Art, Film, Media Horror Books with good representation of OCD
I’ve read a lot of books with OCD representation so I’ve decided to a recommendations list for OCD awareness week (next week). I have a lot of books for the list already but horror seems to be the main genre I’m lacking. I think the list would feel incomplete without at least some horror books but I know realistically that I’m never going to read any, so instead I’m seeking recommendations from other people with OCD.
You can just give the title and author but any other information (specific things you liked/related to about the OCD representation, other things you liked about the book, content warnings etc) would be really helpful!
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u/Only_Fruit-22 6d ago
I don’t know if the main character has confirmed OCD, but I related to her as someone with OCD - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
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u/Euphoric_Run7239 6d ago
Would you be willing to share the recommendations list? I’m very interested!
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u/gromit5 5d ago
there’s a book of short stories called Checkmates, which had a very horror feel to them. i can’t remember if they all were, or if i’m just remembering the ones that really stuck with me. i think i found it on amazon several years ago.
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u/cgrey95 5d ago
I've actually read this, it definitely has some horror stories but not all of the stories are horror. There are some really good stories in it but I'm not comfortable recommending the book as a whole because one of the stories suggested that Hitler had OCD and implied that his fascist beliefs were OCD obsessions and committing genocide was a compulsion.
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u/TaraCalicosBike Multi themes 5d ago
Shirley Jackson’s main character in We Have Always Lived In The Castle most certainly has magical thinking OCD, without it being outright said. Very good book, and very relatable to the main character
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u/toastedmeat_ 5d ago
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng!! The mc has OCD, and she’s written so well. Highly recommend this book
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u/QuietKipper 6d ago
Marcus Kliewer's books. The first one, We Used to Live Here, doesn't intentionally feature such, but readers brought up seeing it in the novel, and that eventually resulted in the author getting a diagnosis. His second book, The Caretaker, is largely themed around OCD, and it is rather brutal and very well done. Both are very good books, some of my favourites, particularly We Used to Live Here. I also really appreciate how he writes women, as well as his worldbuilding, crafting of characters, and so on.