Beckham biography among most abandoned books

Autobiographies by David Beckham and David Blunkett and the fourth instalment of Harry Potter are listed among books that Britons are least likely to finish reading.

Surprisingly, Booker-prize winning murder mystery Vernon God Little, by DBC Pierre, topped the list of works of fiction which readers could not complete.

More than a third (35%) of those who bought or borrowed the book, a best-seller, admitted that they did not finish it.