Both books are full of shocking twists, unreliable narrators, and manipulative. If you liked gone girl and the girl on the train north vancouver. The books like gone girl below examine equally unlikable or elusive. From topping the new york times bestseller list to becoming a box. Psychological thrillers continue to be popular, following the success of the book and adaptations of bestsellers like gone girl, the girl on the train, and big little lies. The chicago tribune proclaimed that her work draws you in and keeps you reading with the force of a pure but nasty addiction.
When it feels like the case has reached a dead end, a new mystery knocks at the couples door. Books that perform well based on their reader engagement are published by inkitt in different formats and channels. They feature twisty, unpredictable plots, unreliable narrators, and complicated relationships. It seems like every new thriller with a strong female protagonist is the next gone girl, but can they all live up to the hype. What the majority of the books on this list have in common, aside from being page turning thrillers, is a comparison to gone girl. The book about nick and amy dunne, with its larger than life twist, took the book world by storm. Ever since i read it last year i have been on the hunt for similar books. While the novel already received the bigscreen treatment and youve probably read the next gone girl a. Like gone girl, the girl before features manipulative and deliberate characters who move through their lives and follow plans with intention.
I actually like this the best of frenchs novels, but its kinder than a gillian flynn novel. I would read other books by this author that are more like the last two books than the first. Its in the number four spot, just beneath the fifty shades trilogy. Flynn has published three novels, sharp objects, dark places, and gone girl, all three of. If youre the rare person who has read the girl on the train but not gone girl, we need you to pull over immediately. Gone girl by gillian flynn, released just last month, has enjoyed its secure spot on the new york times best seller list for four weeks now. You need new mysteries to unravel new plotlines and characters to make the hair on your neck stand on end. Kick your new year off right with this huge list of the 30 mustread books for 2017. The book riot podcast is a weekly news and talk show. This is a mystery novel by american author jessica knoll. You ran out and bought sharp objects and dark places and read them in two sleepless nights. The film stars ben affleck, rosamund pike, neil patrick harris, and tyler perry. The best summer books to read in 2019 readers digest.
If you loved gone girl, try reading these 9 other books, too. You probably know gillian flynn from her massively successful thriller gone girl. Now your sleepless nights are spent yearning for another gillian flynn bookand could the days until the gone girl movie comes out be going by any slower never fear. Best psychological thrillers books like gone girl refinery29. Start typing the title or the author of a book you like, and click on the link underneath which matches best. But little did we know that there are tons of other amazing books like harry potter out there you just have to know where to look. And for some other exciting news for fans, 20th century fox has acquired the movie rights. From strange disappearances to troubled husbandandwife relationships, these books like gone girl are sure to keep you in suspense until the very last page. Gone girl is a 2014 american psychological thriller film directed by david fincher and with a screenplay by gillian flynn based on her 2012 novel of the same title. Gillian flynn is the real deal, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre. With a gone girl adaptation in theaters this friday, now seems like a good time to either reread gone girl, or immerse yourself in a new set of satisfying psychological thrillers. If you like gone by michael grant central rappahannock. In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.
The girl on the train by paula hawkins is a surprise hit debut thriller thats gathering gone girltype of buzz. These ten gripping pageturners locked and loaded with lies, sex. If you love psychological thrillers, these are the books like gone girl 2018 will deliver. From strange disappearances to troubled husbandandwife relationships, these books like gone girl are sure to keep you in suspense until. It wont take too long to fly through the telling of the strange disappearance of amy dunne. Luckily, 2015 has been kind to those of us who love gillian flynn books and are always looking for books to read with a similar appeal. Recent psychological thrillers that may or may not include some. Set in missouri, the story begins as a mystery that follows the events surrounding nick dunne affleck, who becomes the prime suspect in the sudden. If you are still longing for twisted endings and dark themes, here are five books like gone girl to feed your addiction.
