[Taylor Metz-Warner]

I would say that the cover looks relatively similar to Gone Girl, and this may very well be intentional. I mean, look at this:

Then again, it isn’t as if The Girl on the Train is in bad company in its comparison to Gone Girl. I mean, there are tons of books that have been called “the new Gone Girl”, like

Luckiest Girl Alive

by Jessica Knoll,

Nobody is Ever Missing

by Katherine Lacey, and

You Should Have Known

by Jean Hanff Korelitz (this is one I recommend to people who enjoy domestic noir).