Nothing is more addicting than the girl on the train. This has led me to believe that 2015 didnt have better books in the mystery and thriller genre, hence the goodreads choice award going to the girl on the train. Use the alphabetical lists below to look up a favorite book or author and then click see readalikes to discover similar books. Emily blunts outstanding performance isnt enough to keep the girl on the train from sliding sluggishly into exploitative melodrama. The problem with the girl on the train isnt the comparison to gone girl its the shadow of the book itself. As the narration jumps between quinn and alex, youll feel like these. In the list of alternative books like girl on the train, the silent wife makes the next entry. The girl on the train audiobook is a melodramatic story that is original and appealing. For fans of paula hawkins bestseller the girl on the train, heres a list of new books that are just as chilling. If you like the girl on the train by paula hawkins.
Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. Gone girl by gillian flynn is probably the book that is the most similar in tone to the girl on the train. Apr 21, 2015 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. Oct 05, 2016 here are insanely compelling and sweatinducing books like the girl on the train that will appease your adrenalineloving literary appetite until the film is released. As we anxiously await her next release, try one of these suspense novels to help you get over your paula hawkins withdrawals. Sep 24, 2015 5 the girl on the train by paula hawkins 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. Books similar to the girl on the train the girl on the train. First the wildly popular novel, then the movie adaptation that gave us chills.
Theres a whiff of agatha christie and a dollop of gone girl with plenty of blind alleys that we happily wander up and get lost in. The girl on the train by paula hawkins has barreled its way onto the book scene and it hasnt slowed down yet. If youve worked your way through the girl on the train and are looking for something similar youre in luck. And to celebrate, weve compiled a list of new and upcoming thrillers like the girl on the train. Dec 26, 2015 the girl on the train is a psychological thriller, set in contemporary london, with a female protagonist and a female author paula hawkins. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Read these thrilling suspense novels of unhealthy obsession, deceptive memory, and. The girl on the train is narrated by several female readers, which is fine but, they basically sound alike they all emote a lot. Goodreads members who liked girl on a train also liked.
He hops out of the car, locks the doors behind him, and goes inside. All of the characters are so into their own self analyzing angst, including the supposed victim of a crime its maddening. A list of great new books for fans of thriller mysteries like the girl on the train. But you likely knocked out both of those books before the calendar flipped over to 2016. This one has additional strife in pining for her ex and is a lush, as well, with a fantasy about true love, seen through the train window a perfect couple, together in a london back garden. The girl on the train and the massively successful books and films like it serve as fantasy spaces for women to act out their rage at living under patriarchy. Listendownload the girl on the train audiobook paula. The girl on the train is a 2016 american mystery thriller drama film directed by tate taylor and written by erin cressida wilson, based on british author paula hawkins popular 2015 debut novel of the same name. It was published this year, and received wide acclaim. Find books like orphan train from the worlds largest community of readers. The girl on the train is one of those delicious thrillers that can be devoured in four sittings, thats two return journeys on a typical train trip.
The novel girl on a train is getting a boost in sales. With emily blunt, haley bennett, rebecca ferguson, justin theroux. If you liked gillian flynns dark and suspenseful gone girl, then you have. After you is surely something which is exceptional to include in the list of books like girl on the train. 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.
If you enjoyed the girl on the train, you may like the following novels. The girl on the train was a working title that never got changed, and its a good title. Books to read if you loved the girl on the train she reads. The girl on the train is a 2015 psychological thriller novel by british author paula hawkins that gives narratives from three different women about relationship troubles and binge drinking. The success of the girl on the train really reignited our love of the thriller genre. 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. The girl on the train is all anyone can talk about. If you liked gone girl and the girl on the train north. The girl on the train, by paula hawkins paula hawkins gripping new thriller begins with bitter, dissolute rachel, who sees what she. A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life. Heres some readalikes to keep you on the edge of your seat. I categorized it as an airport read, fun and forgettable. Any good book suggestions open to all but i most like to. 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 kind worth killing by peter swanson swanson the girl with a clock for a heart takes readers to greater hitchcockian levels with this twisty psychological thriller, which will appeal to readers who loved the way hawkins jumped from one narrator to another, slowly peeling back everyones layers to reveal their true motivations. If you liked gone girl and the girl on the train by nvdpl adult librarians a staffcreated list. 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 further than this psychological thriller. The novel debuted in the number one spot on the new york times fiction best sellers of 2015 list print and e book dated 1 february 2015, and remained in the top position for consecutive weeks, until. Heres some read a likes to keep you on the edge of your seat. So, lets say you loved the girl on the train, but you finished it and were like, decent book, but the girl to train ratio was off.
You ran out and bought sharp objects and dark places and read them in two sleepless nights. I know it should be the woman on the train, but it didnt scan. Rachel is the lead character who prefers to travel on a train every morning. Check out any of the following books if you are looking for stories that are like the girl on the train. The girl on the train by tate taylor emily blunt, rebecca. 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. But you likely knocked out both of those books before the calendar flipped over to 2. The welcome echoes of rear window throughout the story and its propulsive narrative make the girl on the train an absorbing read. The movie adaptation is hitting theaters in just a few months and everyone is still obsessing over the book. I personally think they are all better than the girl on the train.
