Best psychological thrillers books like gone girl refinery29. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Gone girl by gillian flynn, released just last month, has enjoyed its secure spot on the new york times best seller list for four weeks now. A dark, powerful, twisted and nasty piece of fiction will keep you guessing till the very end. Ive been on the hunt for books like gone girl ever since i finished gillian flynns bestselling book. If you loved gillian flynns new york times bestselling novel gone girl youll love the following books with similar vibes. You ran out and bought sharp objects and dark places and read them in two sleepless nights. One of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time, new york times bestseller gillian flynn takes that statement to its darkest place in this unputdownable masterpiece about a marriage gone terribly, terribly wrong. I categorized it as an airport read, fun and forgettable. If youre a fan of gillian flynn, chances are youve already read gone girl, but the bestselling author has another twisty title waiting for you. After anna is another one to check out with family drama that resembles the sour marriage of gillian flynns 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. Ever since i read it last year i have been on the hunt for similar books. Interview with gillian flynn when i think of my wife, i always think of her head. Gone girl is deserving of all the praise and trillions of copies sold and movie adaptations and whatever else is headed gillian flynns way. Gone girl author gillian flynn talks to emma brockes about her leap to fame, writing the screenplay of the new film, and why no one should read her dark books expecting to find a likable character.
Gillian flynn reflects on gone girl legacy and the growing appetite for antiheroines in books. If you love psychological thrillers, these are the books like gone girl 2018 will deliver. She lives in chicago with her husband, brett nolan, and a. Gone girl by gillian flynn will go on to confirm the nasty feeling you have always had in your tummy, dreamt about but never believed it could happen to you in your marriage. If youve already read all the books by gillian flynn dark places, sharp objects, and of course gone girl there are a number of new positively thrilling books to read that will satisfy your craving for the psychologically suspenseful. If youre a fan of gillian flynn, chances are youve already read gone girl, but the bestselling author has another twisty title waiting for you on. Dec 05, 20 the novel is full of mirrors and dead ends, just like gone girl, and it has a psychotic girl at its heart. The books like gone girl below examine equally unlikable or elusive characters, just like in gillian flynns novel, and though some are more. Enthralling books like gone girl everyone should read at least. She lives in chicago with her husband, brett nolan, and a rather giant cat named roy. May 30, 2012 gillian flynns icepicksharp gone girl begins far too innocently by explaining how nick and amy dunne celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary.
Gillian flynn has several psychological thrillers under her belt, and this is our. The following authors have achieved a masterful balance of action, horror, suspense, and mystery. Gillian flynn on her bestseller gone girl and accusations of. Its in the number four spot, just beneath the fifty shades trilogy. Dark places focuses on libby day, the sole survivor of.
If you are still longing for twisted endings and dark themes, here are five books like gone girl to feed your addiction. Trying to find intensely thrilling books with provocative crimes and. 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. Gone girl, by gillian flynn, is a twosided contest in which nick and amy dunne tell conflicting stories. Gone girl, dark places, sharp objects from the worlds largest community of readers. Gillian flynn is the real deal, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre. They are twisty, captivating and will leave you on the edge of your seat. If you cant get enough and want to read even more books from authors like gillian flynn, or just get personalized book recommendations for all your reading needs, check out our tbr.
Oct 08, 2014 according to anthony lane, there are approximately twentyone people who havent read gillian flynns gone girl. Flynn has published three novels, sharp objects for which she won the 2007 ian fleming steel dagger award, dark places, and her bestselling third novel gone girl. The ten books that just might rival flynns chilling tale. So opens gillian flynns novel gone girl, creepily enough. Author gillian flynn talks to oliver burkeman about accusations of misogyny, her. Books that perform well based on their reader engagement are published by inkitt in different formats and channels. She gave high praise to gillian flynn s two other books. Then youll definitely want to check out these 10 books to read if you loved gone girl. Gillian flynn on her bestseller gone girl and accusations. When it was over, i wanted more of what gillian flynn. Stephen king this exclusive ebook collection brings together the three novels from bestselling author gillian flynn. Dark places was her strongest, then sharp objects then gone girl her words she enjoyed reconstructing amelia so did i but not as much as gone girl as well as the silent wife i found it to. It was published in 2009 and consists of about 349 pages.
One of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time, new york times bestseller gillian flynn, takes that statement to its darkest place in this unputdownable masterpiece about a marriage gone terribly, terribly wrong. Flynn has published three novels, sharp objects, dark places, and gone girl, all three of which have been adapted for film or television. Written by gillian flynn, gone girl, an awardwinning psychological thriller, intoxicated our minds with its. Associated press, michelle weinergillian flynns third. Literarily speaking, we worship at the dark altar of gillian flynn. This year i reread a book that seems entirely different on the surface of it but touches upon some similar themes gillian flynns gone girl. Gillian flynns gone girl was released in paperback last week nearly two years after its initial release. Gillian flynn s second novel, dark places, is the thrilling equal of her later book, gone girl it might be even better. Gillian flynn books list of books by author gillian flynn. After anna is another one to check out with family drama that resembles the sour marriage of gillian flynn s gone girl. 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.
