I actually like this the best of frenchs novels, but its kinder than a gillian flynn novel. Sep 29, 2014 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. Similar to the books you listed, but much much darker. Thriller books similar to gone girl, the girl on the train.
Check out the best psychological thriller books of fall 2018 including books from sarah pinborough, shalini boland, lisa unger, and more. There is nothing better than reading a great thriller. Little girl gone a logan harper thriller book 1 kindle. 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. This book is about a usedcar dealer named jimmy poletti, and has a fast moving story line packed with action, thrill and romance as well. Because while ghosts and bloodthirsty creatures can give you the spooks, the best scares are the ones that play with your head and remind us the real terrors are the ones that come from the people around us. The second book like gone girl that i would suggest reading is the french girl by lexie elliot. Little girl gone a logan harper thriller book 1 kindle edition by battles, brett. The genre has moved beyond just works with the word girl in the title much to our relief.
Nov 09, 2014 gone girl by gillian flynn is one of my favorite books. And, after that vacation things never remained the same. Add these thriller book recommendations to your required reading list. Aug 05, 2014 if you loved gone girl, try reading these 9 other books, too. But you likely knocked out both of those books before the calendar flipped over to 2. Dear daughter by elizabeth little what the majority of the books on this list have in common, aside from being page turning thrillers, is a comparison to gone.
If you liked gone girl, youll love these suspense thrillers. Bookstores libraries reading lists book lists books to read my books types of books see movie jude law. What starts off as a standard domestic thriller about unhappy couple nick and amy escalates into an unputdownable tale of love, duplicity, and media distortion. Apr 09, 2015 if you like books, then youre going to appreciate this video. Oct 17, 2019 gone girl is truly the book that elevated the genre of domestic thriller. Here are 10 to get you started, all of them written by women. If you are a fan of psychological crime thrillers then it is obvious that you have already read gone girl by gillian flynn.
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. Gone girl is a clever, dark and menacingly twisting psychological thriller that has you guessing outcomes and switching beliefs throughout. Not only is the silent wife a deep and dark psychological thriller, but it features a similar story line. Jan 17, 2018 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. Thriller books for teens theres nothing like a book you just cant put down. Written by gillian flynn, gone girl, an awardwinning psychological thriller, intoxicated our minds with its. Five irresistable thrillers by bella wright on february 4, 2015 in best thriller book lists, mystery books, new book releases, suspense thriller books a phenomenon like gone girl comes along rarely in the book world. He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance.
Enthralling books like gone girl everyone should read at least. Please not the girl on the train, i didnt enjoy this very much, it wasnt very clever imho. So whether youre looking to delve into the longbeloved gone girl. Like gone girl, the girl before features manipulative and deliberate characters who move through their lives and follow plans with intention. The plot about a thriller is similar in most of these books. This is an unsettling film that lingers long after its credits roll, striking a strong affinity to other gleefully disturbing movies like gone girl. In paula hawkins bestselling psychological thriller the girl on the train, rachel watson is on a boozefueled downward spiral. A husband and wife are in a bad spot in their marriage, and unbeknownst to them, they are hurtling full speed toward a catastrophic event. Mystery books to read if you like the girl on the train. I expected to enjoy gone girl, but i wasnt expecting to admire it. I took a chance because the last fantasy book i read, i hated, while damn near the entire rest of the fantasy community loved it, convincing me i must have something wrong. I categorized it as an airport read, fun and forgettable. Did you really think wed write a list of the best suspense novels ever and not include gone girl.
In this suspenseful thriller, two sisters disappear only to have one. It is a story of a girl, kate, who had spent the most haunting summer vacation on a french farmhouse. 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. Sep 24, 2015 in honor of the thriller s one year anniversary, these are ten books that just might rival flynns chilling tale. This is so rare to discover the excellent pieces of literature like these books which are a rare combination of suspense and drama. Ive been on a mission to find other books to read that are similar to gone girl. 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. Apr 17, 2018 prisoners 20 i dont want to reveal plot details, as i would like other people to get into this movie with the same perspective i did on this movie. While the novel already received the bigscreen treatment and youve probably read the next gone girl a. Books with unreliable narrators and rollercoaster plot twists all come together in this list of our favorite psychological thrillers.
