Psychological category: 8170 books

‘You Have Me to Love is an intense and dramatic novel filled with meticulous use of detail and a forensic psychological accuracy. Its power comes from the fierce energy of the narrative structure, the way of handling silence and pain, and the ability to confront the darkest areas of experience with...

From a New York Times–bestselling author: A novel about a member of the Greatest Generation wrestling with moral choices over the next generation’s war in Vietnam.   Chip Benedict appeared to have the best of everything: wealth, education, good looks, charm, and intelligence. Shortly before entering...

AN NYRB CLASSICS ORIGINAL Mavis Gallant’s novels are as memorable as her renowned short stories. Full of wit and psychological poignancy, A Fairly Good Time, here with Green Water, Green Sky, encapsulates Gallant’s unparalleled skill as a storyteller.  Shirley Perrigny (née Norrington,...

A stirring psychological thriller adapted into the movie The Haunted Airman starring Robert Pattinson. Toby Jugg, a fighter pilot shot down in combat, is now confined to his bed with little hope of walking again. He is also the heir to a considerable fortune - a fortune that is being administered...

When an antique shop in Holland Park is burgled, the seemingly quiet life of its proprietors, Edward Saneck and George Vickers, is suddenly in the spotlight. Why are the police so interested in a run-of-the-mill burglary, and what does it have to do with a hit and run which happened down the road? Upstairs...

It's every parent's worst nightmare… When Isabel's daughter, Lauren is snatched from outside her school, she suspects Jody McBride is behind it. Yet the detective in charge of Lauren's case seems more interested in picking apart her statement, and investigating members of her family. Can...

Twenty-five years ago, Frank Bevlin was the prime suspect in the murder of a young woman and driven from the town he called home. Now an old man, Frank must face up to his past.  A short story about truth and consequences, and the search for redemption. About the Author Deborah Rogers...

This easy-read smooth flowing translation of Bhagavad Gita is for casual or in-depth absorption of the deep psychological truths imparted to Arjuna by Lord Krishna. Gita is about you. It's about your relationship with everything else. It's about Nature, God and reality. It focuses on you.

A tightly plotted, short crime novel (186 pages) set in contemporary Buenos Aires. The story of two deaths, one seemingly accidental and one a cold-blooded murder, a portrait of a wife betrayed, at first desperate to save her marriage but then intent on violent revenge, also an unrelenting dissection...

A frail father. A desperate daughter. A tale of greed and revenge. A vindictive mother who ensures she can win at all costs, especially when her plans started a lifetime ago! A nurse is stunned by her father's revelation. She has a sister named Bex! Kelly's father is dying so finding her sibling...

An old flame. An innocent request? Some valuable gems. The cost may be too great for this gentle samaritan. Nudged into a criminal enclave, a nurse risks all to survive uncertain perils. Marie's unnerved by her former lover's request to locate an ex girlfriend, she reasons he still has...

One foe. An agitated nurse. Nasty notes. A chain of disturbing events. A dangerous pact with a suicidal patient. A terminal patient believes she's reached an end point where living is too much effort. A nurse steps in saving the day despite being suspended for her charge's death. A dark mind...

Who will pay the price for her silence? Nine-year-old Jody does well in school, despite living in a run-down part of East London. Then one terrible night, her life changes forever, and Jody is forced to make an impossible choice between telling the truth and keeping her family together. The...

'Taut, tense, and beautifully written' Clare Mackintosh, bestselling author of I Let You Go. An emotional psychological thriller for fans of The Couple Next Door and Behind Closed Doors. Sometimes a lie feels kinder than the truth . . . but what happens when that lie becomes an avalanche...