Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luckiest Girl Alive | 2015 | Jessica Knoll | Buy |
| 2 | The Favorite Sister | 2018 | Jessica Knoll | Buy |
| 3 | Bright Young Women | 2023 | Jessica Knoll | Buy |
Jessica Knoll’s standalone novels are thrillers that focus on women dealing with secrets, power, and violence. Luckiest Girl Alive (2015) was her debut and became a major bestseller. It follows Ani FaNelli, a magazine editor in Manhattan whose carefully built life is threatened when a documentary forces her to confront a horrific event from her teenage years.
The Favorite Sister (2018) takes readers inside a fictional reality show where female entrepreneurs compete for attention and funding, with jealousy and betrayal building toward a shocking conclusion. Bright Young Women (2023) takes a different approach to the true crime genre by telling the story of a 1970s serial killer entirely through the eyes of his victims. Across these three novels, Knoll consistently writes about how women survive and push back against the systems designed to define them.