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The Most Started but Unfinished Books

The following is a list of books that Goodreads readers said that they started but were unable to finish. There are several in this list that I gave up on as well.
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
1
Joseph Heller
Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
2
J.R.R. Tolkien
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
3
James Joyce
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
4
Herman Melville
Holy Bible (Anonymous)
Holy Bible
5
Anonymous
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
6
Ayn Rand
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
7
Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
8
Leo Tolstoy
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
9
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
Wicked
10
Gregory Maguire
The Simlarillion
The Simlarillion
11
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
12
Miguel De Cervantes
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
13
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
14
Emily Bronte
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
15
Victor Hugo
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
16
Jane Austen
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
17
Jack Kerouac
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
18
Yann Martel
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
19
Charles Dickens
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
20
Bram Stoker
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
21
Susanna Clarke
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
22
Thomas Pynchon
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
23
J.R.R. Tolkien
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
24
David Foster Wallace
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
25
Charles Dickens
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
26
Robert M Pirsig
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
27
Vladimir Nabokov
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
28
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
29
Homer
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
30
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
31
Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
32
John Kennedy Toole
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
33
Dante Alighieri
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
34
Gabriel García Márquez
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
35
Joseph Conrad
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
36
John Steinbeck
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
37
Salman Rushdie
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
38
Douglas Adams
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
39
Stephen Hawking
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
40
J.D. Salinger
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