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Goodreads "Not So Happily-Ever-After"

"Books that gave you a good cry with their tragic or untraditional ending. Here boy doesn't always get girl at least not easily and nothing lasts forever. Any genre is acceptable." (Goodreads)
Books with 3+ votes were included, except those with ratings <1000, which were culled ruthlessly as probable fakes. I had to keep adding works until I had safely navigated past the Nicholas Sparks books into the calm waters of literary fiction.
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The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
1
Audrey Niffenegger
A Walk to Remember (Nicholas Sparks)
A Walk to Remember
2
Nicholas Sparks
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
3
Alice Sebold
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
4
William Shakespeare
The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
The Notebook
5
Nicholas Sparks
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
6
Markus Zusak
Dear John (Nicholas Sparks)
Dear John
7
Nicholas Sparks
Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)
Mockingjay
8
Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
9
Suzanne Collins
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
10
Margaret Mitchell
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
11
Emily Brontë
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John Boyne)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
12
John Boyne
My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)
My Sister's Keeper
13
Jodi Picoult
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
14
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
15
Ian McEwan
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
16
Harper Lee
Forbidden (Tabitha Suzuma)
Forbidden
17
Tabitha Suzuma
Me Before You (Jojo Moyes)
Me Before You
18
Jojo Moyes
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
19
Khaled Hosseini
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
20
John Green
New Moon (Stephanie Meyer)
New Moon
21
Stephanie Meyer
Marley and Me (John Grogan)
Marley and Me
22
John Grogan
Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbitt)
Tuck Everlasting
23
Natalie Babbitt
The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
The Thorn Birds
24
Colleen McCullough
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
25
Leo Tolstoy
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
26
Thomas Hardy
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
27
Kazuo Ishiguro
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
28
George Orwell
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
29
Charles Dickens
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
30
William Shakespeare
Message in a Bottle (Nicholas Sparks)
Message in a Bottle
31
Nicholas Sparks
Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)
Catching Fire
32
Suzanne Collins
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Looking for Alaska
33
John Green
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
34
Cormac McCarthy
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
35
William Golding
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
36
Khaled Hosseini
Nights in Rodanthe (Nicholas Sparks)
Nights in Rodanthe
37
Nicholas Sparks
One Day (David Nicholls)
One Day
38
David Nicholls
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
39
Daniel Keyes
Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
Thirteen Reasons Why
40
Jay Asher
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