Suggestion thread so ive just gotten back into the wonderful world of reading and to ease myself back into it ive read all three of gillian flynns novels. Enthralling books like gone girl everyone should read at least. Is say youre sorry the next gone girl or sharp objects. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter camille preaker faces a troubling assignment. One of mosleys most recent works, down the river unto the sea, is a good place to jump in if youre looking for a shocking tale. Take a look at 8 books like big little lies that you will. Find books like sharp objects from the worlds largest community of readers.
It stars amy adams as camille, a reporter returning to her hometown to cover the gruesome murders of two young girls. Like the smash hit gone girl, sharp objects is a titillating psychological puzzle, one that has readers thinking theyve solved it one minute, only to reveal they dont have all the pieces in the. If youve already read sharp objects, you know how great it is. 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. Enthralling books like gone girl everyone should read at least once. Best psychological thrillers books like gone girl refinery29. Sharp objects is the 2006 debut novel by american author gillian flynn.
I actually like this the best of frenchs novels, but its kinder than a gillian flynn novel. This is why amy dunne of gone girl walloped the world like an asteroid. The girl on the train, here are twelve novels to pick up next. Gone girl is this authors third novel, after sharp objects and dark places.
Preferably something with a gritty subject matter thats not too difficult to read like the books listed above but im open to anything as long as it gives me that urge to. The book was first published through shaye areheart books on september 26, 2006, and has subsequently been reprinted through broadway books. Like most people, i came first to gillian flynn via her thriller of the year gone girl which im convinced is the cause alongside the girl with the dragon tattoo for the overwhelming amount of thrillers now pumped out with girl in their titles. Camille preaker must travel back to her hometown to report on grizzly. If you loved gone girl, try reading these 9 other books, too. The chicago tribune proclaimed that flynns work draws you in and keeps you reading with the force of a pure but nasty addiction. Mosley is a prolific writer who has mastered the craft of mystery and suspense over a long career. Did sharp objects finally get the green light because of the times we are living in, or because of the success of gone girl a. They are twisty, captivating and will leave you on the edge of your seat. A novel the girl before by jp delaney is one of the most masterful psychological thrillers since gone girl by gillian flynn. Share 15 books to read if youre obsessed with big little lies. You ran out and bought sharp objects and dark places and read them in two sleepless nights.
Tangerine is a sharp dagger of a book a debut so tightly wound. Gone girl by gillian flynn is one of my favorite books. While the novel already received the bigscreen treatment and youve probably read the next gone girl a. For years, camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the halfsister she barely knows. Like gone girl, the girl before features manipulative and deliberate characters who move through their lives and follow plans with intention. April 22, 2014 was first published in 2012, it instantly became a phenomenon that turned its author, gillian flynn, into a household name. 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. Sharp objects was the winner of the crime writers associations new blood fiction dagger and ian fleming steel. Gillian flynn is a household name at this point thanks to gone girl and the subsequent movie. Jessica knolls luckiest girl alive is perfect for fans of liane moriartys novel big little lies and the golden globe nominated show. A novel is a wonderful book filled with suspense and crisp details. Gillian flynn is the queen of the psychological thriller, and well fight anyone who says otherwise. Books like gone girl, sharp objects and dark places. Gone girl became a new york times bestseller and was hailed by all major publications as a masterpiece to read and immediately discuss with everyone you know.
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. Theres no better way to recreate the gone girl suspense than to go back and reread books. And it is why sharp objects remains so vital, more than a decade after its publication, especially in an age. The book about nick and amy dunne, with its larger than life. Find out all the secrets within marriages and families in these dark, suspenseful stories. However, gone girl is so three years ago now were all about sharp objects, flynns equally. Then youll definitely want to check out these 10 books to read if you loved gone girl. Gone girl, dark places, sharp objects from the worlds largest community of readers. Dark places, in particular, drew attention from mystery aficionados, but gone girl is. Much like gone girl, sharp objects follows a female protagonist as she wades through some of the most outofcontrol, dangerous situations.
Both books are full of shocking twists, unreliable narrators, and manipulative. Trying to find intensely thrilling books with provocative crimes and compelling. As a besotted gillian flynn reader, who devoured sharp objects multiple times before gone girl, this is something that upsets me greatly, because in. Goodreads members who liked sharp objects also liked.
Ever since i read it last year i have been on the hunt for similar books. Here are some books that i have come accross that i liked. Well, its hard to find something so great again but we did it, we found a few books like gone girl. A former writer and critic for entertainment weekly, her work has been published in 42 countries. I apologize if this has been asked before but i couldnt find a post on it. Both versions of sharp objects are great but the book is especially twisty and unnerving. A former writer and critic for entertainment weekly, her work has been published in fortytwo countries. Gone girl has taken the publishing world by storm with its disturbing portrayal of a relationship gone badly wrong. As the new york times bestselling author of gone girl, gillian flynn is no stranger to the booktoscreen world. You probably know gillian flynn from her massively successful thriller gone girl. Years before the hbo show starring amy adams and patricia clarkson, flynns debut novel sharp objects was ugly, gritty, weird, and creepy in the best possible way. This boxed set contains the three novels from bestselling author gillian flynn. Even though the book ends very satisfyingly, it doesnt end the way i wanted it to. And now, hbo knows what book adaptations work for the small screen as sharp objects was a hit for the network as well.
The novel follows camille preaker, a newspaper journalist who must return to her hometown to report on a series of brutal murders. How the twist was so shocking and how the characters were so perfectly written. But whats a murky mysteryloving girl to do when shes already powered through all three of flynns novelsgone girl, dark places, and sharp objectsand still has a ways to go till the. I read it at the beach, i read it while eating a salad at work, i read it past my bedtime. If you love psychological thrillers, these are the books like gone girl 2018 will. It should go without saying that, if you liked flynns gone girl, youre probably the precise target audience for her previous novels, but both sharp objects and dark places come with a serious. Most people will either have read or seen the film adaptation of flynns novel gone girl, and sharp objects follows the same dysfunctional. Sharp objects im gonna go there and say im a huge fan of gillian flynn. Like the smash hit gone girl, sharp objects is a titillating psychological puzzle, one that has readers thinking theyve solved it one minute, only.
Yes, please published by beth clark july 23, 2018 sharp objects is a bestselling novel thats hard to put down and hbos newest blockbuster thats hard to look away from. How gillian flynns sharp objects challenges biases. Now her first novel, sharp objects, is taking hbo by storm, and the rapid surge in popularity of southern gothic is a testament to flynns talent. Many of his works are wrapped into series, from the leonid mcgill mysteries to easy rawlins series. From strange disappearances to troubled husbandandwife relationships, these books like gone girl are sure to keep you in suspense until the very last page. Gillian flynn was born on february 24, 1971 in kansas city, missouri, usa as gillian schieber flynn. As the title says, im looking for mystery type books similar to these.
Ive devoured all of gillian flynns other books dark places and sharp objects. The novel is full of mirrors and dead ends, just like gone girl, and it has a psychotic girl at its heart. This exclusive ebook collection brings together the three novels from bestselling author gillian. Sharp objects was flynns first novel, which she must have written while still working as a. I know it seems obvious, and all you diehards are like, cmon, i did that already. Like every person i knew during the summer of 2012, i read gone girl as if my life depended on it. Both books are full of shocking twists, unreliable narrators, and manipulative story lines. Gillian flynn on 6 dark books that actually scare her. This dark, gritty thriller writer is the brains behind gone girl, sharp objects and dark places. 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.
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