Gillian flynn succeeds at creating a psychological thriller with her third novel, 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. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read gone girl. If you liked gone girl, youll love these suspense thrillers. When seeking authors like gillian flynn i kept a few key ideas in mind. Featuring twisty, unpredictable novels that will keep you turning the pages late into the night. For years, camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the halfsister she barely knows. The marriage is the real mystery in gone girl gillian flynns third novel begins on the morning of nick and amy dunnes wedding anniversary, when amy disappears and nick becomes the no. Gone girl has taken the publishing world by storm with its disturbing portrayal of a relationship gone badly wrong. Now your sleepless nights are spent yearning for another gillian flynn book and could the days until the gone girl movie comes out be going. Another book having a mystery theme is dark places which is based on an issue way serious than rest of the books like gone girl in this list. Flynn masterfully lets this tale of a marriage gone toxically wrong gradually emerge through alternating accounts by nick and amy, both unreliable narrators in their own ways. Flynn wrote the adaptations for the 2014 gone girl film and the hbo limited series sharp objects. Gillian flynns second novel, dark places, is the thrilling equal of.
Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Its point of view alternates between husband nick and wife amy, and the plot follows the aftermath of amys disappearance on their anniversaryjumping between past and present to tell the story of how they got there. Now your sleepless nights are spent yearning for another gillian flynn book and could the days until the gone girl movie comes out be going by any slower never fear. Dark places, by gillian flynn my first instinct after racing through gone girl was to find everything else that its author had ever written. After losing their writing jobs in new york city, nick and amy after losing their writing jobs in new york city, nick and amy. Books by gillian flynn authors like gillian flynn what.
Gillian flynns thriller captivated readersand dominated book recommendation listswhen it was released in 2012. Superficially, this privileged gotham golden girl, inspiration for her psychologistparents bestselling series of childrens books, couldnt be further from the disturbingly damaged women of edgarfinalist flynns first two books, sharp objects and dark. Gillian flynn s thriller captivated readersand dominated book recommendation listswhen it was released in 2012. After losing their writing jobs in new york city, nick and amy. Six years after its meteoric debut, gillian flynn s gone girl is still setting the standard by which all other domestic thrillers are judged.
The following authors have achieved a masterful balance of action, horror, suspense, and mystery, rounding it all off with great. In publishing terms that means its a monster, gigantic hit, but that. This exclusive ebook collection brings together the three novels from bestselling author gillian. Gone girl, unlike many other wildly popular books that are terrible but got turned into movies anyway, is actually a good book. Jul 17, 2012 heres the synopsis for gone girl from gillian s website. Take gillian flynns gone girl, the third novel by one of a trio of contemporary women writers the others are kate atkinson and tana french who are kicking the genre into a higher gear you couldnt say that this is a crime novel thats ultimately about a marriage, which would make it a literary novel in disguise. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter camille preaker faces a troubling assignment. And if you loved gillian flynns 2012 bestseller gone girl, then youll definitely want to add these books to your toberead list.
Both books are full of shocking twists, unreliable narrators, and manipulative story lines. She gave high praise to gillian flynns two other books. And for some other exciting news for fans, 20th century fox has acquired the movie rights. Gone girl builds on the extraordinary achievements of gillian flynns first two books and delivers the reader into the claustrophobic world of a failing marriage. Nov 09, 2014 gone girl by gillian flynn is one of my favorite books. She was formerly a television critic for entertainment weekly. Buy gone girl by flynn, gillian from amazons fiction books store. Psychological thrillers are all the rage today so find some books that are like gone girl. Gone girl by gillian flynn is one of my favorite books. You blazed through gone girl you ran out and bought sharp objects and dark places and read them in two sleepless nights. Gillian schieber flynn is an american author of crime thrillers. The novel is full of mirrors and dead ends, just like gone girl, and it has a psychotic girl at its heart.
Now your sleepless nights are spent yearning for another gillian flynn bookand could the days until the gone girl movie comes out be going by any slower. Though gone girl didnt create the idea of an antiheroine readers can find similar complex. Gillian flynn on 6 dark books that actually scare her. Dark places was her strongest, then sharp objects then gone girl her words she enjoyed reconstructing amelia so did i but not as much as gone girl as well as the silent wife i found it to be patchy and missing some info, still a dark read. If you loved gone girl, try reading these 9 other books, too. A former critic for entertainment weekly, she lives in chicago with her husband and children. But flynn takes this sturdy trope of the 24hour news cycle and turns it inside. Stories similar to gone girl books, stories, and novels like gone girl by gillian flynn. But whats a murky mysteryloving girl to do when shes already powered through all. If you cant get enough and want to read even more books from authors like gillian flynn, or just get personalized book recommendations for. In order to provide reading groups with the most informed and thoughtprovoking questions possible, it is necessary to reveal important aspects of the plot of this novel.
The chicago tribune proclaimed that her work draws you in and keeps you reading with the force of a pure but. Author gillian flynn is already three for three when it comes to her writing career. Admirers of gillian flynns previous books, sharp objects and dark places, will be ecstatic over gone girl, her most intricately twisted and deliciously sinister story, dangerous for any reader who prefers to savor a novel as opposed to consuming it whole in one sitting. 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 you enjoyed gone girl by gillian flynn, try one of these dark, psychological thrillers. Oct 03, 2014 gone girl author gillian flynn talks to emma brockes about her leap to fame, writing the screenplay of the new film, and why no one should read her dark books expecting to find a likable character. Our list of books like gone girl contain solely new releases. Sep 24, 2015 gillian flynns second novel, dark places, is the thrilling equal of her later book, gone girl it might be even better. Now your sleepless nights are spent yearning for another gillian flynn bookand could the days until the gone girl movie comes out be going by any slower never fear. Mar 14, 2018 loved the book, gone girl by gillian flynn. The girl before by jp delaney is one of the most masterful psychological thrillers since gone girl by gillian flynn. May 01, 20 gone girl has taken the publishing world by storm with its disturbing portrayal of a relationship gone badly wrong. Theres the evil you can see coming and then theres amy elliott. Like gone girl, the girl before features manipulative and deliberate characters who move through their lives and follow plans with intention.
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