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Books That Deserve Sequels (According to the Folks Over at Audible.com)

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Kirsten  (kmcripn) In honor of the new book After You by Jojo Moyes (which apparently is a sequel to her book Me Before You), the people over at Audible.com have come up with a list of books they think deserve sequels.

What do you think? Can you think of any books you wish had a sequel?

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Last Man Standing by David Baldacci
Lexicon by Max Barry
My Name Is Memory by Ann Brashares
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Stand by Stephen King
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Classic Sequels:

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Macbeth by A.J. Hartley
1984 by George Orwell
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

YA Sequels We Want:

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Authors Who We Wish Had Written More:

Emily Brontë
Harper Lee
Margaret Mitchell
Kathryn Stockett
Oscar Wilde

Bios & Memoir Sequels We Want:

Bossypants by Tina Fey
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

Nonfiction Sequels We Want:

Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Living History: Experiencing Great Events of the Ancient and Medieval Worlds by Robert Garland
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

New Endings We Would Love to See: Fans everywhere rejoiced when Kiera Cass decided to continue The Selection series, with a new tale told from the perspective of America's daughter. Perhaps these other authors can take a page out of Cass' book, and give us some updated endings?

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Allegiant by Veronica Roth

Books That Rewrite History

The Boleyn King by Laura Andersen
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
American Front by Harry Turtledove


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