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101 Books Most People Start but Never Finish - Page 2

They may be some of the most famous books in history, but "Catch-22," "Atlas Shrugged," and "The Lord of the Rings" are among 10 of the most "abandoned" books, according to reader-driven book recommendation website Goodreads.
Interested in why people set aside their books, Goodreads analyzed which books were most frequently shelved by their users.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
41
Harriet Beecher Stowe
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
42
Charles Dickens
Steve Jobs (Walter Isaacson)
Steve Jobs
43
Walter Isaacson
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
44
Susanna Clarke
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
45
Bram Stoker
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
46
Thomas Pynchon
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
47
Robert M Pirsig
Who Moved My Cheese? (Spencer Johnson)
Who Moved My Cheese?
48
Spencer Johnson
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
49
Vladimir Nabokov
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
50
Ernest Hemingway
The Quran (Unknown)
The Quran
51
Unknown
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
52
Alex Haley
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
53
Thomas Hardy
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
54
James Joyce
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
55
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
56
Richard Adams
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
57
David Mitchell
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
58
Dan Brown
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
59
Donna Tartt
Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northup)
Twelve Years a Slave
60
Solomon Northup
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
61
Philip K. Dick
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
62
Arundhati Roy
Eats, Shoots and Leaves (Lynne Truss)
Eats, Shoots and Leaves
63
Lynne Truss
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
64
John Steinbeck
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
65
Stieg Larsson
The Casual Vacancy (J. K. Rowling)
The Casual Vacancy
66
J. K. Rowling
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love
67
Elizabeth Gilbert
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
68
Nathaniel Hawthorne
It (Stephen King)
It
69
Stephen King
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
70
John Kennedy Toole
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
71
Charles Dickens
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
72
Leo Tolstoy
Eragon (Christopher Paolini)
Eragon
73
Christopher Paolini
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
74
Neil Gaiman
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
75
Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
76
Charlotte Bronte
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
77
Ernest Hemingway
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
78
Ayn Rand
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
79
Mark Twain
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
80
Salman Rushdie
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