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Book Riot's 50 Must-Read Books With Unreliable Narrators

"Whenever we encounter a first person narrator in a novel, we as readers know we're getting a character's version of the story rather than directly witnessing the events as they actually happened. S0 in a way, one could argue that every first-person narrator is an unreliable narrator, but some narrators are more trustworthy than others. A narrator is "unreliable" when we have reasons to doubt the versions of events he or she is presenting to us as factual in a story. Whether it be for reasons of mental instability or self-preservation, we know the narrator isn't disclosing everything to us, or isn't telling us the whole truth."
NOTE: There was actually 51 books in the Book Riot's list
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
1
Agatha Christie
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
2
Kazuo Ishiguro
Shutter Island (Dennis Lehane)
Shutter Island
3
Dennis Lehane
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
4
Gillian Flynn
Allegedly (Tiffany D. Jackson)
Allegedly
5
Tiffany D. Jackson
The People in the Trees (Hanya Yanagihara)
The People in the Trees
6
Hanya Yanagihara
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
7
Mark Z. Danielewski
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
8
Bret Easton Ellis
We Were Liars (E. Lockhart)
We Were Liars
9
E. Lockhart
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
10
Yann Martel
The Night Guest (Fiona McFarlane)
The Night Guest
11
Fiona McFarlane
Elizabeth Is Missing (Emma Healey)
Elizabeth Is Missing
12
Emma Healey
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
13
Shirley Jackson
Fashionvictim (Amina Akhtar)
Fashionvictim
14
Amina Akhtar
Our Kind of Cruelty (Araminta Hall)
Our Kind of Cruelty
15
Araminta Hall
One of Us Is Lying (Karen M. McManus)
One of Us Is Lying
16
Karen M. McManus
My Sunshine Away (M.O. Walsh)
My Sunshine Away
17
M.O. Walsh
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
18
Emma Donoghue
Hysteria (Megan Miranda)
Hysteria
19
Megan Miranda
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
20
Haruki Murakami
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
21
Mark Haddon
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
22
Daphne Du Maurier
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
23
Ian McEwan
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train
24
Paula Hawkins
You (Caroline Kepnes)
You
25
Caroline Kepnes
Charm & Strange (Stephanie Kuehn)
Charm & Strange
26
Stephanie Kuehn
Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
Bell Jar
27
Sylvia Plath
What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal] (Zoe Heller)
What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
28
Zoe Heller
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
29
William Faulkner
Liar (Justine Larbalestier)
Liar
30
Justine Larbalestier
Jazz (Toni Morrison)
Jazz
31
Toni Morrison
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
32
Aravind Adiga
Six Suspects
Six Suspects
33
In a Dark Dark Wood (Ruth Ware)
In a Dark Dark Wood
34
Ruth Ware
A Scanner Darkly (Philip K Dick)
A Scanner Darkly
35
Philip K Dick
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
36
Vladimir Nabokov
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
37
Chuck Palahniuk
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
38
Emily Bronte
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
39
Donna Tartt
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Michelle Hodkin)
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
40
Michelle Hodkin
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