ones that i've read and that i know are along the lines of the secret history

• the secret history / donna tartt
• the virgin suicides / jeffrey eugenides
• rebecca / daphne du maurier
• the girls / emma cline

ones that i haven't read but suspect might be along the lines of the secret history

• the postman always rings twice / james m cain
• psycho / robert bloch
• the vegetarian / han kang
• dolly / anita brookner
• the magic toyshop / angela carter
• one of the boys / daniel magariel
• the tenant of wildfell hall / anne bronte
• state of grace / joy williams
• daphne du maurier