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Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienUlysses by James JoyceMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,604 books — 13,151 voters
Marked by P.C. CastEvermore by Alyson NoelFallen by Lauren KateTwilight by Stephenie MeyerBeautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia
Series I've Given Up On...
1,023 books — 3,346 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Orphans
719 books — 237 voters
Little Bee by Chris CleaveLife of Pi by Yann MartelOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Books That You Never Pick Back Up After Putting Down
216 books — 104 voters

Asylum by Madeleine RouxSanctum by Madeleine RouxThe Scarlets by Madeleine RouxProject 17 by Laurie Faria StolarzThe Ghost of Graylock by Dan Poblocki
Haunted Hospitals
45 books — 63 voters
Marrying Winterborne by Lisa KleypasTen Tiny Breaths by K.A. TuckerThe Last Heir by Marina VinniDebt by Nina G. JonesNeanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid
When You Find Out You Will Hate Me
65 books — 22 voters

Dare You To by Katie McGarryStand Alone by P.D. WorkmanCrash by Nicole WilliamsClash by Nicole WilliamsThe Vincent Boys by Abbi Glines
Books about about kids who had a bad start in life
30 books — 21 voters
The Holy Bible by AnonymousRaven Summer by David AlmondBaby by Patricia MacLachlanAria by Nazanine HozarGus and the Baby Ghost by Jane Thayer
Abandoned Babies
137 books — 20 voters

Fairy Tale by Stephen KingSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinGlass Sword by Victoria AveyardThe Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh
Abandoned in 2023
112 books — 18 voters
My Name Is Rachel by Lorna PeelWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensFamily Likeness by Caitlin DaviesBack From the Brink by Paul McGrathThe Shoebox Kid by Judith Lawrence Outten
Children abandoned by or separated from Birth Parents
26 books — 15 voters

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherMy Own Words by Ruth Bader GinsburgSalt to the Sea by Ruta SepetysThis Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-MohtarDune by Frank Herbert
Abandoned in 2021
92 books — 15 voters
The Midnight Library by Matt HaigFoods That Fight Pain by Neal D. BarnardElphie by Gregory MaguireBlack Woods Blue Sky by Eowyn IveyA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Abandoned in 2025
83 books — 15 voters

A Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingA Piece of Cake by Cupcake BrownOrphan Train by Christina Baker KlineThe Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer
Books to Read If You Like The Fosters
35 books — 14 voters
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamilloLadder of Years by Anne TylerThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Pull of the Moon by Elizabeth Berg
Mothers Deserting Their Families
35 books — 13 voters

The Casual Vacancy by J.K. RowlingOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerDandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Books I started and didn't feel like finishing
48 books — 13 voters
Rabbit, Run by John UpdikeThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Fountains of Silence by Ruta SepetysGhost Story by Peter Straub
Abandoned in 2020
91 books — 13 voters

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David WyssCastaway by Lucy IrvineTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Marooned Books about being on desert islands or planets
26 books — 12 voters
The 19th Wife by David EbershoffHolly by Stephen KingThe Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. HarrowNightmare Fuel by Nina NessethThe Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Abandoned in 2024
58 books — 11 voters

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensTarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice BurroughsKing of Fang and Claw by Bob ByrdThe Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousDog Boy by Eva Hornung
Feral child/Wild child
81 books — 10 voters
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. RowlingThe Witching Hour by Anne RiceLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezInto the Water by Paula HawkinsLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Books you have abandoned this year in 2018
93 books — 10 voters

Broken Point by Donna K. ChildreeA Change in the Weather by Shaheen Ashraf-AhmedFinding Makeba by Alexs D. PateGeyser Life by Edward HardyMarchlands by Karla Kuban
Fathers Deserting Their Families
5 books — 8 voters
Numerology by Hans DecozBreathing Disorders by Neil F. GordonSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenMy Lady Jane by Cynthia HandAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Abandoned in 2022
70 books — 8 voters

Fates and Furies by Lauren GroffLa Mécanique du cœur by Mathias MalzieuThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryKim by Rudyard KiplingThis Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Books I Decided Not to Finish
15 books — 6 voters
The Queen of the Tambourine by Jane GardamSex Happens by Carol SolowayTwo Minus One by Kathryn TaylorThis Glittering World by T. GreenwoodMemorial by Bryan Washington
Deserted Wives
5 books — 4 voters

Atlas of Lost Cities by Aude de TocquevilleIslands of Abandonment by Cal FlynAbandoned Sacred Places by Lawrence JoffeThe World Without Us by Alan WeismanLost America by Troy Paiva
Abandoned Places - The World Without Us
9 books — 3 voters
The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Stories by Arthur Conan DoyleFrom the Depths by Mike AshleyThe Boats of the "Glen Carrig" by William Hope HodgsonDracula by Bram StokerThe Ghost of the Mary Celeste by Valerie Martin
Ghost Ships, Abandoned Lighthouses and Other Eerie Vanishings in Fiction Part I
101 books — 3 voters

Our Haunted Shores by Emily AlderThe Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan PoeThe Light Years by R.W.W. GreeneBlood on Their Hands by Bob BrinkThe Lamplighters by Emma Stonex
Ghost Ships, Abandoned Lighthouses and Other Eerie Vanishings in Fiction Part II
101 books — 3 voters
Ten Fathoms Deep by Arthur CatherallThe English Corsair by Kevin J. GlynnSalvage from Strosa by Ray PopeSalvage Diver by Zachary BallFEAR IS THE KEY By ALISTAIR MacLEAN Fawcett Gold Medal PB 196... by Alistair MacLean
Maritime Salvage in Fiction
43 books — 2 voters

Year's Best SF 3 by David G. HartwellBlood on Their Hands by Bob BrinkExcession by Iain M. BanksPushing Ice by Alastair ReynoldsGalactic Derelict by Andre Norton
Ghost Ships, Abandoned Lighthouses and Other Eerie Vanishings in Fiction Part III
98 books — 2 voters
The Lost by Cole McCade
Abandoned in 2026
1 book — 1 voter

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