BookRiot recently ran a list of 100 books that have plot twists: http://bookriot.com/2017/04/11/100-books-with-plot-twists/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Riot%20Rundown&utm_term=BookRiot_TheRiotRundown_Tue-Thur.
From that
list, here are the 25 books I’ve read and reviews for some of them:
Atonement by Ian McEwan
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2015/10/reviews-of-cuckoos-calling-and-silkworm.html)
The Cutting Season by Attica Locke (I will post a review on May
7.)
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Dear Mr. M. by Herman Koch (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/09/review-of-dear-mr-m-by-herman-koch.html)
Defending Jacob by William Landay (I will post a review
tomorrow, May 6.)
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2015/07/3-more-gone-girl-read-likes-reviews-of.html)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2017/04/gillian-flynn-and-nasty-women-characters.html)
I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/08/review-of-i-let-you-go-by-clare.html)
I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Ian Reid (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/07/review-of-im-thinking-of-ending-things.html)
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Language of Secrets by Ausma Zehanat Khan (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2016/02/review-of-language-of-secrets-by-ausma.html)
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2017/04/gillian-flynn-and-nasty-women-characters.html)
She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2017/03/review-of-six-four-by-hideo-yokoyama.html)
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Where’d You Go, Bernadette?
by Maria Semple (http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2017/04/review-of-whered-you-go-bernadette-by.html)
Of course,
there could be some debate as to what makes a good plot twist. Well, another writer at BookRiot offers her criteria for one: http://bookriot.com/2017/04/19/what-makes-a-great-twist/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Riot%20Rundown&utm_term=BookRiot_TheRiotRundown_Tue-Thur.
Do you agree?
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