Psychological category: 8170 books

If you can't afford food, do you give up and starve, or do you steal just to feed yourself? Or do you sign up for Agritecture's "Food for Thought" initiative, a program resulting from the government's allowance of privatized food stamp issuance? Do you allow a corporation to install nanomachines in...

When Paul moves into his new flat his old friends rarely pay him a visit. He likes the peaceful life until his quiet is disturbed by Gavin, his noisy neighbour. His complaints spark a confrontation which ends up with the two befriending each other. However Gavin is a controller, a manipulator and when...

A lyrical voice from the South weaves a searing psychological drama around a small town shocked by its first murder, hurtling a calm and complacent community into a harrowing realm of alienation and distrust. Essex, South Carolina, is a town where doors are never locked—until an elderly widow is...

On December 1, 1958, a devastating blaze at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago took the lives of ninety-two children, shattering a close-knit Italian neighborhood. In this eloquent novel, set nearly a decade later, twenty-year-old Anthony Lazzeri struggles with survivor’s guilt, which is manifested...

If you love psychological thrillers, this novel will cut your breath from the beginning. An old Chinese scholar living in Buenos Aires instructs a young niece and her boyfriend to interpret the I Ching (the Chinese oracle and book of wisdom). In China a powerful drug dealer weaves a...

Hitchhiking in Bavaria, Evan is picked up by a womens' soccer club, and is invited to join them for a long weekend of soccer and revelry at a remote chalet in the German forest. Ruth, one of the club's members, draws close to Evan, confiding to him her family's secrets. This psychological and emotional...

AGAINST THEIR WILL is the story of Conscientious Objectors during World War 1 in England. This is a fictional account based on actual events. Conscientious objectors were opposed to the war, seeing it as a war for no purpose, a war based on propaganda, a war about chauvinism and prejudice,...

Sexually abused children never reach a “someday” when the horror stops. Even in adulthood, night terrors frequently disturb their sleep, trust in or loving someone else is elusive or even impossible. The psychological anguish often lasts an entire lifetime, long after the actual atrocities have...

A young man walks out of prison after serving eleven years for murder. He joins a young woman who is trying to break free from chains of her own—a lifelong physical disability. They become family. A second couple, fighting their own problems, battle to control their young son. Is he emotionally...

A savvy child laborer challenges a cooperant’s set ideas. * Theo, a dispirited workplace humanitarian, audits a boy working at a cardboard plant in a port city somewhere in Asia. He is impressed by Malak's low-key fortitude, showing a maturity beyond his scant years. When that...

A tragedy.  A love story. An extraordinary journey to the heart of the human soul. For Jack and Alice Mann moving from the city to the coast is a dream come true, but when comedian Jack is struck down by a mysterious illness a Kafkaesque nightmare unfolds. As they navigate the maze of a healthcare...

I sat in Starbucks before work, staring at some women. They looked happy. Unlike me. They had wedding rings and it was clear to me that they shopped, went to spas… they laughed out loud. I sat alone organizing my week. I mean, here I was working so hard— and I love being a psychologist, love my...

Passion. Murder. Bloodlust. Among these nefarious stories, siblings strengthen their bond by plotting against their aggressor; an animal lover seeks revenge on devotees of the exotic skins trade; and a psychiatrist gets what's coming to him when he abuses the trust of a jaded client. These...

ExPRESSION is a psychological thriller on how writing a book is an absorbing journey--especially if you're part of the story. Swirls of ink take John Bird Ray on a fantasy linked with reality. A reflection of the world twisting and turning on the roller coaster of time; filled with memories that never...