Are you a fan of psychological thriller books, movies, TV shows, and podcasts? If so, you’re in for a treat!
There’s nothing quite like a good friendship drama to keep you on the edge of your seat, and these two shows have it in spades. Big Little Lies follows the lives of a group of mothers in Monterey, California, while Little Fires Everywhere tells the story of two mothers in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Both shows are full of secrets, lies, and betrayal and will keep you guessing until the very end.
So if you’re looking for your next big psychological thriller fix while you wait for the release of Big Little Lies season 3 and Little Fires Everywhere season 2, be sure to check out these recommendations. You won’t be disappointed!
If You Want to READ Psychological Thrillers About Friendship Drama:
1. The House Guest
The House Guest is a deep dive into friendship, loyalty, and wresting back your power from a dangerous man ― even when he’s your husband. Hank Phillippi Ryan expertly leads you down one path only to spin you on your head and send you down ten others. With red-herrings and twists and turns galore, you’ll be
2. Very Bad Lies by James Barnett
This deliciously suspenseful novel is a gripping tale of greed, murder, golf, history, and, most of all, friendship, set in Yonkers, New York, over seven decades. To celebrate their recent financial success, longtime pals Barney and Tuck leave their jobs to play golf daily. However, when a number of their friends
3. When You Are Mine by Michael Robotham
Philomena, an ambitious Metropolitan Police officer in London, and Tempe, a domestic abuse survivor, form a fragile bond in this gripping psychological thriller.When Philomena rescues Tempe from her abuser, Goodall, the two women quickly realize their lives are in danger. Philomena also realizes that
4. The Girls Are All So Nice Here by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
The Girls Are All So Nice Here is yet another book on our list that will make your wait for the release of Big Little Lies season 3 a bit more bearable. In this terrifying psychological thriller about ambition, toxic relationships, and lethal desire, two former best friends return to their college reunion. Things quickly
5. Across the Deep by Lisa McGuinness
If you can’t wait for Little Fires Everywhere season 2 to be released, this book should keep you company until then. It’s a psychological thriller about two friends from different worlds pursuing the same thing. This remarkable tale moves between the hills of Thailand and San Francisco, tracing the journey of two
If You Want to WATCH Psychological Thrillers Like Big Little Lies:
1. Tell Me Your Secrets
This show has all the makings of a great psychological thriller: exciting characters with dark pasts, a slow-burning mystery, and plenty of twists and turns. Tell Me Your Secrets follows the lives of Emma Hall, Mary Barlow, and John Tyler, who have complicated pasts that later join together in the season.
2. Nine Perfect Strangers
Nine city strangers gather for a 10-day holiday at Tranquillum House, a health and wellness resort in the fictitious town of Cabrillo, California, which purports to transform and heal its guests. The resort is not what it appears to be, and the guests are about to learn numerous secrets about each other and the facility’s
3. The Unusual Suspects
This psychological thriller follows the unlikely friendship of four women from different social statuses when a $16 million necklace is stolen. Drama and tension are high from the get-go as the women try to find out who stole the necklace and why. Along the way, secrets are revealed, and the plot to steal the
4. The Pact
The Pact is yet another show that explores the dark side of friendship. This time, the focus is on a group of women who swear to keep the details of a harrowing night under wraps. They may be unable to keep their mouths shut long, as police are determined to find the truth about what happened and who was responsible.
5. The Sister
Packed with tension, twists, and turns, The Sister follows a devoted married man whose life is perfect until a ghost from his past shows up on his doorstep. The “ghost” carries surprising news about a crime they both committed many years ago. It’s a story of dark secrets that will keep you hooked, much like Big Little
If You Want to LISTEN to Psychological Thrillers Like Little Fires Everywhere:
1. A Deadly Friendship
Like Little Fires Everywhere, the A Deadly Friendship podcast demonstrates how a friendship can turn sour and how the people we trust can become our worst enemies. The podcast follows the story of two best friends, Jimella Tunstall and Tiffany Hall, who met in the late 1980s just as they started kindergarten. The
2. Mean Girls Series: The Murder of Shanda Sharer
This podcast tells the chilling story of how a 12-year-old girl, Shanda Sharer, was brutally murdered by people she considered friends, all in the name of jealousy.Sharer was enticed from her father’s house by four teenage girls, after which they tormented her for hours before burning her alive. You will love this podcast
3. Deadly Secrets – Killer Friendship
This podcast is gripping, complex, and full of suspense — just the thriller fix you need as you wait for Little Fires Everywhere season 2. One of Vancouver’s wealthiest communities witnesses the horrible murder of a quiet 41-year-old mother. As detectives work to solve the murder, it turns out that the woman died
4. Jury Duty – Podcast
Kuper Island is an eight-part podcast about adolescent friendship, lies, peer pressure, and secrets. When four teenagers attended one of Canada’s most infamous residential schools, one of them ended up dead. Years later, unsolved deaths, abuse, and lies plague the community and survivors of the school.
5. The Things We Lost – Audiobook
Riddled by guilt over a friend’s death in her 20s, Maddie can’t help but wonder if she could have prevented it. Her wish suddenly comes true when, one morning, she wakes up as a 26-year-old in a completely different life. Will Maddie choose to take on another direction in hopes of saving her friend or risk never seeing her