Jun 05, 2018 psychological thriller books with blockbuster film adaptations. Im specifically looking for books similar to gone girl, which i thought was a fantastic and gripping read. The book s 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. For some reason, perhaps the title alone, this book has been compared to gone girl but where gone girl is well written, fast paced, and always readable, the good girl has lots of awkward writing, is slow paced because it jumps around so much that we want to yell, get on with it. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. So if paula hawkins the girl on the train was your cup of tea maybe with a shot of whiskey, then youll probably find. Were always down for a horror movie, but for a dose of real terror, we turn to terrifying psychological thriller books. Oct 03, 2019 if you love creepy characters, sneaky clues, and things that go bump in the night, then youre likely constantly on the hunt for the best new thriller books to add to your shelf. Here are some books that i have come accross that i liked. Apr 17, 2018 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.
Oct 30, 2019 were always down for a horror movie, but for a dose of real terror, we turn to terrifying psychological thriller books. Then youre definitely going to love this selection of thrillers. 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. Were presenting our take on the best thrillers of all time, spanning the best psychological thrillers, crime novels, and mysteries. Underpinned with this principle, and building on to the vast heritage of flawed female leads, here are ten more books. But once youve read flynns gone girl, and her other books, dark places and sharp objects, to.
Great thrillers like gone girl im specifically looking for books similar to gone girl, which i thought was a fantastic and gripping read. From strange disappearances to troubled husbandandwife relationships, these books like gone girl are sure to keep you in suspense until. Gone girl is an example of mystery, suspense, and crime genres. Psychological thrillers continue to be popular, following the success of the book and adaptations of bestsellers like gone girl, the girl on the. The 50 best suspense books of all time reedsy discovery.
Braffets a terrific, addictive stylist just like flynn, whose prose never gets in the way of telling a story that turns. Like gone girl, luckiest girl alive tells the story with a series of flashbacks that shed light on the characters present situations. The 10 best crime novels of the last decade crimereads. Like gone girl, the emotional tension builds gradually amid a looming mystery too painful to leave unsolved. Psychological thrillers were around long before gone girl. The novel is full of mirrors and dead ends, just like gone girl, and it has a psychotic girl at its heart. But its not out until may, which can be frustrating if youre notsopatiently waiting to read it. The characters are superbly drawn to illicit an everchanging perspective of them, from intense dislike to sympathy, from sympathy to vigilance, and from vigilance to dislike. Oct 08, 2014 the book version of gone girl, so ive heard, is a crime novel. In most cases the plot revolves around a villain who presents obstacles that the protagonist overcomes in his endeavors. Gone girl and the girl on the train were two of the most popular books of the last. Psychological thriller books to read read it forward. When alexandra oneill returns to her old home town to help investigate the disappearance of an old friend. If we know anything about these books, its that they attract voracious readers always in need of a new literary fix.
Thriller books therefore stand out and for this reason they are very popular. 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. Six years after its meteoric debut, gillian flynns gone girl is still setting the standard by which all other domestic thrillers are judged. I have read the millennium trilogy and very much enjoyed this, too. Ani is pretty unpleasant to begin with, and we become more sympathetic to her as we learn more about the tragic events. 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. Theres nothing like cozying up with a hairrising psychological thriller read in one hand and a generous glass of red wine in the other, so we compiled a list of the of our favorite thriller books to add to our toread pile. Ever since i read it last year i have been on the hunt for similar books.
From strange disappearances to troubled husbandandwife relationships, these books like gone girl are sure to keep you in suspense until the very last page. My wife and i have taken to listening to books together. But the good news is that new books are constantly being released that have a similar psychological thriller feelafter all, they are incredibly popular. If you love psychological thrillers, these are the books like gone girl 2018 will deliver. Remember to read with the lights on cook quinoa with recipes this falls best psychological thriller books for fans of gone girl to read next. Oct 06, 2016 there is nothing better than reading a great thriller. For a long time, it seemed like maybe liane moriarty and stephen king had cornered the modern market on the suspensefiction genre. A novel is a wonderful book filled with suspense and crisp details. Amy has inexplicably gone missing, leaving nick as the primary suspect.
