If the allure of Before I Go to Sleep was living inside Christine’s foggy head—never sure if Ben/Mike is gaslighting her or if her journal is the only truth—you’ll devour Gone Girl. Amy and Nick’s clashing, slippery accounts weaponize intimacy the way Christine’s diary does against the lies she’s fed each morning, keeping you second-guessing every confession, every timeline, and every marriage-secret.

Christine’s notebook—scrawled with warnings like “Don’t trust Ben”—drips out the truth in Before I Go to Sleep. In The Silent Patient, Alicia’s hidden diary and her therapist Theo’s case notes serve the same addictive function. As Theo peels back Alicia’s silence, those pages become the only way to sift what really happened, echoing the thrill of Christine piecing together her life from her own written breadcrumbs.

Like Christine relying on Dr. Nash while suspecting the man she wakes up with, Shutter Island traps U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels in a web of doctors, missing-patient files, and reality-bending clues on Ashecliffe Hospital. The same dread of not knowing who to trust—or who you truly are—tightens with every discovery, mirroring Christine’s hunt for the truth about her past and her marriage.

If you were gripped by Christine waking each day to a mind full of holes and trying to solve her own life, The Girl on the Train puts you inside Rachel’s equally fogged perspective—blackouts, obsession, and all—as she fixates on a missing woman. The intimate, spiraling self-talk recalls Christine’s journal-driven reconstruction of events, pushing you to parse memory from manipulation.

If the rug-pulls in Before I Go to Sleep—especially the reveal that the man in Christine’s home isn’t who he claims—left you breathless, The Kind Worth Killing delivers twist after twist with the same ruthless glee. Every confession detonates the story you thought you understood, forcing you to reevaluate motives and alliances the way Christine must after each new entry in her diary.