The Girl on the Train (novel)

The Girl on the Train
First edition
AuthorPaula Hawkins
Audio read by
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
Published13 Jan 2015 (Riverhead, US)
15 Jan 2015 (Doubleday, UK)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages317 (SK)
395 (US)
320 (UK)
ISBN978-1-59463-366-9

The Girl on the Train is a 2015 psychological thriller novel by British author Paula Hawkins. The novel debuted in the number one spot on The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2015 list (print and e-book) dated 1 February 2015, and remained in the top position for 13 consecutive weeks, until April 2015.

The audiobook edition, released by Books on Tape, was narrated by Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey and India Fisher. It won the 2016 Audie Award for "Audiobook of the Year".

The film rights were acquired before the book was published, in 2014, by DreamWorks Pictures for Marc Platt Productions. The American film adaptation, starring Emily Blunt and directed by Tate Taylor, had its world premiere on 20 September 2016 in London, less than a month before its theatrical release in the United States on 7 October.