Find books like gone girl from the worlds largest community of readers. Apr 17, 2018 if you are still longing for twisted endings and dark themes, here are five books like gone girl to feed your addiction. Now its been ten years since ellie disappeared, but laurel has. Nov 09, 2014 gone girl by gillian flynn is one of my favorite books. But once youve read flynns gone girl, and her other books, dark places and sharp objects, to. 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. 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. Stories similar to gone girl books, stories, and novels like gone girl by gillian flynn. You ran out and bought sharp objects and dark places and read them in two sleepless nights. 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. Most similar movies to gone girl the list contains related movies ordered by similarity.
Gone girl is an example of mystery, suspense, and crime genres. Books that perform well based on their reader engagement are published by inkitt in different formats and channels. 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. If you loved gone girl, try reading these 9 other books, too. The sense of suspense in the novel comes from whether or not nick dunne is involved in the disappearance of his wife amy. The film stars ben affleck, rosamund pike, neil patrick harris, and tyler perry.
If you are still longing for twisted endings and dark themes, here are five books like gone girl to feed your addiction. 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. Major differences between the gone girl book and movie. A novel is a wonderful book filled with suspense and crisp details. 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. It was published by crown publishing group in june 2012. Interview with gillian flynn when i think of my wife, i always think of her head. He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. The girl on the train heralded as the next gone girl by critics and readers alike, the girl on the train is a fastpaced novel of suspense and deception. With ben affleck, rosamund pike, neil patrick harris, tyler perry. Leaving the theatre, you have to ask yourself how connected these ideas are in real life. She is looking for suspense but she really enjoyed the snarky humor of gone girl. Despite the fact that flynn wrote the screenplay for david finchers new film, there are a few small plot twists that didnt make the cut.
Gone here are some books you might enjoy if you like the gone series and actionadventure books for young adult. If you love psychological thrillers, these are the books like gone girl 2018 will deliver. With her latest novel gone girl, gillian flynn former ew tv critic and author of previous books sharp objects and dark places has written the book of the summer. So opens gillian flynns novel gone girl, creepily enough. Gone girl author gillian flynn talks murder, marriage. Gone girl is a film adaptation of flynns 2012 novel of the same name. If you want to read more such alternative books like gone girl then. Gone girl is also the title of a lew archer story, in the 1955 collection the name is archer, by ross macdonald, who flynn has also cited as a favorite author. Gone girl is a 2014 american psychological thriller film directed by david fincher and with a screenplay by gillian flynn based on her 2012 novel of the same title. Gone girl will only get bigger once the david fincher film adaptation is released in october. With his wifes disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when its suspected that he may not be innocent. Another book having a mystery theme is dark places which is based. Gone girl is a thriller novel in the mystery and crime genres, by the american writer gillian flynn.
The novel became quite popular and soon made the new york times best seller list. Like gone girl, this novel features a duplicitous female protagonist with dark secrets and a disturbing knack for storytelling. If you enjoyed gone girl by gillian flynn, try one of these dark, psychological thrillers. Dead girl running by christina dodd kellen adams just wants to escape her former life and the year she cant remember so when she gets the chance to start a new life at a remote resort in the pacific northwest, she takes it. Unreliable narrators and terrifying suspense are just the beginning. When alexandra oneill returns to her old home town to help investigate the disappearance of an old friend. 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.
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. Apr 29, 2014 gone girl will only get bigger once the david fincher film adaptation is released in october. 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. Ever since i read it last year i have been on the hunt for similar books. In the tradition of the girl on the train, the silent wife, and gone girl comes an enthralling psychological thriller that spins one womans seemingly good fortune and. Top 10 books like gone girl top 10 books like gone girl. Following are the 15 biggest changes i noticed in my screening of 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. When i was looking for the recommendations for books like gone girl, ruth ware was one of the highly recommended authors everywhere, especially in the psychological thriller genre. The strengths of the gone girl psychopath taking a closer look at strengths misuse. Now that i have read this book, i can conclude that the woman in cabin 10 is a mustread for the gillian flynns fans and soon to be ruth wares fans. This riveting whodunit opens with a doll in the snowa doll thats really. Six years after its meteoric debut, gillian flynns gone girl is still setting the standard by which all other domestic thrillers are judged. The novel is full of mirrors and dead ends, just like gone girl, and it has a psychotic girl at its heart.
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