Abandoned Books

I am usually reluctant to not finish a book, but as my time becomes more precious, there are some I just don't get involved in. I'm interested to see what others give up on and why. I don't know if there is a way to add comments and people can tell us when we should give it another try, but that would be great also.

flag

All Votes Add Books To This List

1	Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1) by Gregory Maguire 3.54 avg rating — 589,794 ratings score: 26,628, and 268 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Life of Pi by Yann Martel 3.93 avg rating — 1,557,780 ratings score: 14,982, and 153 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Atonement by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 499,819 ratings score: 12,757, and 129 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 4.11 avg rating — 916,485 ratings score: 11,362, and 115 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 4.08 avg rating — 803,714 ratings score: 9,228, and 94 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) by Stephenie Meyer 3.64 avg rating — 6,187,975 ratings score: 8,096, and 83 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers 3.69 avg rating — 178,679 ratings score: 8,007, and 81 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 3.99 avg rating — 806,670 ratings score: 6,911, and 70 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 3.69 avg rating — 381,298 ratings score: 6,716, and 68 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 3.93 avg rating — 482,264 ratings score: 6,589, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 1,683,911 ratings score: 6,167, and 64 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 3.85 avg rating — 228,086 ratings score: 5,682, and 58 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) by Dan Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 3,083,194 ratings score: 5,583, and 58 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien 3.99 avg rating — 271,414 ratings score: 5,566, and 57 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Ulysses by James Joyce 3.75 avg rating — 123,271 ratings score: 5,217, and 53 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 3.88 avg rating — 264,875 ratings score: 5,039, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 4.15 avg rating — 312,405 ratings score: 5,014, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 131,526 ratings score: 5,012, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 1,739,833 ratings score: 4,955, and 51 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 3.43 avg rating — 488,452 ratings score: 4,735, and 48 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova 3.79 avg rating — 259,740 ratings score: 4,369, and 45 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) by Ken Follett (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 733,521 ratings score: 4,357, and 45 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 3.79 avg rating — 766,660 ratings score: 4,280, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Inkheart (Inkworld, #1) by Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 410,726 ratings score: 4,234, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 3.88 avg rating — 799,483 ratings score: 4,142, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 4.03 avg rating — 626,480 ratings score: 3,763, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Labyrinth (Languedoc, #1) by Kate Mosse 3.61 avg rating — 54,093 ratings score: 3,662, and 37 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Dante Club (The Dante Club, #1) by Matthew Pearl (Goodreads Author) 3.41 avg rating — 40,428 ratings score: 3,587, and 37 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) by Anne Rice 4.01 avg rating — 560,354 ratings score: 3,479, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 4.14 avg rating — 2,096,521 ratings score: 3,474, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 2,969,906 ratings score: 3,470, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Road by Cormac McCarthy 3.98 avg rating — 845,878 ratings score: 3,465, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, #1) by Seth Grahame-Smith (Goodreads Author) 3.31 avg rating — 136,535 ratings score: 3,390, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle, #1) by Christopher Paolini (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 1,682,804 ratings score: 3,284, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Hobbit (The Lord of the Rings, #0) by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.28 avg rating — 3,685,117 ratings score: 3,150, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 382,444 ratings score: 3,128, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs 3.46 avg rating — 87,870 ratings score: 3,114, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 342,001 ratings score: 3,092, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Outlander (Outlander, #1) by Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 995,097 ratings score: 3,017, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.80 avg rating — 3,331,749 ratings score: 2,854, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Notebook (The Notebook, #1) by Nicholas Sparks (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 1,602,578 ratings score: 2,776, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams 4.23 avg rating — 1,748,030 ratings score: 2,770, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 3.85 avg rating — 2,274,144 ratings score: 2,691, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	1984 by George Orwell 4.19 avg rating — 4,232,246 ratings score: 2,684, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.38 avg rating — 2,696,612 ratings score: 2,644, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski 3.63 avg rating — 97,225 ratings score: 2,612, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.88 avg rating — 1,692,978 ratings score: 2,558, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Son of a Witch (The Wicked Years, #2) by Gregory Maguire 3.49 avg rating — 61,255 ratings score: 2,489, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand 3.88 avg rating — 316,700 ratings