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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 (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
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David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
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Steve Jobs (Walter Isaacson)
Steve Jobs (Walter Isaacson)
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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
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Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
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Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
48
Who Moved My Cheese? (Spencer Johnson)
Who Moved My Cheese? (Spencer Johnson)
49
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
50
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
51
The Quran
The Quran
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Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots (Alex Haley)
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Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
54
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
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The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
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Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
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Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
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The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
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The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
60
Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northup)
Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northup)
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
62
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
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Eats, Shoots and Leaves (Lynne Truss)
Eats, Shoots and Leaves (Lynne Truss)
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The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
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The Casual Vacancy (J. K. Rowling)
The Casual Vacancy (J. K. Rowling)
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Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
68
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
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It (Stephen King)
It (Stephen King)
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A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
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Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
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Eragon (Christopher Paolini)
Eragon (Christopher Paolini)
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American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
75
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
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The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
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The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
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The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
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