The Girl on the Train (novel by Paula Hawkins)

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novel psychological thriller novel

The Girl on the Train is a psychological thriller novel by Paula Hawkins that follows an unreliable, alcoholic narrator who becomes entangled in a missing-person investigation she obsessively observes from her commuter train.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
psychological thriller novel ⓘ
adaptation The Girl on the Train (2016 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Paula Hawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ
awarded Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardYear 2016 (Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year) ⓘ
bestsellerStatus New York Times bestseller NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTheme addiction and alcoholism ⓘ
domestic violence ⓘ
infidelity ⓘ
memory and perception ⓘ
obsession ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception generally positive reviews ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Tate Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2016 ⓘ
filmAdaptationStar Emily Blunt NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ
psychological thriller ⓘ
goodreadsRatingApprox around 4 out of 5 ⓘ
hasSequel Into the Water (spiritual follow-up by same author, not a direct sequel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
isbn 978-1-59463-366-9 ⓘ
mainCharacter Anna Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Megan Hipwell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rachel Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ
marketedAs for fans of Gone Girl ⓘ
mediaType audiobook ⓘ
ebook ⓘ
print ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narration ⓘ
narrativeTechnique unreliable narrator ⓘ
notableFor portrayal of alcoholism in a female protagonist ⓘ
use of multiple female narrators ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
pageCount approximately 320 pages ⓘ
plotElement amnesia and fragmented memory ⓘ
missing person investigation ⓘ
murder mystery ⓘ
protagonist Rachel Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate 2015-01-13 ⓘ
publicationYear 2015 ⓘ
publisher Riverhead Books NERFINISHED ⓘ
Transworld Publishers NERFINISHED ⓘ
sales over 15 million copies sold worldwide (approximate) ⓘ
setting London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

commuter train between Ashbury and London (fictionalized suburbs) ⓘ
timeOnBestsellerList over 100 consecutive weeks on The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers list ⓘ

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Erin Cressida Wilson → basedOnAdaptationOf → The Girl on the Train (novel by Paula Hawkins) ⓘ
Megan Hipwell → appearsIn → The Girl on the Train (novel by Paula Hawkins) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Girl on the Train
Megan Hipwell → appearsIn → The Girl on the Train (novel by Paula Hawkins) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Girl on the Train (2015 novel)
Megan Hipwell → firstAppearance → The Girl on the Train (novel by Paula Hawkins) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Girl on the Train (2015 novel)
Rachel Watson → appearsIn → The Girl on the Train (novel by Paula Hawkins) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Girl on the Train
Rachel Watson → publicationContext → The Girl on the Train (novel by Paula Hawkins) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Girl on the Train (2015 psychological thriller novel)
Girl on the Train (stage adaptation) → basedOn → The Girl on the Train (novel by Paula Hawkins) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Girl on the Train (novel)
Girl on the Train (stage adaptation) → sharesTitleWith → The Girl on the Train (novel by Paula Hawkins) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Girl on the Train (novel)