Books like Gone Girl

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn reads as dark, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Patricia Highsmith · 1955

Shares the unreliable + heist thread

69% genome match

The Kind Worth Killing

Peter Swanson · 2015

Shares the heist + unreliable thread

70% genome match

Shutter Island

Dennis Lehane · 2003

Shares the unreliable + heist thread

69% genome match

Presumed Innocent

Scott Turow · 1987

Shares the unreliable + heist thread

78% genome match

Dark Places

Gillian Flynn · 2009

Shares the unreliable thread

73% genome match

The Best American Mystery Stories 2000

Donald E. Westlake · 2000

Shares the unreliable + heist thread

73% genome match

The Lincoln Lawyer

Michael Connelly · 2005

Shares the heist thread

69% genome match

Safe Place

Lorenzo Carcaterra · 1993

Shares the heist thread

69% genome match

The case of the velvet claws

Erle Stanley Gardner · 1933

Shares the unreliable + heist thread

69% genome match

Le parfum de la dame en noir

Gaston Leroux · 1908

Shares the unreliable + heist thread

69% genome match

Beast in View

Margaret Millar · 2015

Shares the unreliable thread

69% genome match

Billy Summers

Stephen King · 2021

Shares the heist thread

69% genome match