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Ambiguous Ending Books
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The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,378,360 ratings — published 1985
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,772,667 ratings — published 1993
We Used to Live Here (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.63 — 226,467 ratings — published 2024
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.07 — 349,468 ratings — published 1892
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,457,397 ratings — published 2020
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,821,525 ratings — published 2018
Conversations with Friends (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.74 — 591,691 ratings — published 2017
The Princess Bride (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.27 — 943,118 ratings — published 1973
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,406,044 ratings — published 2012
None of This Is True (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,055,314 ratings — published 2023
My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.10 — 415,392 ratings — published 2020
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.22 — 441,897 ratings — published 2020
Verity (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.30 — 3,679,343 ratings — published 2018
To Be Taught, If Fortunate (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.20 — 55,131 ratings — published 2019
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.51 — 196,686 ratings — published 2016
Sadie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.03 — 129,520 ratings — published 2018
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.80 — 293,952 ratings — published 2014
The Stepford Wives (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.88 — 54,064 ratings — published 1972
Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.07 — 603,561 ratings — published 2014
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.01 — 654,525 ratings — published 2013
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,833,741 ratings — published 1818
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.91 — 287,743 ratings — published 1962
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.67 — 433,362 ratings — published 2020
Graveyard Shift (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.11 — 46,010 ratings — published 2024
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.85 — 131,539 ratings — published 2022
The Harpy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.30 — 7,876 ratings — published 2020
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.47 — 312,191 ratings — published 2019
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,313,661 ratings — published 2022
Sea of Tranquility (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.05 — 290,384 ratings — published 2022
Recursion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.17 — 305,604 ratings — published 2019
If We Were Villains (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.10 — 397,581 ratings — published 2017
Horrorstör (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.65 — 121,564 ratings — published 2014
All Good People Here (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.82 — 326,391 ratings — published 2022
Anatomy: A Love Story (The Anatomy Duology, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.84 — 105,990 ratings — published 2022
The Shuddering (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.67 — 17,135 ratings — published 2013
The Cabin at the End of the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.32 — 91,410 ratings — published 2018
Long Way Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.24 — 135,378 ratings — published 2017
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.81 — 384,930 ratings — published 1959
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,819,370 ratings — published 2019
The Good Sister (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.15 — 225,162 ratings — published 2020
The Sanatorium (Detective Elin Warner, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.36 — 199,236 ratings — published 2021
Catherine House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.11 — 28,784 ratings — published 2020
Leave the World Behind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.15 — 166,098 ratings — published 2020
The Topeka School (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.51 — 28,062 ratings — published 2019
Black Hole (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.85 — 52,636 ratings — published 2005
Wilder Girls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.45 — 99,285 ratings — published 2019
The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.04 — 115,782 ratings — published 2006
Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 4.08 — 687,826 ratings — published 1983
The Kind Worth Killing (Henry Kimball/Lily Kintner, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.97 — 237,539 ratings — published 2015
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ambiguous-ending)
avg rating 3.94 — 52,516 ratings — published 2006
“L'Avventura,' Dad said, 'has the sort of ellipsis ending most American audiences would rather undergo a root canal than be left with, not only because they loathe anything left to the imagination-we're talking about the country that invented spandex-but also because they are a confident, self-assured nation. They know Family. They know Right from Wrong. They know God-many of them attest to daily chats with the man. And the idea that none of us can truly know anything at all-not the lives of our friends or family, not even ourselves-is a thought they'd rather be shot in the arm with their own semi-automatic rifle than face head-on. Personally, I think there's something terrific about not knowing, relinquishing man's feeble attempt to control. When you throw up your hands, say, "Who knows?" you can get on with the sheer gift of being alive.”
― Special Topics in Calamity Physics
― Special Topics in Calamity Physics
“~ In the realm of Ambiguous Loss, the absence persists, the closure eludes. A narrative without an ending, where the lines between presence and absence blur, where endings are but distant mirages. Its chronic presence perpetuates a narrative of loss, a loss that remains unclear and without resolution. It has no closure or finality because the loss is ongoing...”
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