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The Most Begun "Read But Unfinished" (Started) Book Ever

2,605 books — This list was created and voted on by Goodreads members.

There are many books, whether contemporary or classic, which are often picked up by readers and started but that the readers never finished.

This is NOT about it being a bad book. It's more or less about it being hard to actually finish, as in it can be quite a challenge to read it.

What do you think is the most initated/begun book ever?

1.

Catch-22
Catch-22
3.99 887,342 ratings 27,448 reviews

2.

The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
4.54 731,428 ratings 16,551 reviews

3.

Ulysses
Ulysses
3.76 137,976 ratings 11,081 reviews

4.

Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
3.57 616,425 ratings 27,768 reviews

5.

The Holy Bible: King James Version
The Holy Bible: King James Version
4.45 318,688 ratings 9,776 reviews

6.

War and Peace
War and Peace
4.17 366,248 ratings 20,639 reviews

7.

Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
3.69 407,175 ratings 21,534 reviews

8.

One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude
4.12 1,106,339 ratings 59,298 reviews

9.

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
4.10 932,840 ratings 42,840 reviews

10.

Don Quixote
Don Quixote
3.91 305,619 ratings 14,843 reviews