Monday, February 19, 2024

Fifteen top books with unreliable narrators

At PopSugar Kaley Rohlinger tagged fifteen of the best books with unreliable narrators, including:
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Famously full of twists and turns, the unreliable narration of Gone Girl is what makes it so compelling — and the final plot twist so delicious. On the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick's wife, Amy, suddenly disappears and he's framed as the main murder suspect. Nick is left shocked and confused, wondering if he knows his wife at all. Amy's side of the story only makes things more confusing, and you'll stay up late so you can finally learn what happened — and who pulled what off.
Read about the other entries on the list.

Gone Girl made Katherine A. Olson's list of five books with righteous female rage, Azma Dar's list of five dark novels that explore the sinister side of marriage, Jonas Jonasson's top ten list of books about revenge, Suzanne Redfearn's list of six novels about women trying to outrun their past, Max Manning's top ten list of psychopathic crime & thriller characters, Steven L. Kent and Nicholas Kaufmann's list of six favorite literary human monsters, Elizabeth Macneal's list of five sympathetic fictional psychopaths, Jo Jakeman's top ten list of revenge novels, Amanda Craig's list of favorite books about modern married life, Sarah Pinborough's top ten list of unreliable narrators, C.A. Higgins's top five list of books with plot twists that flip your perception, Ruth Ware's top ten list of psychological thrillers, Jane Alexander's top ten list of treasure hunts in fiction, Fanny Blake's list of five top books about revenge, Monique Alice's list of six great fictional evil geniuses, Jeff Somers's lists of the top five best worst couples in literature, six books that’ll make you glad you’re single and five books with an outstanding standalone scene that can be read on its own, Lucie Whitehouse's ten top list of psychological suspense novels with marriages at their heart and Kathryn Williams's list of eight of fiction’s craziest unreliable narrators.

--Marshal Zeringue