score: 2,412, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.14 avg rating — 1,985,612 ratings score: 2,374, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Moby-Dick or, the Whale by Herman Melville 3.53 avg rating — 536,996 ratings score: 2,354, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey 4.15 avg rating — 697,888 ratings score: 2,313, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 3.43 avg rating — 828,571 ratings score: 2,308, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.26 avg rating — 827,265 ratings score: 2,204, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Bridget Jones's Diary (Bridget Jones, #1) by Helen Fielding (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 954,937 ratings score: 2,153, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9) by Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 488,607 ratings score: 2,025, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Possession by A.S. Byatt 3.89 avg rating — 78,271 ratings score: 2,009, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 3.89 avg rating — 255,682 ratings score: 1,996, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley 3.60 avg rating — 60,885 ratings score: 1,944, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	A Million Little Pieces by James Frey 3.67 avg rating — 246,079 ratings score: 1,938, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 305,391 ratings score: 1,882, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 4.26 avg rating — 87,433 ratings score: 1,862, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	It by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 1,032,309 ratings score: 1,787, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 339,157 ratings score: 1,785, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 4.09 avg rating — 718,899 ratings score: 1,705, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce 3.63 avg rating — 145,696 ratings score: 1,701, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 4.18 avg rating — 3,506,799 ratings score: 1,652, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	The Shack by William Paul Young 3.81 avg rating — 621,551 ratings score: 1,647, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.93 avg rating — 4,870,524 ratings score: 1,644, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen 3.83 avg rating — 176,746 ratings score: 1,625, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Walden by Henry David Thoreau 3.78 avg rating — 181,983 ratings score: 1,620, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health by L. Ron Hubbard 2.42 avg rating — 3,254 ratings score: 1,593, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Lord of the Flies by William Golding 3.69 avg rating — 2,753,260 ratings score: 1,591, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 1,251,838 ratings score: 1,584, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1) by Anne Rice 4.10 avg rating — 113,405 ratings score: 1,549, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud 2.97 avg rating — 20,680 ratings score: 1,540, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Gulliver's Travels: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. by Jonathan Swift 3.58 avg rating — 264,328 ratings score: 1,489, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Saving Luke by Steven Long Mitchell 3.18 avg rating — 174 ratings score: 1,487, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.28 avg rating — 3,968,435 ratings score: 1,479, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) by Dan Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 2,257,105 ratings score: 1,473, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson 4.21 avg rating — 368,156 ratings score: 1,460, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	On the Road by Jack Kerouac 3.62 avg rating — 394,194 ratings score: 1,429, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Rebirth by Steven Long Mitchell 3.31 avg rating — 265 ratings score: 1,389, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie 3.71 avg rating — 62,785 ratings score: 1,351, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	Deception Point by Dan Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 652,085 ratings score: 1,334, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway 3.98 avg rating — 281,555 ratings score: 1,334, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Finnegans Wake by James Joyce 3.68 avg rating — 12,553 ratings score: 1,333, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 2,813,197 ratings score: 1,321, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) by Frank McCourt 4.14 avg rating — 610,171 ratings score: 1,317, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray 3.80 avg rating — 125,568 ratings score: 1,307, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson 4.16 avg rating — 3,041,474 ratings score: 1,305, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner 3.86 avg rating — 175,664 ratings score: 1,298, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Bleak House by Charles Dickens 4.01 avg rating — 106,134 ratings score: 1,263, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1) by Robert M. Pirsig 3.78 avg rating — 223,200 ratings score: 1,243, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	The Secret (The Secret, #1) by Rhonda Byrne 3.72 avg rating — 448,969 ratings score: 1,225, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1) by Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 258,283 ratings score: 1,194, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 3.80 avg rating — 169,260 ratings score: 1,176, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 1,561,337 ratings score: 1,168, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	Loving Frank by Nancy Horan 3.76 avg rating — 96,923 ratings score: 1,155, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1) by E.L. James (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 2,446,613 ratings score: 1,147, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

← Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 14 15 Next →

1,405 books · 1,458 voters · list created July 30th, 2008 by Andrea (votes) .

