If You Like Gillian Flynn

Gillian Flynn is best known her dark, sneaky, psychological terror blockbuster novel "Gone Girl." Below are similar authors and titles to try if you enjoy dark, domestic fiction.

Showing 1 - 14 of 14  There are a total of 15 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "The boy from the woods"
Star rating for The boy from the woods
Series:
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
"The man known as Wilde is a mystery to everyone, including himself. Decades ago, he was found as a boy living feral in the woods, with no memory of his past. After the police concluded an exhaustive hunt for the child's family, which was never found, he was turned over to the foster system. Now, thirty years later, Wilde still doesn't know where he comes from, and he's back living in the woods on the outskirts of town, content to be an outcast, comfortable...
Book cover for "Dead to her"
Star rating for Dead to her
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
"For fans of Liane Moriarty, Liv Constantine and Lisa Jewell, a twisty psychological thriller about a savvy second wife who will do almost anything to come out on top from the New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes"--
Book cover for "The familiar dark"
Star rating for The familiar dark
Author:
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
"Set in the poorest part of the Missouri Ozarks, in a small-town with big secrets, [this book] opens with a murder in the town's playground. Eve Taggert, desperate with grief over losing her daughter, takes it upon herself to find out the truth about what happened. Eve is no stranger to the dark side of life, having been raised by a hard-edged mother whose lessons Eve tried not to pass on to her own daughter. But Eve may need her mother's cruel brand...
Book cover for "The first mistake"
Star rating for The first mistake
Average Rating:
3.3 stars
Book cover for "Local woman missing"
Star rating for Local woman missing
Author:
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen, striking fear into their once-peaceful community ese incidents connected? After an elusive search that yields more questions than answers, the case eventually goes cold. Now, eleven years later, Delilah shockingly returns. Everyone wants to know what happened to her, but no one is...
Book cover for "Miracle Creek"
Star rating for Miracle Creek
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"A literary courtroom thriller about a mother accused of murdering her eight-year-old autistic son"--
Book cover for "Never have I ever"
Star rating for Never have I ever
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
Description:
"Amy Whey is proud of her ordinary life and the simple pleasures that come with it--teaching diving lessons, baking cookies for new neighbors, helping her best friend, Charlotte, run their local book club. Her greatest joy is her family: her devoted professor husband, her spirited fifteen-year-old stepdaughter, her adorable infant son. And, of course, the steadfast and supportive Charlotte. But Amy's sweet, uncomplicated life begins to unravel when...
Book cover for "The new husband"
Star rating for The new husband
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"A riveting new thriller about the lies we tell ourselves from the author of Saving Meghan. Just because you love someone doesn't mean you know them. Nina Garrity learned that the hard way after discovering that her missing husband, Glen, had been leading a double life with another woman. But Glen's gone-presumably drowned while fishing on his boat-so she can't confront him about the affair or any of his other misdeeds. A year and a half after the...
Book cover for "The perfect wife"
Star rating for The perfect wife
Author:
Average Rating:
3.1 stars
Description:
The perfect love. The perfect lie. From the bestselling author of The Girl Before comes a gripping new psychological thriller described as "dynamic, razor-sharp, and thought-provoking...a cutting-edge suspense novel unlike any you've read before." (Mary Kubica, New York Times-bestselling author of The Good Girl). "A missing woman receives a second chance at life, thanks to her billionaire husband--but the consequences are deadly...
Book cover for "Rock paper scissors"
Star rating for Rock paper scissors
Average Rating:
3.9 stars
Description:
"Think you know the person you married? Think again... Things have been wrong with Mr. and Mrs. Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wright has lived with face blindness his whole life. He can't recognize friends or family, or even his own wife. Every anniversary the couple exchange traditional gifts--paper, cotton, pottery,...
Book cover for "Someone we know"
Star rating for Someone we know
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"In a quiet, leafy suburb in upstate New York, a teenager has been sneaking into houses--and into the owners' computers as well--learning their secrets, and maybe sharing some of them, too. Who is he, and what might he have uncovered? After two anonymous letters are received, whispers start to circulate, and suspicion mounts. And when a woman down the street is found murdered, the tension reaches the breaking point. Who killed her? Who knows more...
Book cover for "Then she was gone"
Star rating for Then she was gone
Author:
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"Ten years after her teenage daughter disappears, a woman crosses paths with a charming single father whose young child feels eerily familiar, in this evocative, suspenseful drama from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell--perfect for fans of Paula Hawkins and Liane Moriarty. Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was fifteen, the youngest of three. She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. She and her boyfriend made a teenaged...
Book cover for "Thief River Falls"
Star rating for Thief River Falls
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"Lisa Power is a tortured ghost of her former self. The author of a bestselling thriller called Thief River Falls, named after her rural Minnesota hometown, Lisa is secluded in her remote house as she struggles with the loss of her entire family: a series of tragedies she calls the 'Dark Star.' Then a nameless runaway boy shows up at her door with a terrifying story: he's just escaped death after witnessing a brutal murder--a crime the police want...
Book cover for "Woman on the edge"
Star rating for Woman on the edge
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
"A total stranger on the subway platform whispers, "Take my baby." She places her child in your arms. She says your name. Then she jumps.... In a split second, Morgan Kincaid's life changes forever. She's on her way home from work when a mother begs her to take her baby, then places the infant in her arms. Before Morgan can stop her, the distraught mother jumps in front of an oncoming train. Morgan has never seen this woman before, and she can't understand...