20 Books With Happy Endings

“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if only someone remembers to turn on the light.”
– Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Storyhouse’s library team have put together a list of all their favourite books that have an uplifting ending. Read away and rest assured that everything will be alright in the end.Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Bridget Jones Diary by Helen Fielding

Elinor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman

The Letter by Katherine Hughes

Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler

The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

The Lido by Libby Page

The Flat Share by Beth O’Leary

Boys Don’t Cry by Malorie Blackman

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Bad Mother’s Handbook by Kate Long

Dear Mrs Bird by A J Pearce

How to Fall in Love With a Man Who Lives in a Bush by Emmy Abrahamson

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

The Growing Pains of Jennifer Ebert by David M Barnet

The Code of the Woosters by P G Wodehouse

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