Books With The Best Starting Lines/Best First Paragraph

1.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,157 ratings
2.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,762 ratings
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Moby Dick: or, the White Whale
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,784 ratings
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Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,010 ratings
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Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,158 ratings
6.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,420 ratings
7.
I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle 3.99 avg rating — 113,034 ratings
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Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,251 ratings
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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 7,126,121 ratings
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Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,117 ratings
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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 309,583 ratings
12.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,297 ratings
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Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,194 ratings
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Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,732 ratings
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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 497,888 ratings
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Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,324 ratings
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The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,761 ratings
18.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,842 ratings
19.
Jellicoe Road
Jellicoe Road 4.12 avg rating — 51,497 ratings
19.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 896,518 ratings
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Jasper Jones
Jasper Jones 4.09 avg rating — 42,324 ratings
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The Last Days of Night
The Last Days of Night 4.16 avg rating — 43,214 ratings
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Wonder Woman: Warbringer
Wonder Woman: Warbringer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 37,493 ratings
23.
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian 3.45 avg rating — 36,194 ratings
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The Third Witch
The Third Witch 3.72 avg rating — 685 ratings
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The Crow Road
The Crow Road 4.09 avg rating — 23,914 ratings
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Snow Crash
Snow Crash 4.01 avg rating — 293,460 ratings
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City of Glass (The New York Trilogy, #1)
City of Glass (The New York Trilogy, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 23,040 ratings
28.
Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock 3.69 avg rating — 34,851 ratings
28.
Ophelia's Revenge
Ophelia's Revenge 3.95 avg rating — 37 ratings
31.
The Hearts We Sold
The Hearts We Sold 3.89 avg rating — 5,123 ratings
31.
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide, #1)
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 1,969,978 ratings
31.
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart 4.09 avg rating — 42,874 ratings
34.
Furthermore (Furthermore, #1)
Furthermore (Furthermore, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 16,069 ratings
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Jassy
Jassy 4.01 avg rating — 354 ratings
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream 4.07 avg rating — 370,586 ratings
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Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1)
Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 121,205 ratings
37.
The Razor’s Edge
The Razor’s Edge 4.19 avg rating — 52,473 ratings
37.
The Go-Between
The Go-Between really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13,857 ratings
40.
Little Wrecks
Little Wrecks 2.85 avg rating — 405 ratings
40.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,022 ratings
40.
True Grit
True Grit 4.17 avg rating — 68,482 ratings
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis 3.85 avg rating — 488,806 ratings
44.
Lords and Ladies (Discworld, #14; Witches, #4)
Lords and Ladies (Discworld, #14; Witches, #4) 4.21 avg rating — 84,333 ratings
45.
Boy, Snow, Bird
Boy, Snow, Bird 3.34 avg rating — 30,810 ratings
46.
The Lie Tree
The Lie Tree 3.84 avg rating — 28,009 ratings
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Afternoon of an Autocrat
Afternoon of an Autocrat 4.08 avg rating — 228 ratings
46.
Winter (Seasonal, #2)
Winter (Seasonal, #2)
by: Ali Smith
3.79 avg rating — 23,705 ratings
49.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Dirk Gently, #2)
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Dirk Gently, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 88,594 ratings
50.
Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere 4.07 avg rating — 1,279,616 ratings
51.
The World That We Knew
The World That We Knew 4.18 avg rating — 35,587 ratings