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Goodreads "Not So Happily-Ever-After" - Page 4

"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 Mercy of Thin Air (Ronlyn Domingue)
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Ronlyn Domingue
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice
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Nevil Shute
Flawed (Kate Avelynn)
Flawed
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Kate Avelynn
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
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The Silver Kiss (Annette Curtis Klause)
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Annette Curtis Klause
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
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Evelyn Waugh
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
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Jon Krakauer
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra
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William Shakespeare
Eugene Onegin (Alexander Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
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Alexander Pushkin
The Last Time They Met (Anita Shreve)
The Last Time They Met
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Anita Shreve
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence)
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D. H. Lawrence
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
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W. Somerset Maugham
Delirium (Lauren Oliver)
Delirium
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Lauren Oliver
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
134
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
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Lois Lowry
On Chesil Beach (Ian McEwan)
On Chesil Beach
136
Ian McEwan
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
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S.E. Hinton
The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
The Mists of Avalon
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Marion Zimmer Bradley
Beaches (Iris Rainer Dart)
Beaches
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Iris Rainer Dart
The Kitchen House (Kathleen Grissom)
The Kitchen House
140
Kathleen Grissom
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
141
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Opportunist (Tarryn Fisher)
The Opportunist
142
Tarryn Fisher
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (Stephenie Meyer)
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
143
Stephenie Meyer
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
144
Dodie Smith
A Monster Calls (Patrick Ness)
A Monster Calls
145
Patrick Ness
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
146
John Fowles
With No One as Witness (Elizabeth George)
With No One as Witness
147
Elizabeth George
Manon Lescaut (Abbé Prévost)
Manon Lescaut
148
Abbé Prévost
Living Dead Girl (Elizabeth Scott)
Living Dead Girl
149
Elizabeth Scott
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
150
Edith Wharton
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
151
Margaret Atwood
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
152
Marguerite Duras
Death on the Nile (Agatha Christie)
Death on the Nile
153
Agatha Christie
The Complete Maus (Art Speigelman)
The Complete Maus
154
Art Speigelman
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
155
Stieg Larsson
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
156
Donna Tartt
Summer of My German Soldier (Bette Greene)
Summer of My German Soldier
157
Bette Greene
Dragonfly in Amber (Diana Gabaldon)
Dragonfly in Amber
158
Diana Gabaldon
Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia 1914 (Carolyn Meyer)
Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia 1914
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Carolyn Meyer
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
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J.D. Salinger
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