--- description: With Gone Girl dominating Oscar buzz and captured celebrity attention, the book that inspired the movie also surged in popularity. title: Gone Girl: Book Sales Surge With Film Release image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce61d11e71e53669/6986a70c3617601cb190e3d8/9780307588364.jpeg?branch=production&width=640&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Gone Girl Book Sales Surge Before Movie Release  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Oct 3, 2014 10:51 PM CUT   by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Oct 3, 2014 10:51 PM CUT As the Friday release of _Gone Girl_ dominated [Oscar](http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/159378/Gone-Girl-Predicted-To-Sweep-The-2015-Oscars- "undefined") buzz and captured the attention of [celebrities](https://twitter.com/jtimberlake/status/518042404218081280 "undefined"), the book that inspired the movie has also had a surge in popularity. Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel by the same title has claimed the top spot on Amazon books. More than twice as many books were sold this week compared to last week, according to an Amazon Books spokesperson. More impressively, sales tripled in the days following the release of a trailer in [July](http://time.com/2962008/gone-girl-trailer-watch/ "undefined"). Flynn is no stranger to best-selling success. _Gone Girl_ spent 91 weeks on the New York _Times_ bestseller list, where it debuted in the number two spot in 2012. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3461960/gone-girl-book-sales-urge-before-movie-release/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3461960/gone-girl-book-sales-urge-before-movie-release/"},"headline":"Gone Girl Book Sales Surge Before Movie Release","datePublished":"2014-10-03T22:51:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:34:52.500Z","description":"Sales doubled in the week prior to the movie's release","url":"https://time.com/3461960/gone-girl-book-sales-urge-before-movie-release/","keywords":["Books","Amazon","movies","Ben Affleck","gone girl","Gillian Flynn"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce61d11e71e53669/6986a70c3617601cb190e3d8/9780307588364.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce61d11e71e53669/6986a70c3617601cb190e3d8/9780307588364.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"9780307588364","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3461960/gone-girl-book-sales-urge-before-movie-release/","name":"Gone Girl Book Sales Surge Before Movie Release"}}]}] ```