Top Ten Books I DNFed Without Meaning To

When I’m reading, I rarely make the decision to DNF a book. Like, I never think “okay, I have read enough of this book and it isn’t for me.” However, I do, very often, put down a book and say I’m going to come back to it and then just kinda…never pick it up again. 

So, here are some of the books I DNFed without really meaning to. Some of these I might try reading again one day, but we’ll see. 

1) The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by Sarah Ockler – This book is right up my alley. Like, right the heck up it. A YA contemporary with mermaids? Yes, please. But, as excited as I was to start reading, I had a hard time staying hooked. 

2) Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco – Again, this should be perfect for me. I looove Victorian England and I am also fascinated by Jack the Ripper but I just could not stay focused when I was reading this. I’ve heard wonderful things about this and I am determined to try again one day. 

3) Legend by Marie Lu – This one doesn’t make any sense because I’ve picked this up multiple times and each time I’ve enjoyed what I read and I’ve wanted to read more so WHY can I not make myself keep reading? 

4) King’s Cage by Victoria Aveyard – I don’t feel bad or confused about this one, tbh. 

5) Girl Out of Water by Laura Silverman – I was having a hard time connecting to the protagonist and staying interested in her life. There are a lot of aspects of this novel that intrigue me, so hopefully I’ll give it another shot one day. 

6) Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh – I was so excited for this novel, but it just didn’t do anything for me. So, I skimmed ahead to try to see where the romance was going (because that’s my priority when reading–don’t judge me) and I was disappointed and so I guess I just forgot to ever finish. Oops.

7) Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes – To be fair, I wasn’t much of a fantasy reader when I tried this novel out. I own most of the series, so I definitely need to try again. 

8) Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood – I started this novel when it first released IN 2012 lol. It was just different than I expected so I never finished. I suspect I’d actually like it more if I tried reading it now. 

9) The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert – I’ve heard so many wonderful things about this novel, but I just couldn’t get into it. Honestly, I didn’t get very far before I put it down, though. 

10) An Abundance of Katherines by John Green – It doesn’t help that I was assigned to read this for one of my classes. I very rarely 1) finish my class reading and 2) find my assigned reading interesting.