PEOPLE is Gone for GONE GIRL

Gillian Flynn, get ready to become THE breakout best selling author of the season.

Flynn’s third book, Gone Girl gets 4 of a possible 4 stars and the lead review in the new issue of People magazine (6/11; Jessica Simpson and offspring on cover), calling it “An irresistible summer thriller with a twisting plot worthy of Alfred Hithcock.” Janet Maslin in yesterday’s NYT says it’s the author’s “dazzling breakthrough.” She even recommends reading it twice. It’s on Time‘s list of top fiction for the year, is a June Indie Next pick and has been big on GalleyChat.

But the most telling predictor is the number of holds in libraries. Even Cuyahoga County, which ordered 86 copies, has holds on every one. Libraries that bought more conservatively are showing holds as high as 10:1. It doesn’t release until next week, but it’s already jumped up Amazon’s sales rankings, from #44 to #15.

Time to order more.

Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
Retail Price: $25.00
Hardcover: 412 pages
Publisher: RH/Crown – (2012-06-05)
ISBN: 9780307588364

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2 Responses to “PEOPLE is Gone for GONE GIRL”

  1. Kelly Currie Says:

    Reading it right now! I feel like I’m being led down one road but am on alert, because I know there is a TWIST coming. Can’t wait to see where it goes!

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