A #1 GLOBE AND MAIL AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, NPR, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, THE GUARDIAN, TORONTO STAR, KIRKUS REVIEWS AND USA TODAY

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' BEST THRILLERS OF THE 21st CENTURY

“Nothing is more addicting than The Girl on the Train.” —Vanity Fair

“The Girl on the Train has more fun with unreliable narration than any [thriller] since Gone Girl.” —The New York Times

“Marries movie noir with novelistic trickery . . . hang on tight. You'll be surprised by what horrors lurk around the bend.” —USA Today

“Like its train, the story blasts through the stagnation of these lives in suburban London and the reader cannot help but turn pages.” —The Boston Globe

“Gone Girl fans will devour this psychological thriller.” —People

"A strong story, with a great sense of time and place, and one that had me from start to finish." —George R. R. Martin, award-winning author of A Game of Thrones

“There are a lot of books promising the same chills and twists as Gone Girl; this is the first novel I’ve read that has them. Paula Hawkins’s debut is full of the same brilliant characterization and clever plotting that keeps readers wondering.” ―The Globe and Mail

“Each voice is distinctive and unguarded. . . . [Hawkins has] grace and skill with character revelation.” ―National Post

“Send in the blizzards, because nothing as mundane as work, school or walking the dog should distract you from this debut thriller. . . . A natural fit for fans of Gone Girl-style unreliable narrators and twisty, fast-moving plots, The Girl on the Train will have you racing through the pages.” ―Huffington Post

“Perfectly paced, from its arresting beginning to its twist ending; it’s not an easy book to put down.” —NPR

“Compulsive reading.” —Marie Claire

“A psychologically astute debut. . . . The surprise-packed narratives hurtle toward a stunning climax, horrifying as a train wreck and just as riveting.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“[The Girl on the Train] pulls off a thriller’s toughest trick: carefully assembling everything we think we know, until it reveals the one thing we didn’t see coming.” ―Entertainment Weekly

“Given the number of titles that are declared to be ‘the next’ of a bestseller . . . book fans have every right to be wary. But Paula Hawkins’s novel The Girl on the Train just might have earned the title of ‘the next Gone Girl.’” —Christian Science Monitor

“A chilling, assured debut, in which the line between truth and lie constantly shifts like the rocking of a train. . . . Even the most astute readers will be in for a shock as Hawkins slowly unspools the facts, exposing the harsh realities of love and obsession’s inescapable links to violence.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Compulsively readable. . . . It actually hurt to put it down.” ―Joy Fielding, New York Times–bestselling author of Now You See Her

“This novel will leave you as breathless as a ride on the new, high-speed commuter train in London.” ―Roberta Rich, author of the bestselling The Midwife of Venice

“Gripping, enthralling—a top notch thriller and a compulsive read.” ―S.J. Watson, New York Times–bestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep

“The Girl on the Train is so thrilling and tense and wildly unpredictable, it sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down.” ―Tess Gerritsen, New York Times–bestselling author

“What a group of characters, what a situation, what a book! It’s Alfred Hitchcock for a new generation and a new era.” ―Terry Hayes, author of I Am Pilgrim

“Hawkins keeps the tension ratcheted high in this thoroughly engrossing tale of intersecting strangers and intimate betrayals.” ―Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times–bestselling author

“Artfully crafted and utterly riveting. The Girl on the Train’s clever structure and expert pacing will keep you perched on the edge of your seat, but it's Hawkins’ deft, empathetic characterization that will leave you pondering this harrowing, thought-provoking story about the power of memory and the danger of envy.” ―Kimberly McCreight, New York Times–bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia

"A thriller that grabs you from the first page and takes you on a high speed ride full of twists and turns." —Colette McBeth, author of Precious Thing

“This is unputdownable. . . . A fast, clever thriller with a flawed, entertaining heroine.” —Paula Daly, author of Keep Your Friends Close