Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sharp Objects | 2006 | Gillian Flynn | Buy |
| 2 | Dark Places | 2009 | Gillian Flynn | Buy |
| 3 | Gone Girl | 2012 | Gillian Flynn | Buy |
Gillian Flynn’s three novels share a fascination with damaged women and the dark sides of family life. Sharp Objects follows a reporter returning to her troubled Missouri hometown. Dark Places centers on the adult survivor of a family massacre who begins to question what really happened that night. Gone Girl tells the story of a marriage that falls apart in the most public and horrifying way possible.
All three books are standalone stories with no shared characters. Each one plays with the reader’s assumptions about who is telling the truth and who is hiding something. They can be read in any order, though reading them chronologically lets you see how Flynn refined her approach over time.