I mean, if i got all that ben affleck money, you probably wouldnt hear from me ever again either, but still, it. The titles are also suspensepsychological thrillers. Gone girl and the girl on the train were two of the most popular books of the last few years. And the final detail all books like gone girl need to have is dialogue that is as sharp as a knife. The genre has moved beyond just works with the word girl in the title much to our relief. Best psychological thrillers books like gone girl refinery29. I really dont like to be spooked too much, but just cant put books like these down. At first glance, it seems like it would be pretty obvious whats up with gone girl s titleits a book about a girl who disappears, which means shes, well, gone. Gone girl by gillian flynn is one of my favorite books. While obvious to some, the novels the girl on the train and gone girl are both appropriate comparisons, but since that comparison has been made to death ill stick to ten other comparisons for my list. If you liked gone girl, youll love these suspense thrillers.
As a general rule we do not censor any content on the site. T he film version of gone girl, which hit theaters this weekend, follows the novel closely. A novel is a wonderful book filled with suspense and crisp details. Another book having a mystery theme is dark places which is based. If the last book you breezed through was gillian flynns gone girl, we have a feeling you crave an outstanding plot twist. If you like gone girl you are looking for psychological, surprise ending and tense movies about with missing person, mystery, police investigation, femme fatale, investigation, manipulation and disappearance themes of drama, mystery and thriller genre shot in usa. Ever since i read it last year i have been on the hunt for similar books. Please not the girl on the train, i didnt enjoy this very much, it. If you liked gone girl and the girl on the train by nvdpl adult librarians a staffcreated list. The sense of suspense in the novel comes from whether or not nick dunne is involved in the disappearance of his wife amy.
When poppy parnell, a reporter, digs back into the murder, josies life is thrown. Ever since that summer ive been searching for another lifeconsuming whirlwind read like gone girl, and i have yet to find anything that measures up. If you have other books like gone girl that you would like to add to this list, all you have to do is comment below and i will add them. It was published by crown publishing group in june 2012. Filled with suspense, each book will be hard to put down. Dark places, is the thrilling equal of her later book, gone girl it might be even better. If you like gone by michael grant central rappahannock. The girl on the train, here are twelve novels to pick up next. The only content we will consider removing is spam, slanderous attacks on other members, or extremely offensive content eg. The strengths of the gone girl psychopath psychology today. Like gone girl, the girl before features manipulative and deliberate characters who move through their lives and follow plans with intention. Like nick in gone girl, all evidence points to mikebut the reality of the situation is far more frightening.
Stories similar to gone girl books, stories, and novels like gone girl by gillian flynn. As the title says, im looking for mystery type books similar to these. Great thrillers like gone girl im specifically looking for books similar to gone girl, which i thought was a fantastic and gripping read. Enthralling books like gone girl everyone should read at least. If you loved gone girl, try reading these 9 other books, too. This is a wonderful and terrifying book about how the happy surface normality and the underlying darkness can become too closely interwoven to separate. Save yourself reminds me most of gone girl for its narrative drive. Its a love story wrapped in a mystery that asks the eternal question of all good relationships gone bad. Theres also a similarity in the way braffet writes about the down and out corners of america. Hi, i just finished gone girl and wanted to find some other books that would be similar. Braffet s a terrific, addictive stylist just like flynn, whose prose never gets in the way of telling a story that turns the pages by itself. And, after that vacation things never remained the same. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back more.
Lucky for you, women write some of the best twisty, keepyouupatnight mysteries. If you are still longing for twisted endings and dark themes, here are five books like gone girl to. The novel became quite popular and soon made the new york times best seller list. Heres some readalikes to keep you on the edge of your seat. 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 here are some books you might enjoy if you like the gone series and actionadventure books for young adult. Find books like gone girl from the worlds largest community of readers. Warning for sensitive readers the novel contains graphic sexual imagery and quite a bit of profanity. Gone girl is gritty, violent, and at times cringeworthy. Six more books to satisfy your craving for flynns indescribable smash. Amy is a personality quiz writer and the inspiration for her parents book series amazing amy, and she meets nick in new york at a party. Books that perform well based on their reader engagement are published by inkitt in different formats and channels. 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. Were talking crime, suspense and murder insert evil laugh.
Although the books in this list arent exactly similar to gone girl book or even the girl on the train, if you enjoyed those books, you will definitely like some of the following. Top 10 books like gone girl top 10 books like gone girl. Its about very flawed people, who do terrible things. But once youve read flynns gone girl, and her other books.
While the novel already received the bigscreen treatment and youve probably read the next gone girl a. So if youre headed out on a vacation or just need a new favorite book to read before bed, try some amazing books that are just like gone girl. Since then, a lot of books have been termed as the new gone girl, however, most of them have ended up disappointing. The second book like gone girl that i would suggest reading is the french girl by lexie elliot. She gave high praise to gillian flynns two other books. There is also another book that i read back in 2017 on my kindle app, its called the girl on the train.
If you want to read more such alternative books like gone girl then. If you are still longing for twisted endings and dark themes, here are five books like gone girl to feed your addiction. 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 novel is full of mirrors and dead ends, just like gone girl, and it has a psychotic girl at its heart.
Gone girl is a thriller novel in the mystery and crime genres, by the american writer gillian flynn. The following books are very similar to gone girl but bring a life of their own to the psychological thriller genre. If it reloads back to hunger games after typing some characters, it means. From strange disappearances to troubled husbandandwife relationships, these books like gone girl are sure to keep you in suspense until the very last page. Each chapter goes back and forth between the two worlds, and irina. Here are 12 followup reads for the girl on the train that arent gone girl to fill the hole that hawkins left when you hit the final page on rachel and megans story. Ive been on a mission to find other books to read that are similar to gone girl.
With a gone girl adaptation in theaters this friday, now seems like a good time to either. Maybe thats true, but theres more to flynns title choice than meets the eyeand in a lot of ways, its actually describing amy herself. It is a story of a girl, kate, who had spent the most haunting summer vacation on a french farmhouse. Major differences between the gone girl book and movie. She takes readers back to her unhappy childless domesticity, which is. But dont be surprised to see some changes in the onscreen adaptation of the beloved gillian flynn book. I cannot possibly be the only one who read gone girl a few years back and then quickly flew through sharp objects and dark places only to learn that the well that is gillian flynn had run dry. As i read gillian flynns bestselling book, gone girl. 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.
It wont take too long to fly through the telling of the strange disappearance of amy dunne. So now that we have the ground rules laid out for our list lets launch it. Gillian flynns gone girl is like scenes from a marriage remade by alfred hitchcock, an elaborate trap thats always surprising and full of characters who are entirely recognizable. New york times bestselling author karin slaughter brings back will. Here are some books that i have come accross that i liked. 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. 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. Ive read gone girl, girl on the train, sharp objects, in a dark dark wood, and just finished. Despite the fact that flynn wrote the screenplay for david finchers new film, there are a. What follows is a look back at the events leading up to the murder and how it has.
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