The books own thriller elements pushed to the brink by yet another cool girl, their new coach mirror gone girl in some pretty satisfying ways, and dare me is a suitable pageturner to. In 2012, gillian flynns third novel, gone girl, was published. Six years after its meteoric debut, gillian flynns gone girl is still setting the standard by which all other domestic thrillers are judged. You feel for them and want things to get better for them. Heres some readalikes to keep you on the edge of your seat. Blog posted on wednesday, jan 02 20 magical books like harry potter after harry potter and the deathly hallows was released, some of us thought wed never find another worthy book series again. Just two years after becoming a massive literary sensation, the film which ended up being quite good was catapulted into theaters with a screenplay penned by original author gillian flynn. I am sure the list of suspense and psychological thrillers can never get completed without mentioning the star novel of 2012, gone girl. Find books like gone girl from the worlds largest community of readers. If you liked gillian flynns dark and suspenseful gone girl, then you have to read paula hawkinss pageturner the girl on the trainand vice versa. Gone girl and the girl on the train were two of the most popular books of the last few years. Weve selected some of the best new books like gone girl 2018 has to offer. The last mention in this list of alternative books like gone girl on amazon is luckiest girl alive which was published in the year 2015. The genre has moved beyond just works with the word girl in the title much to our relief.
May 4, 2020 from an experiment gone wrong to a town with dangerous secrets. If several similar results are shown, click the highest one. Being so new and refreshing it is hard to say anything about its critical acclaim but as far as the essence of mystery is concerned, the book really tops it. Stories similar to gone girl books, stories, and novels like gone girl by gillian flynn. The testaments margaret atwood becoming michelle obama the starless sea erin morgenstern girl, stop apologizing rachel hollis educated tara westover. Its just that there are so many stories to choose from, which you already know if you, like millions of other readers, rapidly inhaled novels like gone girl and the girl on the train over the.
Elizabeth littles dear daughter is no different, being called. The best thriller books to read from i love books, new books, good books. If youve already read all the books by gillian flynn dark places, sharp objects, and of course gone girl there are a number of new positively thrilling books to read that will satisfy your craving for the psychologically suspenseful. Enthralling books like gone girl everyone should read at least. So begins the story of susie salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven.
One of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time, new york times bestseller gillian flynn takes that statement to its darkest place in this unputdownable masterpiece about a marriage gone terribly, terribly wrong. Gone girl by gillian flynn is one of my favorite books. There are so many books like girl on the train on amazon but no one can ever replace the magic of gone girl. Book club pick and new york times bestseller the other woman, comes an addictively. The psychological thriller tells the story of nick dunne, a man who is suspected of murdering his wife, amy, after she goes missing. Gone here are some books you might enjoy if you like the gone series and actionadventure books for young adult.
While this bestseller was adapted into a film starring nicole kidman, the movie failed to generate the same type of boxoffice power as blockbusters like gone girl and the girl on. The following authors have achieved a masterful balance of action, horror, suspense, and mystery, rounding it all off with great. Amazon second chance pass it on, trade it in, give it a second life. A novel the girl before by jp delaney is one of the most masterful psychological thrillers since gone girl by gillian flynn.
Despite being her debut work, the novel turned out to be new york times best seller in the category of mystery novels. The gone girl effect sparks year of flawed women behaving. The buzz over this new novel is reaching fever pitch. Her characters are broken, scarred, survivors even if sometimes barely. From topping the new york times bestseller list to becoming a box office hit, it is clear that audiences everywhere were entranced by gillian flynns gone girl. All the books is a weekly book podcast of recommendations and discussions about the most interesting and exciting new book releases. Just how to stop seeming like a failure and always feel like a champion. Following the success of gillian flynns bestselling novel and the recent acclaimed david fincherdirected film adaptation, fiction in 2015 is set to be. Get booked is a weekly show of custom book recommendations from the bookworms at book riot. Another one for the category of alternative books like gone girl is the couple next door which is a novel by shari lapena and published in 2017 only.
The girl on the train, here are twelve novels to pick up next. If youre a fan of gillian flynns blockbuster bestselling novel gone girl, we have a list for you. Buy gone girl by gillian flynn, in like new condition. Our cheap used books come with free delivery in the uk. This brandnew debut novel by felicity mclean has all of the ingredients of a perfect summer beach read and is one of the most anticipated books to read in 2019. You should start to receive emails in the next business days. This exclusive ebook collection brings together the three novels from bestselling author gillian. The novel is full of mirrors and dead ends, just like gone girl, and it has a psychotic girl at its heart.