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Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell presents a multifaceted narrative structure, spanning centuries and genres, that challenges readers to engage actively with its complexities. Employing reader-response theory, this paper examines how readers interpret and navigate the novel's intricate layers of storytelling, thematic richness, and interwoven narratives. Through an analysis of reader responses, this study explores how readers negotiate the novel's nested structure, thematic motifs, and characters' interconnected lives. It investigates how readers identify with and interpret the novel's themes of reincarnation, interconnectedness, and the power of storytelling. By considering readers' diverse interpretations and reactions, this paper sheds light on the dynamic relationship between text and reader in Cloud Atlas, demonstrating how readers actively participate in the construction of meaning within this multilayered literary work. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn captivates readers with its unreliable narrators, gripping plot twists, and exploration of identity and deception. Drawing on reader-response theory, this paper examines how readers interpret and engage with the novel's intricate narrative structure and psychological complexities. Through an analysis of reader responses, this study explores how readers navigate the novel's unreliable narrators, suspenseful plot twists, and themes of marriage, media manipulation, and the nature of truth. It investigates how readers identify with and interpret the novel's morally ambiguous characters and their actions. By considering readers' diverse interpretations and reactions, this paper illuminates the ways in which readers actively construct meaning within the suspenseful world of Gone Girl, highlighting the dynamic interplay between text and reader in this enthralling psychological thriller.