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The Most Started but Unfinished Books - Page 2

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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Sophies World
Sophies World
41
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
42
Ian McEwan
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
43
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
44
Ayn Rand
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
45
William Golding
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
46
Frank Herbert
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
47
James Joyce
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
48
William Faulkner
Finnegans
Finnegans
49
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
50
George Orwell
The Naked Lunch
The Naked Lunch
51
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
52
Charlotte Bronte
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
53
Anne Rice
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
54
Margaret Mitchell
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
55
Elizabeth Kostova
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
56
Umberto Eco
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
57
William Makepeace Thackeray
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
58
Virginia Woolf
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
59
Mary Shelley
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight
60
Stephenie Meyer
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
61
Henry David Thoreau
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
62
Homer
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love
63
Elizabeth Gilbert
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
64
Alexandre Dumas
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way
65
Marcel Proust
Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
Pillars of the Earth
66
Ken Follett
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
67
Ernest Hemingway
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
68
Charles Darwin
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
69
Dan Brown
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
70
Audrey Niffenegger
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
71
Jane Austen
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
72
Mark Twain
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
73
Charles Dickens
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
74
Louisa May Alcott
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
75
Jeffrey Eugenides
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