Tags: abandon, abandoned, bad, unfinished, worst

35 likes · Like

Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.

People Who Voted On This List (1458)

Andrea 847 books
31 friends

Erin 563 books
65 friends

Shoryl 307 books
31 friends

Jennifer 6765 books
47 friends

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads 3317 books
860 friends

Christina 234 books
16 friends

Kathleen 357 books
110 friends

Quotes 86 books
44 friends

More voters…

Post a comment »
Comments Showing 1-50 of 62 (62 new)

date

newest »

message 1: by Melissa (new)

Mar 27, 2010 02:12PM

To anyone who has abandoned Jane Eyre:
Try pushing through those slow chapters - it's really worth it as you get closer to the end.

reply | flag

message 2: by Orli (new)

Mar 31, 2010 05:54PM

It makes me sad that the Life of Pi is on here... the first few chapters are slow but it gets really great, i promise!

& Wicked, YES. I tried and tried with that book and i just couldnt do it. I gave up like 50 pages in.

reply | flag

message 3: by Antoine (new)

Mar 31, 2010 06:56PM

I take no pride in not having finished any of the books I added. It's just the way things worked out.

reply | flag

message 4: by Carly (new)

Apr 11, 2010 12:15AM

I don't like to leave a book abandoned. I do have a few that I'm yet to finish but I do get around to them... eventually.

I've found a lot of the hardest books for me to finish are those I can't relate to, or those that are written so terribly that I'm not quite sure why I started them in the first place.

I think the book that sat "abandoned" for the longest before being finished for me was Stephen King's "Insomnia" which took a few months to read! I haven't exactly pinpointed the reason why but it was some combination of the length of wandering around and the much older age of the characters.

reply | flag

message 5: by Julie (new)

Apr 11, 2010 12:51AM

I loved "She's Come Undone" :(

reply | flag

message 6: by Keegan (new)

Apr 13, 2010 09:58AM

I don't like abandoning books either but I recently gave up on The Life and Times of Pancho Villa due to its glacial pace.

reply | flag

message 7: by Keegan (new)

Apr 20, 2010 05:03PM

Well, I decided to pick up where I left off in The Story of the Stone.

reply | flag

message 8: by Eve (new)

May 09, 2010 02:10PM

I hate abandoning books before I've finished reading them, but I'd rather spend that time reading something that captures my attention. I'm still reading Wicked, but I can see why a lot of people gave up on it.

reply | flag

message 9: by Amanda (new)

May 13, 2010 10:33PM

Julie wrote: "I loved "She's Come Undone" :("

Me too it's great!

reply | flag

message 10: by Derya (last edited Jul 20, 2010 01:36PM) (new)

May 18, 2010 04:25AM

Sometimes I tend to abandon great books, as rapidly as the awful ones. I guess, it's mainly because of time, place and "mood".

reply | flag

message 11: by Rachel (new)

May 26, 2010 10:13PM

Some books I gave up on, like Ulysses, are just unreadable, but others, like House of Sand and Fog were well written, but I knew bad things were going to happen, and I just didn't want to read about them.

reply | flag

message 12: by [deleted user] (new)

May 26, 2010 10:19PM

Glad to see I am not alone on Anna Karennia. I really wanted to finish it.

reply | flag

message 13: by Xenophon (new)

May 27, 2010 12:27PM

Many comments have been deleted from this list, and the mass deletions have happened more than once.

reply | flag

message 14: by Xenophon (last edited May 31, 2010 12:02AM) (new)

May 31, 2010 12:00AM

Are you sure they don't automatically renumber?

