Books Like Gone Girl: Dark, Twisty Domestic Thrillers

A woman shoots her husband five times and then says nothing — ever — and the therapist obsessed with breaking her silence becomes the most unreliable guide imaginable. Michaelides builds his debut around dual timelines and a withheld truth that detonates late, the kind of architecture you'll recognize if the marriage-as-mystery hook is what kept you up with Flynn. The prose is clean and fast, the ending divisive in the best way. If you want a twist you'll argue about, start here.