Gone Girl is a thriller novel by the writer Gillian Flynn. Gone Girl was released on June 5, 2012, and was Flynn's third novel. it was the #1 New York Times Bestseller for eight straight weeks and spent more than one hundred weeks on the bestseller list all together. Gone Girl's themes include dishonesty, the devious media, and the unhappiness that comes with a troubled economy. The characters lie to each other and the reader about affairs and disappearances.