Featuring twisty, unpredictable novels that will keep you turning the pages late into the night. I actually like this the best of frenchs novels, but its kinder than a gillian flynn novel. It is a story of a girl, kate, who had spent the most haunting summer vacation on a french farmhouse. From strange disappearances to troubled husbandandwife relationships, these books like gone girl are sure to keep you in suspense until the very last page. There are so many alternative books like gone girl on amazon available right now and one such book is the good widow sharing the similar theme and genre.
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. 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. From topping the new york times bestseller list to becoming a box. The buzz over this new novel is reaching fever pitch. The book is a marvel by the collaboration of bestselling authors liz fenton and lisa steinke and the good widow is their debut novel in the genre of mystery and suspense. Hawkinss mystery, published just weeks ago in the u. If you liked gone girl and the girl on the train by nvdpl adult librarians a staffcreated list. The novel became quite popular and soon made the new york times best seller list. The novel silent wife benefits from success of gone. Six years after its meteoric debut, gillian flynns gone girl is still setting the standard by which all other domestic thrillers are judged. Best psychological thrillers books like gone girl refinery29. Rosamund pike and costar tyler perry have also said theyd be interested in returning if flynn wrote a gone girl 2 in an e. The girl on the train, here are twelve novels to pick up next. 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.
If youre looking for books like gone girl and love liane moriartys books, pick up the good neighbor. 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. Ever since i read it last year i have been on the hunt for similar books. 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. From new york times bestselling author alafair burke, a stunning. 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. While gillian flynn maintains the ending of gone girl wasnt meant as sequel bait, shes admitted to being interested in revisiting the dunnes a few years down the road. As the book traces a daughters search for her mother.
It was published by crown publishing group in june 2012. 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. Classic literature, original gangster s4 e11 gone girl by gillian flynn thug notes book summary and analysis duration. If you liked gone girl, youll love these suspense thrillers. In 2012, gillian flynns third novel, gone girl, was published. If you liked gone girl and the girl on the train north vancouver. The articles author stephen lee quotes director david fincher the social network, se7en on the authorpenned screenplay for the filmwhich stars ben affleck and rosamund pike as nick and amy respectivelyindicating that drastic deviations from the. The psychological thriller tells the story of nick dunne, a man who is suspected of murdering his wife, amy, after she goes missing. Gone girl, david finchers hypnotically great movie, is a breakallthewindows plottwister that keeps every jolt and most of the cultural jabs from gillian flynns blockbuster novel. The new york times gave it a rave, while the daily news wrote that disclaimer forms a trinity alongside gone girl and the the girl on. Gone girl is a thriller novel in the mystery and crime genres, by the american writer gillian flynn.
The blockbuster novel of last summer was gone girl by gillian flynn, a dark, psychological thriller about a broken marriage, told by warring spouses in alternating chapters. Fans of gone girl will find similar themes in the good neighbor, a new psychological suspense book from a. While the novel already received the bigscreen treatment and youve probably read the next gone girl a. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids. Gone girl by gillian flynn is one of my favorite books. These ten gripping pageturners locked and loaded with lies, sex. From a chilling debut by angie kim to the newest title by ruth ware, this list of books like gone girl will give you the psychological thrills you. The film stars ben affleck, rosamund pike, neil patrick harris, and tyler perry.
Every publisher dreams of putting out a book like stieg larssons the girl with the dragon tattoo, gillian flynns gone girl or paula hawkinss the girl on the trainand. A phenomenon like gone girl comes along rarely in the book world. The second book like gone girl that i would suggest reading is the french girl by lexie elliot. Maybe thats true, but theres more to flynns title choice than meets the eyeand in a lot of ways, its actually describing amy herself. The genre has moved beyond just works with the word girl in the title much to our relief. The novel is full of mirrors and dead ends, just like gone girl, and it has a psychotic girl at its heart. But it swallows gone girls genderminded anger and wit like a spark. In gone girl, an independent single woman is taken from new york, her beautiful body is disfigured, and her accomplishments are taken away or negated. Find books like gone girl from the worlds largest community of readers. With ben affleck, rosamund pike, neil patrick harris, tyler perry. Gone girl is this authors third novel, after sharp objects and dark places. With his wifes disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when its suspected that he may not be innocent. Dark places, in particular, drew attention from mystery aficionados, but gone girl is.
And, after that vacation things never remained the same. Gone girl is a hall of mirrors where everything is an empty reflection, including the people who live there. Heres some readalikes to keep you on the edge of your seat. The sense of suspense in the novel comes from whether or not nick dunne is involved in the disappearance of his wife amy. Paula hawkinss thriller, the girl on the train, has some critics calling it the new gone girl. Tony kushner, the illusion part one boy loses girl nick dunne the day of. The books like gone girl below examine equally unlikable or elusive characters, just like in gillian flynns novel, and though some are more. Gone girl and the girl on the train were two of the most popular books of the last few years. If you love psychological thrillers, these are the books like gone girl 2018 will deliver. Psychological thrillers continue to be popular, following the success of the book and adaptations of bestsellers like gone girl, the girl on the. If you are still longing for twisted endings and dark themes, here are five books like gone girl to feed your addiction. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your first box. From strange disappearances to troubled husbandandwife relationships, these books like gone girl are sure to keep you in suspense until. That makes it sound like a postmodern exercise in the deconstruction of subjectivity or.
The hidden face 2011, the girl on the train 2016, prisoners 20, side effects 20, shutter island 2010. Enthralling books like gone girl everyone should read at least. If you love psychological thrillers, these are the books like gone girl 2018. At first glance, it seems like it would be pretty obvious whats up with gone girls titleits a book about a girl who disappears, which means shes, well, gone. 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.
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