Good fiction with realistic endings
Discover a curated list of fiction books with realistic endings that resonate with real-life experiences. Explore compelling stories where conclusions feel authentic and satisfying.
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Los Alamos
by Joseph Kanon
Near the end of World War II in Los Alamos, a town set in the shimmering New Mexico desert, an international team of scientists led …
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The Odessa File
by Frederick Forsyth
A group of SS survivors is planning to carry out Hitler's "final solution" 20 years after his death.
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Mystic River
by Dennis Lehane
When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car drove up their street. One boy got …
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Under the Beetle's Cellar
by Mary Willis Walker
Religious fanatics imprison a dozen school-aged hostages in their Texas compound.
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The Partner
by John Grisham
They hired him. They trusted him. Now they don't want justice--they want revenge.... For four years, Patrick had often wondered how it would feel if …
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Deception
by John Altman
Unwittingly involved in insurance fraud, Hannah Gray leaps at the chance to take an Adriatic cruise, but after she befriends the wife of a scientist, …
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The Lieutenants
by W.E.B. Griffin
They were the young ones, the bright ones, the ones with the dreams. From the Nazi-prowled wastes of North Africa to the bloody corridors of …
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A Place of Execution
by Val McDermid
Police Inspector George Bennet, who investigated the never-solved disappearance of thirteen-year-old Alison Carter from her cloistered village decades ago, finds shattering new evidence, leading writer …