I was automatically signed up to follow this thread when I commented upon it some time ago. I then received an email notifying me that someone had posted in it. When I followed the link to read the message, I noticed that my message was gone.

That got me curious, so I started paying attention to make sure I wasn't imagining things. The number of comments grew, and then it suddenly shrunk.

Unless I am delusional, it appears to me that someone has been vandalizing the comments for this list.

reply | flag

message 15: by Alienne (new)

May 31, 2010 08:01AM

I abandoned Eragon about halfway through...I just disliked it, I suppose.
Aw man, I love Life of Pi!

reply | flag

message 16: by Foxontherun (new)

Jun 03, 2010 11:30AM

a LOT of these books I really disliked--so I guess we have similar taste. The only sad one on there is Lolita.

reply | flag

message 17: by LauraJean (new)

Jun 16, 2010 02:14PM

Orli wrote: "It makes me sad that the Life of Pi is on here... the first few chapters are slow but it gets really great, i promise!

& Wicked, YES. I tried and tried with that book and i just couldnt do it. I g..."

Haha, yeah, I picked up "Life of Pi" off my teacher's bookshelf the day I forgot my book and started at the beginning and was bored so I flipped to the middle-yes I'm one of those ppl who reads random chapters in the middle of books to see if they're worth reading- and found it to be rather amusing. Now it's on my to-read list.

reply | flag

message 18: by Hana (new)

Jun 21, 2010 02:42PM

there are some seriously kick ass books here- granted, many should have been put down and also they really do need to be personally interesting to you (your own list matched mine in many ways), but seriously give some of these another go.

kite-runner
catcher in the rye - love this book to pieces.
million little pieces - absolutely over rated, but still a good read.
god of the small things.

reply | flag

message 19: by Britt (new)

Jul 09, 2010 09:34AM

I never finish the book "Hush, hush" because after reading a few chapters I already hated the main character, her best friend, and her love interest.
WASTE OF TIME!

reply | flag

message 20: by E (new)

Jul 20, 2010 12:39PM

To whoever abandoned A Prayer for Owen Meany:
All the little questions are answered in the last chapter. Irving starts off slow the the story really does gain momentum.

reply | flag

message 21: by Sara (last edited Sep 11, 2010 01:05PM) (new)

Sep 11, 2010 01:04PM

I am one of the unfortunate people who can't abandon books, even if they are pure crap. But there have been many I considered to abandon them at one point: Life of Pi, The Secret History, The Number 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and The Shipping News were too boring, The Lost Symbol was absolutely rotten, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge and Me and Platero were too slow, though turned out to be enthralling at some moments and Reading Lolita at Tehran was just... bad.

reply | flag

message 22: by Carly (new)

Oct 12, 2010 10:51PM

Most of the books i voted for, i did actually read. It usually just takes me a very very long time to read them, but hardly ever do i abandon a book.

reply | flag

message 23: by Semper Ubi Sub Ubi (new)

Nov 08, 2010 10:39AM

haha, good move giving up on The Secret. i, too, have so far given up on Les Miserables but am willing to go back to it in a non-high school setting.

reply | flag

message 24: by Jen (new)

Jan 03, 2011 07:36PM

I can't believe how many books I have abandoned! I think I abandoned even more than I marked - but couldn't remember and am kind of obsessive about not lying. HA! But I guess that's how it goes. Also interesting that some of my favorites are on here - that goes to show - you have to try it yourself!

reply | flag

message 25: by ~ Lihllith ~ (last edited Mar 30, 2011 11:09AM) (new)

Mar 30, 2011 11:08AM

I'm not surprised that other people felt the same as I did about Wicked. I made it through that book but fell short when reading Son of the Witch. Gluten for punishment or keeping up the illusion that it was going to get better. I wish I would have stopped after Wicked.

reply | flag

message 26: by Ben (new)

Apr 11, 2011 05:09PM

For the most part, I abandoned these books because they were insufferably dull. I originally listed some of these books on the "Worst Books Ever" but then I realized it wasn't fair to rate them as such, if I never bothered to finish them.

