Gone Girl changed thriller fiction because both protagonists are terrible and you cannot stop watching. These picks bring the same unreliable narrators, toxic relationships, and twists that rewrite everything you assumed.
A woman shoots her husband and never speaks again. A therapist becomes obsessed with making her talk. The twist is earned and devastating.
An agoraphobic woman witnesses a crime from her apartment. Or did she? The paranoia and unreliable perspective are pure Gone Girl.
The perfect marriage that is anything but. The dread builds slowly and the reveal is sickening. Domestic thriller at its tightest.
A baby goes missing during a dinner party next door. Every character is hiding something. Fast, twisty, and done in a day.
Flynn's debut is darker and more disturbing than Gone Girl. A journalist returns to her hometown to cover murders. The family dynamics are poison.