Six top possession novels

Peter Rosch is the author of multiple dark fictions born from the various addictions he chased while living in New York City as an award-winning writer and creative director. He’s many years sober now but remains an addict’s addict. What the Dead Can Do is his debut novel.

[Q&A with Peter Rosch; My Book, The Movie: What The Dead Can Do]

Rosch grew up in the Southwest, lived in New York for nearly 20 years, and now resides midway between Austin and San Antonio in Wimberley, TX where he works as an author, freelance creative director and copywriter in advertising, and most importantly, full-time dad.

At CrimeReads Rosch tagged six favorite posession novels, stories that show how "we can be possessed by an idea or a relationship (with another human, with a substance, with a home, or even with religion and spirituality itself) that can lead us to act out in a demonic-possession way as well." One title on the list:

Herman Koch, The Dinner

By my own admission, I am possessed by my son. I’d do anything he told me to do, probably. I count myself lucky that he is the very best human I know and hasn’t yet asked me to kill.

Read about the other entries on the list.

Also see Jennifer McMahon's nine top demon & possession novels.

--Marshal Zeringue