Books Like Gone Girl
Based on Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Psychological thrillers with unreliable narrators, twisted marriages, and shocking twists.
If you loved Gone Girl, try these:
The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins
Why it's similar: An alcoholic woman on a commuter train becomes entangled in a missing persons case.
354 pages
The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides
Why it's similar: A woman shoots her husband and never speaks again — her therapist becomes obsessed with why.
286 pages
Behind Closed Doors
B.A. Paris
Why it's similar: A perfect marriage hides a terrifying truth — and there may be no escape.
Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty
Why it's similar: Three women's secrets collide at a school trivia night that ends with a death.
466 pages
The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn
Why it's similar: An agoraphobic woman thinks she witnesses a crime across the street — but can she trust herself?
Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn
Why it's similar: Flynn's debut — a reporter returns to her toxic hometown to cover murders of young girls.
254 pages
Dark Places
Gillian Flynn
Why it's similar: A woman whose family was murdered revisits the case and discovers nothing was as it seemed.
368 pages
The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena
Why it's similar: A baby goes missing from a dinner party next door and everyone has something to hide.
Sometimes I Lie
Alice Feeney
Why it's similar: A woman in a coma tells three timelines of her life — and none of them may be true.
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