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Books You'll Never Finish Reading

What books have you put down after just one chapter? What books sit proudly on your shelves, 90% unread because life is more than sticking it out with a book that is just too much? Sure, a lot of these books you are never going to actually read are classics, written by famous authors and some of the most influential writers of all time, but let's get real, Jonathan Franzen, there aren't enough hours in the day to wade through The Corrections.
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The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
1
Anonymous
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
2
Herman Melville
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
3
Leo Tolstoy
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
4
James Joyce
Canterburyn Tarinoita (William Chaucer)
Canterburyn Tarinoita
5
William Chaucer
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
6
Charles Dickens
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
7
Margaret Mitchell
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
8
Leo Tolstoy
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
9
Emily Brontë
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
10
Ayn Rand
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
11
John Steinbeck
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
12
Victor Hugo
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
13
Stephen Crane
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
14
Charlotte Brontë
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
15
James Fenimore Cooper
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
16
Miguel De Cervantes
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
17
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
18
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
19
Henry David Thoreau
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
20
Truman Capote
The Bridges of Madison County (Robert James Waller)
The Bridges of Madison County
21
Robert James Waller
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Silmarillion
22
J.R.R. Tolkien
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
23
Charles Dickens
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
24
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
25
William Golding
Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary
26
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
27
Ernest Hemingway
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
28
Alex Haley
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
29
Joseph Heller
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
30
John Milton
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
31
Alexandre Dumas
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
32
George Orwell
Exodus (Leon Uris)
Exodus
33
Leon Uris
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
34
Thomas Hardy
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants
35
Sara Gruen
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
36
Richard Adams
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
37
Alexandre Dumas
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
38
Bram Stoker
The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Grey
39
Oscar Wilde
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
40
George Orwell
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