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100 Books With the Best Closing Lines - Page 3

Stylist Magazine compiled a list of their favourite closing lines, "because, whilst the beginning of a book may get all the glory, it's the ending that really stays with you. A vague last line casts a shadow over the entire novel, whereas a powerful and poignant one will keep you wondering for weeks to come."
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
81
Mark Twain
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
82
Ian McEwan
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
83
Lewis Carroll
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
84
Patrick Suskind
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
85
James Joyce
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
86
Helen Fielding
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
87
L.M. Montgomery
Man and Wife (Tony Parsons)
Man and Wife
88
Tony Parsons
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
89
Haruki Murakami
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
90
Jane Austen
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
91
Kurt Vonnegut
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
92
Zadie Smith
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
93
Arthur Conan Doyle
Any Human Heart
Any Human Heart
94
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
95
Alice Sebold
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
96
Joseph Conrad
The Outcast
The Outcast
97
Alone in Berlin (Hans Fallada)
Alone in Berlin
98
Hans Fallada
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
99
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Before I Die (Jenny Downham)
Before I Die
100
Jenny Downham
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