The Big Books of Fall
Genres

Gave Up


Gave Up Books

The Casual Vacancy
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
The Goldfinch
The Book Thief
Infinite Jest
Catch-22
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Little Life
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
All the Light We Cannot See
Dune (Dune, #1)
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Lists

Ulysses by James JoyceHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Difficult Reading
106 books — 101 voters
One Piece, Volume 1 by Eiichiro OdaHunter x Hunter, Vol. 01 by Yoshihiro Togashi
Manga Series So Long You Gave Up
2 books — 1 voter

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerWicked by Gregory MaguireThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienNightfall by L.J. SmithThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books That You Couldn't Finish
400 books — 169 voters
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
2,722 books — 13,299 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 — 3,347 voters
The Midnight Library by Matt HaigFoods That Fight Pain by Neal D. BarnardSlewfoot by BromElphie by Gregory MaguireBlack Woods Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey
Abandoned in 2025
84 books — 17 voters

Quotes Tagged “Gave Up”

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ When you truly love or want what you are pursuing, holding on can never be harder than giving up. ”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Ken Poirot
“ I gave up many times but I never quit. ”
― Ken Poirot
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