The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train is Paula Hawkins's psychological thriller, published in January 2015 by Riverhead Books in New York and by Doubleday in London. A commuter who watches a couple from her train window becomes entangled in an investigation when the woman disappears.
- Editions tracked
- 3
- First edition
- Riverhead Books, 2015
- First published
- Riverhead Books, New York, 2015
- First UK edition
- Doubleday, 2015
The first edition of The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins was published in New York by Riverhead Books in 2015. We track 3 editions.
Which edition do you have?
First edition
- 1st Riverhead Books2015 Hardback I own The Girl on the Train, Riverhead Books 2015 Log in to want this
Later and other editions
- Doubleday Canada, a division of Random House of Canada, a Penguin Random House Company2014 Other I own The Girl on the Train, Doubleday Canada, a division of Random House of Canada, a Penguin Random House Company 2014 Log in to want this
- Doubleday2015 Hardback I own The Girl on the Train, Doubleday 2015 Log in to want this
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Awards, adaptations and setting
Adaptations
- The Girl on the Train film, 2016
- The Girl on the Train film, 2020
Setting and characters
- Set in
- London
- Characters
- Rachel Watson, Tom Watson, Anna Watson, Megan Hipwell, Scott Hipwell, Kamal Abdic, Ben, Craig McKenzie
- Genre
- psychological thriller, thriller
In print
- Editions recorded
- 38 on Open Library, 17 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 28 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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Who published the first edition of The Girl on the Train?
The first edition of The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins was published in New York by Riverhead Books in 2015.
How many editions of The Girl on the Train are there?
We track 3 editions of The Girl on the Train, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Has The Girl on the Train been adapted?
Yes, including The Girl on the Train (film, 2020), The Girl on the Train (film, 2016), according to Wikidata.
Where these facts come from
- The Girl on the Train (novel), Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Four Questions for Girl on the Train Editor Sarah McGrath, Publishers Weekly, 2015 (publishersweekly.com)
- The Girl on the Train editions, Open Library (openlibrary.org)
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