Get your read on and prepare for major chills down your spine. At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. Gone girl by gillian flynn is one of my favorite books. If you liked gone girl and the girl on the train north vancouver. If you are still longing for twisted endings and dark themes, here are five books like gone girl.
Looking for a chilling read, full of twists and turns. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading little girl gone a logan harper thriller book 1. Find books like gone girl from the worlds largest community of readers. 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. 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. I really love fantasystephen kingetc but i know she loved the above referenced books. There are so many reasons to praise this book, but to focus on the impact alone, gone girl not only ushered in a decade of femaleauthored and feministdriven crime fiction and helped to repopularize the psychological thriller, it also gave us arguably the best speech in crime history.
Fortunately, for fans of the genre, these psychological thrillers are so good, the pages practically turn themselves. The book alternates between the narration of presentday nick and the diary entries of his missing. Since its release, there has been a crazy influx of similar books trying to mimic its greatness. While amy starts off innocent, the protagonist of luckiest girl alive is the opposite. Its as tricky and satisfying as gone girl, and its talking about many of the same things in the same way, like the unknowability of the love between two people. If you loved gone girl, try reading these 9 other books, too.
Youve probably bingewatched all the top thriller movies out now on netflix, amazon prime, and hulu, but have you read the best thriller books of all time. Our list of books like gone girl contain solely new releases. Both books are full of shocking twists, unreliable narrators, and manipulative story lines. What are some mindblowing movies and psychological thrillers. 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. Then youll definitely want to check out these twisty thrillers. Nov 28, 2018 some people like to read stories with happy endings. I love books great books books to read thriller books reading material book nooks book of life book authors book nerd. The story revolves around the unhappy marriage of nick dunne and his wife, amy. Gone girl is deserving of all the praise and trill.
Gillian flynns second novel, dark places, is the thrilling equal of her later book, gone girl it might be even better. Oct 10, 2016 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 train. These suspenseful, thrilling stories for young adults will grab your teens attention until the final pages. 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. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. If you are still longing for twisted endings and dark themes, here are five books like gone girl to feed your addiction. Some people like to read stories with happy endings. Lest you think that the psychological thriller originated with gone. And, by now you must have spent hours on the internet searching for books similar to gone girl. The following books are very similar to gone girl but bring a life of their own to the psychological thriller genre. Into the water by paula hawkins, author of the megahit thriller girl on the train, might be the most anticipated book of 2017, period.
Please not the girl on the train, i didnt enjoy this very much, it. Featuring twisty, unpredictable novels that will keep you turning the pages late into the night. Filled with suspense, each book will be hard to put down. Leaving the multinarrator story theme, the short drop was good and comes up on sale often. The girl on the train by paula hawkins, gone girl by gillian flynn, behind closed doors by b. Aug 14, 2019 if you are a fan of psychological crime thrillers then it is obvious that you have already read gone girl by gillian flynn. Ill be right up front and say the first half of this novel was quite a slog. But theres also nothing worse than finishing it of course the babysitter did it. Ive been on the hunt for books like gone girl ever since i finished gillian flynns bestselling book. Begin slideshow best psychological thrillers books like gone girl. So if paula hawkins the girl on the train was your cup of tea maybe with a shot of whiskey, then youll probably find these 15 books just as entertaining. Dec 05, 20 i expected to enjoy gone girl, but i wasnt expecting to admire it.
If youve already gobbled up the girl on the train, youre probably hungry for something similar to read that hits lots of the same notes. In nick and amys unhinged marriage, an evil strongarms its way into the heart of the living room and detonates a bomb. What is it about gone girl that has us all completely hooked. This book is one of the funny suspense thrillers that you would like to read in a beach. A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel presents with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of japans most celebrated geisha. 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. Dec 19, 2019 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. Apr 29, 2014 gone girl will only get bigger once the david fincher film adaptation is released in october. I can relate to your feelings as i was in the same situation a week ago when i wanted to read books that are like gone girl. The girl on the train, here are twelve novels to pick up next. Harrison is much more like gone girl than some of the other books on this list. 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 train.
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