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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Like any genre, it depends on the quality of the writing and the quality of the the plot formation and world-building. The gold standard of modern thrillers is “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn.[/quote] Why is that the gold standard? Because it was a huge bestseller? I really enjoyed it but I have also enjoyed many other psychological suspense novels that are nothing like it, nor are they trying to be. There's no gold standard. Within the genre, and I read a lot in this genre, there are subgenres and books with varying levels of literary-ness. It just depends on what you like. [/quote] Name ‘em. [/quote] Name what? Good sychological suspense that isn't trying to be Gone Girl? Start with anything by Peter Swanson, early Sophie Hannah like Little Face and the Dead Lie Down, most of Linwood Barclay -- try A Noise Downstairs. . [/quote]
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