Books Like Gone Girl: Thrillers Where You Back the Wrong Person

The Gone Girl trick isn't the twist, it's the complicity — realising you were on someone's side before you knew what they had done.

1. 1. Sharp Objects

   by Gillian Flynn

   Same author, smaller and meaner. Read it if Gone Girl was the entry point.

2. 2. You

   by Caroline Kepnes

   Second person, so the grammar implicates you directly.

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   3. The Boy Who Survived With Me On this site

   by Simran Mehta

   Mia's horror isn't discovering Lucas orchestrated the deaths. It's realising how much of it she helped with.

4. 4. My Sister, the Serial Killer

   by Oyinkan Braithwaite

   Lean and funny, entirely about what loyalty costs.

5. 5. The Silent Patient

   by Alex Michaelides

   The most mechanically twisty on this list, and a huge word-of-mouth hit for a reason.