Gone girl by gillian flynn is probably the book that is the most similar in tone to the girl on the train. The girl on the train has had a dizzying rise, and among all the socalled domestic noir books that are now excitedly talked about as the new gone girls, it may be the closest thing. From strange disappearances to troubled husbandandwife relationships, these books like gone girl are sure to keep you in suspense until the very last page. Just finished reading girl on the train and am now obsessed. Ever since i read it last year i have been on the hunt for similar books. Heres some readalikes to keep you on the edge of your seat. Finn and layla are young, in love, and on vacation. 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. The new york times marries movie noir with novelistic trickery. The girl on the train is full of backstabbing, none of it literal. Gone girl by gillian flynn if youre the rare person who has read the girl on the train but not gone girl, we need you to pull over immediately.
I apologize if this has been asked before but i couldnt find a post on it. If you liked gillian flynns dark and suspenseful gone girl, then you have to read paula hawkinss pageturner the girl on the train and vice versa. Gone girl by gillian flynn is one of my favorite books. Gone girl 2014 like the girl on the train, this movie starring ben affleck and rosamund pike is also based on a similarlythemed bestselling novel. I think gone girl and girl on the train are great because theyre not that similar books at all, but theyre both dealing with the sort of perils of being a woman today, of marriages. The girl on the train by paula hawkins early this year, a slew of headlinesincluding one on this very sitedeclared this thriller a worthy gone girl successor, if not for the writing style. Goodreads members who liked the girl on the train also liked. The booksturnedmovies have been compared lately after the success of gone girl and the upcoming release of the girl on the train, but in fact, the differences are more apparent than the. The girl on the train is a rock to the back of the head. If you liked gone girl and the girl on the train by nvdpl adult librarians a staffcreated list. Which book should i read first on a plane, gone girl or. Nothing is more addicting than the girl on the train.
A girl on the run, a hidden past, a twenty year secret, and someone sinister who knows about it allif you like books like girl on the train, look no. 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 heard of it. I expected to enjoy gone girl, but i wasnt expecting to admire it. I categorized it as an airport read, fun and forgettable. The genre has moved beyond just works with the word girl in the title much to our relief. Thrillers like gone girl and the girl on the train. But you likely knocked out both of those books before the calendar flipped over to 2016. Find books like the girl on the train from the worlds largest community of readers. Why this is one of our books to read if you liked girl on the train. Gone girl is a slow, brilliant build to an unbelievable and mindblowing conclusion. As an avid reader of european theatre wwii books, fiction and nonfiction, i felt the girl from the train was a great read for the first two thirds of the book, but bogged down in the last part. He hops out of the car, locks the doors behind him, and goes inside.
I also have read gone girl, which has a similar tone. 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. You ran out and bought sharp objects and dark places and read them in two sleepless nights. Ever since those books phenomenal success, any new novel that is at all similar. A book that will become its own movie, like gone girl and the girl on the train. It is liable to draw a large, bedazzled readership. As the title says, im looking for mystery type books similar to these. Gone girl is gone, devoured by your book group ages ago. Vanity fair the girl on the train has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since gone girl. If you enjoyed gone girl by gillian flynn, try one of these dark, psychological thrillers. 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. Wont give away the details of the story, which is marvellous for the most part.
But once youve read flynns gone girl, and her other books, dark places and sharp objects, to. While the novel already received the bigscreen treatment and youve probably read the next gone girl a. 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. If you like the girl on the train by paula hawkins. The girl on the train, here are twelve novels to pick up next. A novel is a wonderful book filled with suspense and crisp details. I love the plot, the twists, and the dark tone of the book. Theyre driving along the highway when finn decides to stop at a service station to use the restroom. Like gone girl, this novel features a duplicitous female protagonist with. So it really doesnt technically matter which book you read first. The girl on the train is a fastpaced novel of suspense and deception. It wont take too long to fly through the telling of the strange disappearance of amy dunne. The girl on the train promises a wild ride usa today.
It is about a couple, nick and amy, who go through some marital. Find books like gone girl from the worlds largest community of readers. The same goes for the girl on the train, the widow and big little lies all titles you loved. The girl on the train, napoleon, go set a watchman and more the summer reading lists are out and the great and the good have had their say. Gone girl will only get bigger once the david fincher film adaptation is released in october. Gone girl and the girl on the train were two of the most popular books of the last few years. Is the girl on the train movie like the gone girl movie. Here are some books that i have come accross that i liked. Gone girl and girl on the train are both really good books, and not remotely related to each other, even though they sound similar and gained popularity around the same time. The girl on the train has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since gone girl. The girl on the train is liable to draw a large, bedazzled readership too.