The girl on the train is all anyone can talk about. The kind worth killing by peter swanson swanson the girl with a clock for a heart takes readers to. Her blackouts make her unreliable to both the reader and her friends, though shes still convinced she can solve a womans disappearance. Fox 2000 acquired the rights to the woman in the window in 2016, well before it was published. 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. In paula hawkins bestselling psychological thriller the girl on the train, rachel watson is on a boozefueled downward spiral.
The question and answer section for the girl on the train is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel. These psychological thrillers like hawkins the girl on the train will stay with you long after youve turned the final page. Then the girl out front kind of on a mountain edge. Nov 22, 2017 the first book cover was the 3 people on horseback or walking. I recall the cover of the second book was a cave like setting with a sad looking girl facing down. So, lets say you loved the girl on the train, but you finished it and were like, decent book, but the girltotrain ratio was off. 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. Shes standing in the kitchen, aggressively drinking a glass of water 15. The movie adaptation is hitting theaters in just a few months and everyone is still obsessing over the book. 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 hawkins the girl on the train. Goodreads members who liked the girl on the train also liked. Based on the best selling novel by the same title by paula hawkins, the girl on the train features an unreliable protagonist that may or may not have murdered someone. But you likely knocked out both of those books before the calendar flipped over to 2.
The story centers on rachel, a 32yearold alcoholic who is still obsessed with her exhusband toma man who left her for another woman, anna. Ani suffered as a teen at the hands of her fellow students at a prestigious private school, but now shes recreated herself as a writer in new york. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title the new york. Why this is one of our books to read if you liked girl on the train. The girl on the train, by paula hawkins paula hawkins gripping new thriller begins with bitter, dissolute rachel, who sees what she believes to be a perfect couple, every morning.
Check out these great thrillers like the girl on the train, including paula hawkinss newest release, into the water. Paula hawkins debut novel, the girl on the train, took the world by storm when it was published in 2015 and stayed on the new york times bestseller list for four monthsdebuting at number one and holding the top position for consecutive weeks. The one most similar to the girl on the train i would have to say would be missing, presumed. There are similarities, although i suspect its like gone girl. If you like the heartpounding suspense of paula hawkins the girl on the train and cant wait for the movie, directed by tate taylor, who did a great job with the help, another blockbuster book, we suspect you will enjoy these exciting indie picks. The novel debuted in the number one spot on the new york times fiction best sellers of 2015 list print and ebook dated 1 february 2015, and remained in the top position for consecutive weeks, until. From strange disappearances to troubled husbandandwife relationships, these books like gone girl are sure to keep you in suspense until the very last page. Heralded as the next gone girl by critics and readers alike, the girl on the train is a fastpaced novel of suspense and deception. If you havent already read girl on the train, go out and get it.
Find books like orphan train from the worlds largest community of readers. The debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other peoples lives, from the author of into the water. 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. Eventually, shes able to find refuge with jakob, a polish freedom fighter. Apr 21, 2015 looking back, it helped that paula hawkins wrote the girl on the train with growing urgency and dread verging on panic because that feeling seeped into her novel.
Vanity fair the girl on the train has more fun with unreliable narration than any. Usa today like its train, the story blasts through the stagnation of these lives in. Read these thrilling suspense novels of unhealthy obsession, deceptive memory, and. The girl on the train and 7 more books you should read. It showed the loyal friend following the assassin looking dude in a turban holding what looked like a laser rifle. Like every person i knew during the summer of 2012, i read gone girl as if my life depended on it. The girl on the train starring emily blunt comes to theaters october 7th. The book was a decent read the beginning was so slow that i was about to dnf it forever. Tom seems like he might be an understanding, if exasperated, guy, and the.
What to read after the girl on the train whsmith blog. Books to read if you loved the girl on the train she reads. I read it at the beach, i read it while eating a salad at work, i read it past my bedtime. 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. When booking with train like a girl soccer you may receive appointment specific communication from setmore. Mary kubica writes an emotional story of a kidnapped girl, mia, and her mothers relentless search to find her daughter.
I had heard a lot of good reports about the book and it certainly lived up to its reputation. 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. Gone girl and the girl on the train were two of the most popular books of the last few years. Read it, then invite your book club over to watch the hitchcock film. Find books like girl on a train from the worlds largest community of readers. Ron weasley for the role of the redhaired man, of course. I personally think they are all better than the girl on the train.
