Paradise Lost – John Milton (1667)
Paradise Lost by John Milton is an epic poem recounting Satan’s rebellion, the fall of man, and the battle between good and evil.
Fantasy
Psychological
Restart Reading
Fantasy
Psychological
Thriller
Gerald’s Game – Stephen King (1992)
Gerald’s Game by Stephen King is a psychological horror novel about a woman handcuffed to a bed in an isolated cabin, battling trauma, hallucinations, and a lurking terror.
Adventure
Fantasy
Thriller
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon – Stephen King (1999)
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King follows a lost girl in the wilderness, relying on survival instincts and her imagined baseball hero to stay alive.
Historical
Satire
Middlemarch – George Eliot (1872)
Middlemarch by George Eliot is a social novel exploring ambition, marriage, and reform in 19th-century provincial England.
Non Fiction
Half Broke Horses – Jeannette Walls (2009)
A fearless woman battles dust, drought, and destiny in the unforgiving American West, carving her life from grit, wit, and an unbreakable will to survive and lead.
Classics
The Bean Trees – Barbara Kingsolver (1988)
A young woman’s unexpected journey through desert towns and found families reveals that love, like roots, can grow strong in even the most unlikely places.
Romance
Pigs in Heaven – Barbara Kingsolver (1993)
A fierce mother fights to keep her adopted Cherokee daughter, as love, law, and heritage collide across the American Southwest in a journey of heart and identity.
Mystery
Psychological
Supernatural
Joyland – Stephen King (2013)
Joyland by Stephen King is a coming-of-age crime mystery set in a 1973 amusement park, where a college student uncovers the eerie secrets of an unsolved murder.
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Supernatural
The Mist – Stephen King (1980)
The Mist by Stephen King is a horror novella where townspeople trapped in a supermarket face terrifying creatures hidden in a mysterious, otherworldly fog.
Mystery
Supernatural
The Turn of the Screw – Henry James (1898)
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James is a psychological ghost story about a governess convinced that malevolent spirits are haunting two children.