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100 Books With the Best Closing Lines

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 Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
2
Margaret Mitchell
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
3
Harper Lee
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
4
Sylvia Plath
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
5
George Orwell
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
6
Yann Martel
The House at Pooh Corner (A.A.Milne)
The House at Pooh Corner
7
A.A.Milne
The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveller's Wife
8
Audrey Niffenegger
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
9
Ernest Hemingway
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
10
Arthur Golden
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
11
Jane Austen
P.S. I Love You (Cecelia Ahern)
P.S. I Love You
12
Cecelia Ahern
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
13
George Orwell
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
14
E.B. White
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
15
J.D. Salinger
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Rebecca Wells)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
16
Rebecca Wells
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
17
Anthony Burgess
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
18
Charles Dickens
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
19
Bram Stoker
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
20
Maurice Sendak
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
21
Graham Greene
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
22
Alice Walker
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
23
Milan Kundera
Wild Swans (Jung Chang)
Wild Swans
24
Jung Chang
Origin of Species
Origin of Species
25
Brokeback Mountain (Annie Proulx)
Brokeback Mountain
26
Annie Proulx
The Makioka Sisters - Junichiro Tanizaki
The Makioka Sisters - Junichiro Tanizaki
27
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
28
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
29
Laura Esquivel
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
30
Louisa May Alcott
Sarah's Key (Tatiana De Rosnay)
Sarah's Key
31
Tatiana De Rosnay
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
32
L. Frank Baum
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
33
Markus Zusak
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
34
Kate Chopin
The Beach (Alex Garland)
The Beach
35
Alex Garland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
36
J.K. Rowling
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
37
Mary Shelley
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
38
Richard Adams
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
39
Daphne Du Maurier
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
40
Margaret Atwood
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