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Goodreads "Not So Happily-Ever-After" - Page 2

"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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Allegiant (Veronica Roth)
Allegiant
41
Veronica Roth
Before I Die (Jenny Downham)
Before I Die
42
Jenny Downham
The Amber Spyglass (Philip Pullman)
The Amber Spyglass
43
Philip Pullman
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
44
Victor Hugo
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
45
William Shakespeare
The Host (Stephenie Meyer)
The Host
46
Stephenie Meyer
Odd Thomas (Dean Koontz)
Odd Thomas
47
Dean Koontz
Lover Unbound (J.R. Ward)
Lover Unbound
48
J.R. Ward
A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
A Game of Thrones
49
George R.R. Martin
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
50
John Steinbeck
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
51
Gustave Flaubert
Stolen (Lucy Christopher)
Stolen
52
Lucy Christopher
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
53
Yann Martel
The Art of Racing in the Rain (Garth Stein)
The Art of Racing in the Rain
54
Garth Stein
Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)
Bridge to Terabithia
55
Katherine Paterson
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
56
Alexandre Dumas
The Gargoyle (Andrew Davidson)
The Gargoyle
57
Andrew Davidson
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
58
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nineteen Minutes (Jodi Picoult)
Nineteen Minutes
59
Jodi Picoult
The Bronze Horseman (Paullina Simons)
The Bronze Horseman
60
Paullina Simons
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
61
Graham Greene
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
Les Misérables
62
Victor Hugo
The Horse Whisperer (Nicholas Evans)
The Horse Whisperer
63
Nicholas Evans
Girl With a Pearl Earring (Tracy Chevalier)
Girl With a Pearl Earring
64
Tracy Chevalier
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
65
John Steinbeck
The Guardian (Nicholas Spark)
The Guardian
66
Nicholas Spark
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
67
Richard Yates
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
68
Bernhard Schlink
The Bridges of Madison County (Robert James Waller)
The Bridges of Madison County
69
Robert James Waller
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
70
Kate Chopin
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
71
Ernest Hemingway
Tiger's Voyage (Colleen Houck)
Tiger's Voyage
72
Colleen Houck
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
The Phantom of the Opera
73
Gaston Leroux
The Pilot's Wife (Anita Shreve)
The Pilot's Wife
74
Anita Shreve
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
75
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The End (Lemony Snicket)
The End
76
Lemony Snicket
On the Beach (Nevil Shute)
On the Beach
77
Nevil Shute
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
78
Charles Frazier
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
79
Anne Frank
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
80
Boris Pasternak
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