Interview with gillian flynn when i think of my wife, i always think of her head. All locations of nvdpl are closed until further notice but were still here to help. Detective frankie sheehan is nervous to investigate as her last. The best thing about books similar to gone girl is that they surprise you in all possible ways.
Its also one of the first things nick dunnethe handsome, smarmy, admittedly dishonest narrator of the opening chapter of gillian flynns gone girltells us about the finely shaped head of his wife, amy. Ive read at least ten books described as the next gone girl and not one of them was the same caliber, writing or tonewise. Earlier this year, many fans of gillian flynns 2012 thriller gone girl were dismayed to learn that the author had changed the storys ending for the film adaptation. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter camille preaker faces a troubling assignment. On a warm summer morning in north carthage, missouri, it is nick and amy dunnes. If you liked gone girl, youll love these suspense thrillers. If you like gone girl you might like similar movies whiplash, the grand budapest hotel, the imitation game, mad max. Make that his missing wife, amy, who just happens to disappear. I read it at the beach, i read it while eating a salad at work, i read it past my bedtime. Here you can find handpicked readalike recommendations for more than 4000 contemporary books and 3000 authors. If you liked gone girl and the girl on the train north vancouver. Flight behaviour and the lacuna are magnificent books. A woman is murdered in a quiet dublin suburb and staged to look like a suicide. If you like gone girl or even if like me you dont and want a similar thriller genre tana french has written five books that are great.
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. After having children, myriam decides to continue her career as a lawyer. The genre has moved beyond just works with the word girl in the title much to our relief. This book is one of the best performing novels by gillian flynn. As the title says, im looking for mystery type books similar to these. 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. But dont be surprised to see some changes in the onscreen adaptation of the beloved gillian flynn book. If you are still longing for twisted endings and dark themes, here are five books like gone girl to feed your addiction. Books with unreliable narrators and rollercoaster plot twists all come together in this list of our favorite psychological thrillers. Stories similar to gone girl books, stories, and novels like gone girl by gillian flynn. I expected to enjoy gone girl, but i wasnt expecting to admire it.
The next gone girl is just the new standard marketing term for psychological thrillers, especially ones having to do with marriagesfamily life. Best psychological thrillers books like gone girl refinery29. The tale of a disappearance and the web of suspicion it casts over a small town and its apparently orderly citizenry, flynns novel has met with both. So opens gillian flynns novel gone girl, creepily enough. He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. Use the alphabetical lists below to look up a favorite book or author and then click see readalikes to discover similar books. Enthralling books like gone girl everyone should read at least. Luckily, they meet louise, a nanny who is quiet, polite and so good with children. The ten books that just might rival flynns chilling tale.
For years, camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the halfsister she barely knows. 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. 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. Here are some books that i have come accross that i liked.
Gone girl was adapted for a screenplay in the year 2014. Gone girl is a story about men and women who live double lives not because theyre secret agents or jewel thieves but because as human beings theyre incapable of being who they appear to be gone girl is a hall of mirrors where everything is an empty reflection, including the people who live there its content may be postmodern, but it. If you like gone girl you might like similar books the girl on the train, the girl with the dragon tattoo, the lovely bones, the help, sharp objects. Ani is pretty unpleasant to begin with, and we become more sympathetic to her as we learn more about the tragic events. Ive read gone girl, girl on the train, sharp objects, in a dark dark wood, and just finished all the missing girls super good if youve never. Ive been on a mission to find other books to read that are similar to gone girl. Gone girl is deserving of all the praise and trill. Gone girl and the girl on the train were two of the most popular books of the last. Youll start with, its about a husband whose wife goes. A novel is a wonderful book filled with suspense and crisp details. While amy starts off innocent, the protagonist of luckiest girl alive is the opposite. Gillian flynns gone girl first a novel, now a buzzy movie starring ben affleck, in theaters oct. What the majority of the books on this list have in common. The film had gone by the same name and was directed by one, david fincher.
Ive been on the hunt for books like gone girl ever since i finished gillian flynns bestselling book. She avoids eye contacts just to stay away from those awful, haunted numbers. Gone girl is one of those unique novels that are full of characters that are all deeply flawed, most of which are utterly unlikable by the storys end. Books like gone girl, girl on the train, etc hello. 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. Our list of books like gone girl contain solely new releases. Each book follows a new protagonist who was a supporting character in the previous novel. Gone girl s premise, frankly, didnt do much for me. Find books like gone girl from the worlds largest community of readers. Like gone girl, luckiest girl alive tells the story with a series of flashbacks that shed light on the characters present situations. Luckily, there is no shortage of these sorts of books. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Like every person i knew during the summer of 2012, i read gone girl as if my life depended on it. Major differences between the gone girl book and movie.
You could imagine the skull quite easily is just the kind of sentiment you wish serial killers would keep to themselves. I apologize if this has been asked before but i couldnt find a post on it. Despite the fact that flynn wrote the screenplay for david finchers new film, there are a. Gillian flynn author of gone girl, dark places and sharp. Like nick in gone girl, all evidence points to mikebut the reality of the situation is far more frightening. Gone girl by gillian flynn is one of my favorite books. Numbers just some mere numbers she steps back when her eyes meet any soul. 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. Since gillian flynns gone girl came out, tons of new novels have feverishly been compared to the bestseller. Lucky for you, women write some of the best twisty, keepyouupatnight mysteries.
This is so rare to discover the excellent pieces of literature like these books which are a rare combination of suspense and drama. Enter a book you like and the site will analyse our huge database of real readers favorite books to provide book recommendations and suggestions for what to read next. I categorized it as an airport read, fun and forgettable. Here are 12 followup reads for the girl on the train that arent gone girl to fill the hole that hawkins left. Ever since i read it last year i have been on the hunt for similar books. If you want to read more such alternative books like gone girl then the list which i have prepared for our readers might help you out in this. This astounding book compels readers to exercise their. In gone girl, flynn introduces the readers to a newly wedded couple, amy, and. She and her husband search for a perfect nanny who can look after their son and daughter. The first mention in books like gone girl is before i go to sleep which also happens to be the first novel by s. Start typing the title or the author of a book you like, and click on the link underneath which matches best. It seems like every new thriller with a strong female protagonist is the next gone.