Janet maslin, the new york times the girl on the train marries movie noir with novelistic trickery. I think a reader who liked one would certainly be interested in the other. Told in alternating perspectives much like the girl on the train, the good. 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. 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. With emily blunt, haley bennett, rebecca ferguson, justin theroux. If you liked gone girl and the girl on the train north vancouver. The genre has moved beyond just works with the word girl in the title much to our relief. As the narration jumps between quinn and alex, youll feel like these. The 5 biggest girl on the train book to movie changes. Aug 23, 2016 the girl on the train is full of backstabbing, none of it literal. 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.
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. If you liked girl on the train, youll love paula hawkins. The girl on the train, paula hawkins the girl on the train 2015 is a psychological thriller novel by british author paula hawkins. In a book full of petty, vindictive women well, mostly anna, its nice to have one who acts like a nice, normal person. Who would you cast to play the major roles in a film version of the book. The girl on the train, here are twelve novels to pick up next. If you like the girl on the train by paula hawkins central. The girl on the train metaphors and similes gradesaver. Desperate to find lives more fulfilling than her own, a lonely london commuter imagines the story of a couple shes only glimpsed through the train window in hawkins chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. But you likely knocked out both of those books before the calendar flipped over to 2016. The protagonist of the girl on the train is much younger. Find books like the girl on the train from the worlds largest community of readers. If you liked the girl on the train by paula hawkins, here are some books like this.
What does the girl on the train have in common with gone girl. The novel debuted in the number one spot on the new york times fiction best sellers of 2015 list print and ebook dated 1 february 2015, 2 and remained in the top position for consecutive weeks, until april 2015. No question, the most popular thriller so far this year is paula hawkins slowburning psychological thriller, the girl on the train. If your favorite thing about the girl on the train is the train, youre in luck.
Dec 05, 20 the novel is full of mirrors and dead ends, just like gone girl, and it has a psychotic girl at its heart. The girl on the train quotes and analysis gradesaver. So if paula hawkins the girl on the train was your cup of tea maybe with a shot of whiskey, then youll probably find these 15 books just as entertaining. The girl on the train is a hokey mess the atlantic. The girl on the train was one of those books that seemed to completely. 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. Here you can find handpicked readalike recommendations for more than 4000 contemporary books and 3000 authors. It tells the story about a woman lo blacklock who is a journalist for travel magazine. If your teens have read or will see the girl on the train in theaters and need more books featuring unreliable protagonists, have them check out these. The problem with the book, though, was that it was also frequently a hokey mess, and tate taylors new adaptation of the girl on the train takes the worst parts of the novel excruciating. A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life. A book that will become its own movie, like gone girl and the girl on the train. Books like girl on the train list could never be completed without this literature marvel for sure. Book an appointment with train like a girl soccer sports.
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. It looks like we arent alone the book hasnt spent much time sitting around on our shelves. This may include booking and cancellation confirmations, payment receipts and appointment reminders via email or sms. Goodreads members who liked girl on a train also liked. 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. Books to read if you like the girl on the train popsugar. The novel is full of mirrors and dead ends, just like gone girl, and it has a psychotic girl at its heart.
If you liked gone girl and the girl on the train by nvdpl adult librarians a staffcreated list. I let you go is my absolute favorite and blew my mind. If you havent read the girl on the train, youre behind the curve and thats not the only soontobe film adaptation you should get a head start on. There is nothing better than reading a great thriller. Mystery books to read if you like the girl on the train. Plus she gives us one of the book s most compelling images. When 6yearold gretl jumps from a train bound for auschwitz, her mother and grandmother are unable to follow her.
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. I particularly like the style of writing in these as well. I actually like this the best of frenchs novels, but its kinder than a gillian flynn novel. I think gone girl is more masterfully written, but i also liked the girl on the train. New york times bestseller about a blind french girl.
Youll be surprised by what horrors lurk around the bend. 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, 2 and remained. The girl on the train by paula hawkins has barreled its way onto the book scene and it hasnt slowed down yet. Thats because some readers think theyre actually buying a different book, the best seller titled the girl on the train. Nothing is more addicting than the girl on the train. Finn on what makes his woman in the window different. While the novel already received the bigscreen treatment and youve probably read the next gone girl a. The girl on the train, by paula hawkins paula hawkins gripping new thriller begins with bitter, dissolute rachel, who sees what she. Book recommendations for people who like the girl on the train by paula hawkins. 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. 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. Books similar to orphan train meet your next favorite book. Both i let you go and missing, presumed are written from 2 peoples points of view, similar 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.