Before the Decade Ends, Here Are the Best Novels of the 21st Century

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (2012)

After seven years and a film adaptation, Gillian Flynn’s third novel was truly a game-changer. New York transplant Nick Dunne finds himself pinned for murder when his wife, Amy, disappears on the couple’s fifth anniversary, upending what seems like an idyllic marriage from the outside. However, everything is far from what it appears to be.

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