestonauthor) | Vintage (vintagebooks)

[🖋️ Research & Article by Melissa Mittendorff (readingwithaswiftie) | 🎨 Graphics by Alex Underwood (alexunderwooddesign) | 🎙️ Hosted by Lindsey Barnett (bookmarkedwithlinds)]
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#psychologicalthrillers #mysterybooks #scarystories #nightmarefuel #bookaddict #bookworm #readingobsessed

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scarystories, mysterybooks, nightmarefuel, bookworm, bookaddict, readingobsessed, psychologicalthrillers

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