If you are a fan of psychological crime thrillers then it is obvious that you have already read gone girl by gillian flynn. Best books like the woman in the window best thrillers. In paula hawkins bestselling psychological thriller the girl on the train, rachel watson is on a boozefueled downward spiral. This gory book, with its inverted religious overtones and preponderance of blood.
Lets just say its not your runofthemill classcutting infraction. If you liked gone girl, youll love these suspense thrillers. Here are eight psychological thrillers guaranteed to stay with you long after you turn the last page. Common sense media editors help you choose thriller books for teens. 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. 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. If youre the rare person who has read the girl on the train but not gone girl, we need you to pull over immediately.
Im looking for a basic, modern but not necessary, clever thriller. Finns breakthrough psychological thriller is in rarefied air, and will now take its turn as a literary reference point for future books. Books with unreliable narrators and rollercoaster plot twists all come together in this list of our favorite psychological thrillers. Thriller books similar to gone girl, the girl on the train. If you liked gone girl and the girl on the train north vancouver. If you loved gone girl, try reading these 9 other books, too.
Now reading 15 books to read if you loved the girl on the train. Get your read on and prepare for major chills down your spine. The movie wasnt bad, but the book is so much better. Sign up for the lineups newsletter, and get terrifying stories and thrilling book deals delivered straight to your. I would like to receive newsletters and special offers from your partner early bird books special deals and discounts on ebooks. A psychological thriller new hope series book 1 by britney king 4. From gone girl to youwhich is now a popular netflix series weve found some of the best thriller books out there to send the ultimate chill down your spine. While amy starts off innocent, the protagonist of luckiest girl alive is the opposite. Locke has produced exhilarating thrillers like black water rising and the cutting season that intersect the mystery and history of. Gone girl, published in the us in june 2012 and out in paperback in the uk at. Hired to ghostwrite the autobiography of former prime minister adam lang pierce brosnan, an unnamed writer ewan mcgregor falls into a web of lies, secrets, and palpable hints of deceit. I am not into mystery or psychological thrillers as much as i am into nonfiction, or general fiction.
Both books are full of shocking twists, unreliable narrators, and manipulative story lines. A phenomenon like gone girl comes along rarely in the book world. Gone girl and the girl on the train were two of the most popular books of the last few years. Ever since i read it last year i have been on the hunt for similar books.
Finn on what makes his woman in the window different from psychological thrillers like gone girl. Best psychological thrillers books like gone girl refinery29. But once youve read flynns gone girl, and her other books, dark places and sharp objects, to which can you turn for delicious, dark and twisty thrillers featuring complicated females and. Mar 11, 2020 from an experiment gone wrong to a town with dangerous. Psychological thrillers continue to be popular, following the success of the book and adaptations of bestsellers like gone girl, the girl on the. Some people like to read stories with happy endings. Our list of books like gone girl contain solely new releases.
Her blackouts make her unreliable to both the reader and her friends, though shes still convinced she can solve a womans disappearance. Like other popular thrillers, the dinner toys with its reader through an unreliable narrator and generally unlikeable characters. 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. If you cant get enough and want to read even more books from authors like gillian. Readers across the planet devoured the woman in the window, which we called rear window meets gone girl. The girl before by jp delaney is one of the most masterful psychological thrillers since gone girl by gillian flynn. Heres some readalikes to keep you on the edge of your seat. Ive been on the hunt for books like gone girl ever since i finished gillian flynns bestselling book. Find books like gone girl from the worlds largest community of readers. If youve read gone girl you remember the feeling you had when it was over.
Last month, i asked readers to recommend books in the gone girl school gripping psychological thrillers told by narrators who quite possibly werent telling us the entire story. If you liked gone girl and the girl on the train by nvdpl adult librarians a staffcreated list. Six years after its meteoric debut, gillian flynns gone girl is still setting the standard by which all other domestic thrillers are judged. Like gone girl, luckiest girl alive tells the story with a series of flashbacks that shed light on the characters present situations. Please not the girl on the train, i didnt enjoy this very much, it wasnt very clever imho. Thrillers like gone girl score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Written by gillian flynn, gone girl, an awardwinning psychological thriller, intoxicated our minds with its. If you love psychological thrillers, these are the books like gone girl 2018 will deliver. A book that will become its own movie, like gone girl and the girl on the train. Then check out this list of fresh psychological thrillers worth reading. After anna is another one to check out with family drama that resembles the sour marriage of gillian flynns gone girl. Gone girl by gillian flynn is one of my favorite books.
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. What the majority of the books on this list have in common, aside from being page turning thrillers, is a comparison to gone girl. This is so rare to discover the excellent pieces of literature like these books which are a rare combination of suspense and drama. Gone girl s toxic mix of sharpedged wit and deliciously chilling prose creates a nervefraying thriller that confounds you at every turn. The genre has moved beyond just works with the word girl in the title much to our relief. Gripping thriller about a girl disappearing without a trace. On a warm summer morning in north carthage, missouri, it is nick and amy dunnes fifth wedding anniversary. Similar to the books you listed, but much much darker. On a murkier note, lennys quest raises many questions about the ambiguous tattoos on his body and the true identity of the killer wellcrafted elements of uncertainty that trigger unsettling feelings of dread.
Ani is pretty unpleasant to begin with, and we become more sympathetic to her as we learn more about the tragic events. But just because a book is derivative of a masterwork doesnt mean it isnt good. I remember how shocked i was at the twist and how i didnt see it coming. Cynics will say its the gone girl effect, but it feels like more than that. As one of a few movies like gone girl, the ghost writer plays an effective narrative card of unfolding intrigue. But in the end, the book is a mirror to contemporary politics, whether the reader likes the reflection or not. The novel is full of mirrors and dead ends, just like gone girl, and it has a psychotic girl at its heart. Featuring twisty, unpredictable novels that will keep you turning the pages late into the night. I read gone girl by gillian flynn a few years ago and became an instant fan of her work. 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. Definitely a mustwatch for those looking for more psychological thriller movies like gone girl. Im specifically looking for books similar to gone girl, which i thought was a fantastic and gripping read.
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. And, by now you must have spent hours on the internet searching for books similar to gone girl. Mystery books to read if you like the girl on the train. The more twisted the plot, the betterwhich is why i so often turn to psychological thriller books. Enthralling books like gone girl everyone should read at least. Gone girl is an example of mystery, suspense, and crime genres. Marriage thrillers have long been big in cinema, from dial m for murder and the postman always rings twice to sleeping with the enemy, but whats behind this sudden boom on the fiction shelves.
If you are still longing for twisted endings and dark themes, here are five books like gone girl. 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. Like gone girl, the girl before features manipulative and deliberate characters who move through their lives and follow plans with intention. How the twist was so shocking and how the characters were so perfectly written. The book about nick and amy dunne, with its larger than life twist, took the book. Add these books like sharp objects to your tbr list. Here are nine books to read if you liked gone girl. Flynn from her massively successful thriller gone girl. Leaving the multinarrator story theme, the short drop was good and comes up on sale often. For the people who find their best friend in books, this is a must that they go through books like gone girl at least once in their life. And the film, in turn, has since reignited interest in the book. There is nothing better than reading a great thriller. Then youre definitely going to love this selection of thrillers. Then youll definitely want to check out these twisty thrillers.
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