The latest news and reviews of author Paula Hawkins.
October 2021
‘The twists and turns are riveting’: Stephen King, Paula Hawkins and others on their favourite le Carré
The master of espionage wrote 26 novels – top authors share the books they love the most
August 2021
On my radar
On my radar: Paula Hawkins’s cultural highlights
The author of The Girl on the Train on discovering Alison Bechdel, identifying with Physical, and her favourite new crime novel
Books interview
Paula Hawkins: ‘I wasn’t interested in writing the same book again’
The latest novel by the author of The Girl on the Train is a return to form. She talks fame, persistence and remaining an outsider
Thrillers of the month
The best recent thrillers – review roundup
Paula Hawkins, Stephen King, Laura Lippman and Joanne Harris return with sublime tales of the unexpected
September 2018
Books that made me
Paula Hawkins: ‘The Secret History inspired me to write crime fiction’
The author on her dislike of Jane Eyre, being unable to finish American Psycho and feeling guilty about rereading
May 2018
The Girl on the Train review – bestseller moves at the pace of a milk train
The Girl on the Train review – is Paula Hawkins's bestseller unadaptable?
December 2017
Bestselling books of 2017: the top 100
While women dominate the charts, it’s been the year of the comeback kings: Philip Pullman, Jamie Oliver, Margaret Atwood …
October 2017
Frankfurt book fair: Atwood and Brown to star at politically charged event
World’s largest publishing trade event focuses on star writers as authors including Margaret Atwood, Dan Brown and Nicholas Sparks to appear
August 2017
Despacito drives Bertelsmann to record €500m profits
Song of the summer and TV shows American Gods and 13 Reasons Why boost German media group
June 2017
Why Iran has 16 different translations of one Khaled Hosseini novel
Lack of copyright has filled a nation of very keen readers with multiple versions of foreign books – doing artistic as well as financial damage to writers
May 2017
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins review – demanding thrills from Girl on a Train author
Critical eye
Book reviews roundup: Into the Water; White Tears; The Mesmerist
April 2017
Book of the day
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins review – how to follow Girl on the Train?
Her debut thriller was a phenomenon, but here an embarrassment of narrators and the clunky withholding of information is death to suspense
February 2017
Books blog
The Girl on the Train: the UK’s favourite library book in 2015-16
Northern Ireland borrowed the Guinness World Records, Wales and Scotland thrillers by Lee Child and Paula Hawkins, while Londoners crammed for their driving test
January 2017
The Da Vinci Code code: what's the formula for a bestselling book?
Top 10s
Top 10 unreliable narrators
October 2016
Mark Kermode's film of the week
The Girl on the Train review – on the right track thanks to Emily Blunt
The British star holds it all together as her character falls apart in this US adaptation of the Paula Hawkins bestseller
How we got to The Girl on the Train – the rise of the psychological thriller
Ahead of a new TV adaptation of Wilkie Collins’s The Moonstone, John Mullan explains how The Girl on the Train’s themes of adultery, murder and secret identity are rooted in the Victorian era
Now you've seen it
The Girl on the Train: twists, booze and relocation – discuss the film with spoilers
The eagerly anticipated adaptation of Paula Hawkins’s bestseller is now in cinemas – here’s your chance to talk about every aspect without worrying about ruining it for others