I agree that it sucks to give up on a book... I try to be more selective now as to what I will or will not read.

reply | flag

message 27: by Caro (last edited May 06, 2011 06:54AM) (new)

May 06, 2011 06:52AM

To anyone who abandoned 100 Years of Solitude:
Please go back to it, maybe the first pages are slow or you get lost, but you should go back to it. the first time I read this book I did it with a piece of paper and pencil in order to draw a family tree, since the names are repeated over and over; but it's so worth it. It's one of my favorites and I read it every two years (I've have read it about 10 times)and every time I open the book it feels like the first time.

reply | flag

message 28: by Andrea (new)

Oct 01, 2011 10:43AM

Okay, so I finally read Wicked, and it got much better for me after the first chapter. But the first time, I just couldn't deal with this dark image of the Oz I remember (which was a little dark to begin with).

reply | flag

message 29: by Andrea (new)

Oct 01, 2011 10:46AM

Interesting how many of these are so well regarded. It just goes to show you, different strokes. Many of the one's people have added to the list are my star books.

reply | flag

message 30: by Debby (last edited Nov 07, 2011 06:14PM) (new)

Nov 07, 2011 06:11PM

A Prayer for Owen Meany is really worth another look.A modern classic.I've read it at least twice and am really feeling like starting it again...if I can get it back from my daughter.

reply | flag

message 31: by Ashlee (new)

Mar 25, 2012 08:08PM

Rachel wrote: "Some books I gave up on, like Ulysses, are just unreadable, but others, like House of Sand and Fog were well written, but I knew bad things were going to happen, and I just didn't want to read abou..."

That is exactly why I didn't finish House of Sand and Fog.

reply | flag

message 32: by Linda (new)

Jun 16, 2012 10:14AM

Darrell wrote: "I hate abandoning books too, but i just gave up on Ysabel by Kay as well as The Little Book by Selden Edwards."

That's too bad about The Little Book. I loved it.

reply | flag

message 33: by Linda (new)

Jun 17, 2012 12:38PM

Sara wrote: "I am one of the unfortunate people who can't abandon books, even if they are pure crap. But there have been many I considered to abandon them at one point: Life of Pi, The Secret History, The Numbe..."

Totally agree about Reading Lolita in Tehran. I could not get through it, try as I might. It was just a bad book. I loved The Secret History though.

reply | flag

message 34: by [deleted user] (new)

Jun 28, 2012 12:38PM

This list makes me more confident about reading such books as Atlas Shrugged and Ulysses. Wicked is one of my all time favorite books (besides The Old Man and the Sea)and Life of Pi was great for me. All a matter of opinion, I suppose.

reply | flag

message 35: by Andrea (new)

Aug 13, 2012 01:22PM

FYI: I did not post all of the books here, in fact many are among my favorites. I just assumed you can add books to other peoples lists. I do find it interesting that the same books that are loved by many are also on the abandoned list. I'm never more aware than with books of the vast array of opinions and tastes out there.

reply | flag

message 36: by [deleted user] (new)

Aug 22, 2012 12:38PM

Classics are often hated. Sometimes because we are forced to read them. Bestsellers are often hated. Maybe it's because we feel forced to read them to keep up with society? Or maybe it's just statistics: the more people that know about it, the more will either love it or hate it. Weird...

reply | flag

message 37: by Florin (new)

Aug 28, 2012 04:46AM

reply | flag

message 38: by Carolyn F. (new)

Aug 28, 2012 07:26PM

A few of them I was thinking "I loved that book!" I went through the lists and quite a few books I couldn't finish before going on Goodreads were there so I expanded my list a lot.

