The top 10 most unfinishable novels
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9. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Novels steeped in political history are not renowned for their gleefully page-turning nature, and Roy's semi-autobiographical tale of how the small things in life build up and shatter people's lives is no exception. However, it did win the Booker Prize in 1997.
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