Alan Wake
The chilling ambiance, lush environments, and pulpy story of Alan Wake are enough to scratch the psychological horror itch in video game form, even if it doesn’t justify its lengthy development cycle or the lofty expectations set for it.
Unreliable Narrator
Lolita
Nabokov creates new words and organizes others into phrases that were likely never uttered before.
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
The story cycle’s richly envisioned, multi-layered scenario, and Wolfe’s ability to unsettle with playful and obscure language, make it terrifically memorable.
The Sound and The Fury
piecing together these fractured thoughts imparts more than the family melodrama that provoked them.
As I Lay Dying
By presenting the journey from varying perspectives, the circuitous story weaves a robust, if messy, emotional tapestry.
Solaris
Mankind does not understand itself deeply, and yet we persist in our investigations into the mysterious and risk being overwhelmed by things we can’t comprehend.
Rosemary’s Baby
The devil does not have to emanate from hell and stalk you specifically; evil can live behind the face of each person you meet.