Great list!

reply | flag

message 39: by Maurizio (matemati) (new)

Oct 24, 2012 06:09AM

I 'abandoned' some books without even reading them: just from the reviews, or from other books I'd read by the same author, I knew I wasn't a bit interested in them.
I voted for those too.

reply | flag

message 40: by [deleted user] (new)

Dec 03, 2012 10:34PM

Carolyn F. wrote: "A few of them I was thinking "I loved that book!" I went through the lists and quite a few books I couldn't finish before going on Goodreads were there so I expanded my list a lot.

Great list!"

I also love this list as it makes me feel better. Life is too short for boring books.

reply | flag

message 41: by Maurizio (matemati) (new)

Dec 04, 2012 05:21AM

~☆ Alice☆~ wrote: "I also love this list as it makes me feel better. Life is too short for boring books. "

Amen to that !

reply | flag

message 42: by Carolyn (new)

Jan 13, 2013 03:09PM

I don't blame anyone who abandoned War and frigging Peace. It took me a year to read that book. Not because it was so damn long but because it's probably the most dry book ever written. I basically finished it for the novelty of saying I read a book over 1000 pages. Looking back it was so not worth it.

reply | flag

message 43: by Christy Lee (new)

Apr 25, 2013 10:54AM

Orli wrote: "It makes me sad that the Life of Pi is on here... the first few chapters are slow but it gets really great, i promise!

& Wicked, YES. I tried and tried with that book and i just couldnt do it. I g..."

Orli wrote: "It makes me sad that the Life of Pi is on here... the first few chapters are slow but it gets really great, i promise!

& Wicked, YES. I tried and tried with that book and i just couldnt do it. I g..."

I'm w/ you Orli! I'm reading LOP right now and I absolutely love it! It is a little slow starting out but if you tough it out, its waaaayyyyyyyy worth it!!!

reply | flag

message 44: by Jonele (new)

May 25, 2013 02:23PM

If you don't consider it "cheating" try your abandoned books on CD. Not only can you do other things while you listen, but sometimes the performers make all the difference in world in making them interesting! There are some REALLY good voice actors out there!!

reply | flag

message 45: by Carolyn F. (new)

May 27, 2013 03:27PM

I've done that Jonele and ended up liking a series more.

reply | flag

message 46: by Andrea (new)

Jul 08, 2013 12:52PM

~☆ Alice☆~ wrote: "Jonele wrote: "If you don't consider it "cheating" try your abandoned books on CD. Not only can you do other things while you listen, but sometimes the performers make all the difference in world ..."

I agree, but the reader can make all the difference. The YA readers are usually great, but it's hit or miss with the adult books.

reply | flag

message 47: by [deleted user] (new)

Jul 08, 2013 06:55PM

V wrote: "Classics are often hated. Sometimes because we are forced to read them. Bestsellers are often hated. Maybe it's because we feel forced to read them to keep up with society? Or maybe it's just stati..."

I agree and part of it is because we are forced to read them. I rarely hate a best seller unless someone is cramming it down my throat. I never read one to keep up with society but I have read a few so I could answer neverending quiz questions, LOL!

reply | flag

message 48: by Suzanne (new)

Aug 15, 2013 04:52PM

Great list -- I abandoned some of the same, but some of my favorites are here too (voted for the my fav's not sure if that was the intention).

Agree with the comment that we sometimes hate classics as they are required, but this summer I re-read Hemingway and still didn't really care for him.

reply | flag

message 49: by ghost75 (new)

Dec 14, 2013 07:08PM

I think every book I've ever given up on was already on this list, which makes me feel a tiny bit less guilty. Also, it would be hilarious to cross-reference this with the "Books Everyone Should Read" list. Most of these are there. (As noted above, the more people tell you that you have to read something, the less appealing it becomes)

reply | flag

message 50: by [deleted user] (new)

Dec 15, 2013 05:36PM

Allison wrote: "I think every book I've ever given up on was already on this list, which makes me feel a tiny bit less guilty. Also, it would be hilarious to cross-reference this with the "Books Everyone Should R..."

I sure agree with you. So many have nagged me to read certain books and it makes me feel like I am back in school for some required reading not for pleasure.

reply | flag

« previous 1 2 next »