80 books
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59 voters
Unreliable Narrator Books
Showing 1-50 of 6,338
The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 318 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,245,494 ratings — published 2015
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 285 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,400,944 ratings — published 2012
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 232 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,361,638 ratings — published 2014
The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 179 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,124,603 ratings — published 2019
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 164 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.87 — 932,700 ratings — published 1955
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 162 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.91 — 285,798 ratings — published 1962
The Woman in the Window (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 129 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.94 — 875,356 ratings — published 2018
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 119 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 4.16 — 990,274 ratings — published 1992
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,846,065 ratings — published 1951
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 104 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 4.26 — 337,289 ratings — published 1926
Sometimes I Lie (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.75 — 318,908 ratings — published 2017
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 4.18 — 636,184 ratings — published 1996
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.73 — 973,407 ratings — published 2023
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 4.22 — 438,276 ratings — published 2020
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 88 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.51 — 195,648 ratings — published 2016
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,817,662 ratings — published 1925
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 4.07 — 348,182 ratings — published 1892
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 85 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.47 — 309,191 ratings — published 2019
Before I Go to Sleep (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.90 — 365,624 ratings — published 2011
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
by (shelved 78 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.79 — 292,376 ratings — published 2014
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.81 — 382,035 ratings — published 1959
None of This Is True (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,049,072 ratings — published 2023
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.80 — 355,952 ratings — published 1991
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,740,204 ratings — published 2001
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,582,461 ratings — published 2003
Verity (ebook)
by (shelved 69 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 4.30 — 3,664,714 ratings — published 2018
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 4.14 — 352,228 ratings — published 1989
The Last House on Needless Street (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.82 — 140,710 ratings — published 2021
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,399,654 ratings — published 2017
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 4.09 — 196,151 ratings — published 2000
The Dinner (ebook)
by (shelved 63 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.21 — 174,146 ratings — published 2009
Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 63 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 4.08 — 830,283 ratings — published 2010
Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.95 — 558,289 ratings — published 2001
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.85 — 834,798 ratings — published 2005
The Turn of the Screw (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.38 — 176,551 ratings — published 1898
Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
by (shelved 57 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 4.00 — 127,104 ratings — published 2012
The Sense of an Ending (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.74 — 190,375 ratings — published 2011
Rock Paper Scissors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.88 — 665,965 ratings — published 2021
You (You, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.96 — 288,429 ratings — published 2014
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,997,226 ratings — published 1847
Allegedly (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 4.03 — 76,852 ratings — published 2017
Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 54 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 4.25 — 705,809 ratings — published 1938
Shutter Island (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 4.13 — 221,566 ratings — published 2003
Liar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.28 — 8,877 ratings — published 2009
The Wife Between Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.83 — 440,566 ratings — published 2018
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,188,600 ratings — published 1963
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 4.01 — 190,315 ratings — published 2011
The Woman in Cabin 10 (Lo Blacklock #1)
by (shelved 46 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.72 — 747,092 ratings — published 2016
A Head Full of Ghosts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 3.78 — 103,810 ratings — published 2015
Dangerous Girls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as unreliable-narrator)
avg rating 4.07 — 25,581 ratings — published 2013
“Indeed, now I come to think of it, nearly everything in the world is relevant to my situation.”
― The Sea, the Sea
― The Sea, the Sea
“If you’re looking for a story about nice people doing nice things, this isn’t for you. You will be burdened with an unreliable narrator who will disappoint and repel you at every turn.
Still with me?
Too bad for you.
I can’t wait to break your heart.”
― The Lesser Dead
Still with me?
Too bad for you.
I can’t wait to break your heart.”
― The Lesser Dead