Gone girl is deserving of all the praise and trill. Jan, 2015 nothing is more addicting than the girl on the train. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. I think gone girl is more masterfully written, but i also liked the girl on the train. Her husband has married to anna and lives with her in a house where train stops and house overlooks like her previous home. Mar 16, 2015 3 new books to read if you loved the girl on the train its obviously too early to declare the most buzzworthy book of 2015, but i would not be surprised if the honor ended up going to paula. Handpicked recommendations to other books that have a similar writing style or theme to the girl on the train. The girl on the train was one of those books that seemed to completely. The debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other peoples lives, from the author of into the water. If you like the girl on the train by paula hawkins central. Jan 15, 2015 this has led me to believe that 2015 didnt have better books in the mystery and thriller genre, hence the goodreads choice award going to the girl on the train. 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. If the movie had managed to harness the disturbing introspection and revelatory bluntness at the heart of its plot, taylors enigmatic teaser would stand as a topnotch work worthy of its source material. Feb 14, 2019 similarities in 2 novels raise questions about the limits of literary influence.
Girl on the train author paula hawkins talks next book. There are similarities, although i suspect its like gone girl. Sep 28, 2016 the girl on the train was a working title that never got changed, and its a good title. Books to read if you like the girl on the train popsugar. Books to read if you like the girl on the train books to binge on before the girl on the train movie. Vanity fair the girl on the train has more fun with unreliable narration than any. 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. Oct 09, 2016 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 in which none of its lead characters are. Theyre driving along the highway when finn decides to stop at a service station to use the restroom.
It is liable to draw a large, bedazzled readership. Finn and layla are young, in love, and on vacation. Like gone girl, this novel features a duplicitous female protagonist with. Thats because some readers think theyre actually buying a different book, the best seller titled the girl on the train. Mary kubica writes an emotional story of a kidnapped girl, mia, and her mothers relentless search to find her daughter. The book was a decent read the beginning was so slow that i was about to dnf it forever. The welcome echoes of rear window throughout the story and its propulsive narrative make the girl on the train an absorbing read boston globe. The one most similar to the girl on the train i would have to say would be missing, presumed. The girl on the train is a fastpaced novel of suspense and deception. Vanity fair the girl on the train has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since gone girl. 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. The new york times marries movie noir with novelistic trickery.
Aug 23, 2016 the girl on the train movie tiein paperback august 23, 2016. I think a reader who liked one would certainly be interested in the other. I love books, great books, books to read, my books, amazing books, reading lists, book lists, reading time, reading nook. Mystery books to read if you like the girl on the train. Wont give away the details of the story, which is marvellous for the most part. Find books like the girl on the train from the worlds largest community of readers.
If you liked girl on the train, youll love paula hawkins. Like its train, the story blasts through the stagnation of these lives in suburban london and the reader cannot help but turn pages. The girl on the train is a woman who has become usual now. The girl on the train by paula hawkins penguin books. Goodreads members who liked the girl on the train also liked. Books with similar plots abound in fiction, and the new yorkers revelations. Every day, rachel takes the same london commuter train and passes the same suburban scenery, yet one house catches her eye mainly.
If you liked gillian flynns dark and suspenseful gone girl, then you have to read paula hawkinss pageturner the girl on the trainand vice versa. What to read after the girl on the train whsmith blog. Dec 05, 20 i expected to enjoy gone girl, but i wasnt expecting to admire it. Goodreads members who liked orphan train also liked.
An alternative cover edition for this isbn can be found here. Gone girl was actually published before the girl on the train, which has prompted many readers to credit. Like its train, the story blasts through the stagnation of these lives in suburban london and the reader cannot help but turn the pages. Find books like girl on a train from the worlds largest community of readers. If you liked gillian flynns dark and suspenseful gone girl, then you have to read paula hawkins s pageturner the girl on the trainand vice versa. Here you can find handpicked readalike recommendations for more than 4000 contemporary books and 3000 authors. If you liked the girl on the train by paula hawkins, here are some books like this. These psychological thrillers like hawkins the girl on the train will stay with you long after youve turned the final page. Told in alternating perspectives much like the girl on the train, the good girl will draw you in and wont let you go until you know the fate of mia and her captor. A list of psychological thrillers, books with unreliable narrators, and titles you may enjoy in addition to the girl on the train by paula hawkins.
Mar 11, 2015 the writer reveals that she plans to followup the londonset the girl on the train with another psychological thriller, one takes place in the north of england. Why this is one of our books to read if you liked girl on the train. Book recommendations for people who like the girl on the train by paula hawkins. Gone girl and the girl on the train were two of the most popular books of the last few years. I let you go is my absolute favorite and blew my mind. If youre heavily into the book its adapted from, femaleled thrillers in general, or the fabulous emily blunt, youve probably been looking forward to the girl on the train movie for a long time. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. The genre has moved beyond just works with the word girl in the title much to our relief. Similarities in 2 novels raise questions about the limits of. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back. It looks like we arent alone the book hasnt spent much time sitting around on our shelves.
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