Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Sometimes books end up in the "DNF" pile for perfectly understandable reasons. Sometimes books don't get finished for much sillier, petty reasons. Here's a mix of the unhinged and chaotic and some perhaps more relatable things that made readers quit books.
What's your own wildest reason?
 
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