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Books People Say They Start...But Don't Finish

People often say they've started these books, but didn't finish them. How many of them have you actually read cover to cover?
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American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
1
Bret Easton Ellis
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
2
Leo Tolstoy
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
3
Ayn Rand
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
4
Stephen Hawking
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
5
Geoffrey Chaucer
Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Thomas Piketty)
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
6
Thomas Piketty
The Casual Vacancy (J. K. Rowling)
The Casual Vacancy
7
J. K. Rowling
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
8
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
9
J.D. Salinger
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
10
David Mitchell
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
11
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
12
Miguel De Cervantes
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
13
Bram Stoker
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
14
Frank Herbert
Eat, Pray, Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat, Pray, Love
15
Elizabeth Gilbert
Eats, Shoots and Leaves (Lynne Truss)
Eats, Shoots and Leaves
16
Lynne Truss
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
17
John Green
Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades of Grey
18
E.L. James
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
19
Ayn Rand
A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
A Game of Thrones
20
George R.R. Martin
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
21
Stieg Larsson
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
22
Arundhati Roy
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
23
Donna Tartt
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
24
Gillian Flynn
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
25
Margaret Mitchell
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
26
Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
27
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
28
Margaret Atwood
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
29
David Foster Wallace
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
30
Susanna Clarke
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
Les Misérables
31
Victor Hugo
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
32
Yann Martel
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
33
Vladimir Nabokov
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
34
William Golding
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
35
J.R.R. Tolkien
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
36
Salman Rushdie
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
37
Herman Melville
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
38
Jack Kerouac
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
39
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
40
Jane Austen
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