Gone Girl
American novelist, born 1971.
Gone Girl is a 2012 novel by Gillian Flynn.
On 3 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Gillian Flynn
- First published
- 2012
- Length
- 512 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Thrillers and spy fiction, Psychological, Crime
Is Gone Girl worth reading?
3 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian) and The Great American Read (PBS).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Richard & Judy Book Club picks (Richard & Judy / WHSmith, 2004-) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian, 2019) | No. 65 | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Gone Girl
The edition we link to is the W&N paperback (2014), 512 pages.
- Publisher
- W&N (paperback, 2014)
- Pages
- 512
- ISBN
- 9781780228228
How critics, prizes and readers rate Gone Girl
Readers and critics rate it about equally: it earned 21% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 18% on critics' lists, against 0% on prize lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Gone Girl
If you liked Gone Girl, try The Name of the Rose, Deliverance or The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
