1st books in a series

1.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 11,065,692 ratings
2.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,596,013 ratings
3.
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 1,594,329 ratings
4.
Don't Close Your Eyes
Don't Close Your Eyes 3.76 avg rating — 608 ratings
5.
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 482,382 ratings
6.
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 109,195 ratings
7.
Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 59,878 ratings
8.
A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)
A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 50,911 ratings
9.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 273,173 ratings
10.
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 136,063 ratings
11.
The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1)
The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 15,445 ratings
12.
Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)
Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 60,130 ratings
13.
Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus, #1)
Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 56,326 ratings
14.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,649 ratings
14.
Sleepless (Curse of the Blood Fox, #1)
Sleepless (Curse of the Blood Fox, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 162 ratings
16.
A is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone, #1)
A is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 190,136 ratings
17.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 3,059,582 ratings
18.
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 4,287,383 ratings
19.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 1,970,184 ratings
20.
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) 4.45 avg rating — 2,674,215 ratings
21.
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 61,962 ratings
22.
When Christ and His Saints Slept (Plantagenets #1; Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1)
When Christ and His Saints Slept (Plantagenets #1; Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 17,214 ratings
23.
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1)
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 43,631 ratings
24.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 484,808 ratings
25.
Fifth Business (The Deptford Trilogy, #1)
Fifth Business (The Deptford Trilogy, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 20,127 ratings
26.
Orchestrated Death (Bill Slider #1)
Orchestrated Death (Bill Slider #1) 3.83 avg rating — 965 ratings
27.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,961 ratings
28.
The Face of a Stranger (William Monk, #1)
The Face of a Stranger (William Monk, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 19,092 ratings
29.
Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1)
Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 252,310 ratings
30.
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 7,126,935 ratings
31.
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 46,127 ratings
32.
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 413,637 ratings
33.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 176,382 ratings
34.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 227,548 ratings
35.
Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallander, #1)
Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallander, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 77,856 ratings
36.
The Complaints (Malcolm Fox, #1)
The Complaints (Malcolm Fox, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 15,144 ratings
37.
The Commitments (The Barrytown Trilogy, #1; Jimmy Rabbitte, #1)
The Commitments (The Barrytown Trilogy, #1; Jimmy Rabbitte, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 17,147 ratings
38.
Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy #1)
Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy #1) 4.20 avg rating — 21,770 ratings
39.
Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1)
Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 24,741 ratings
40.
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 809,538 ratings
41.
Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1)
Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 66,168 ratings
42.
The Tainted Relic (The Medieval Murderers, #1)
The Tainted Relic (The Medieval Murderers, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 1,161 ratings
43.
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 205,300 ratings
44.
The Weaver of Odds (Vivian Amberville, #1)
The Weaver of Odds (Vivian Amberville, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 74 ratings
45.
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1)
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 77,761 ratings
46.
Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti, #1)
Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 41,340 ratings
47.
The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)
The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 23,947 ratings
47.
The Innocence of Father Brown (Father Brown, #1)
The Innocence of Father Brown (Father Brown, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 18,293 ratings
49.
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers 4.10 avg rating — 340,247 ratings
49.
Lone Wolf Rising (The Winters Family Saga, #1)
Lone Wolf Rising (The Winters Family Saga, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 779 ratings
51.
Mass Extinction (Where the Horses Run, #1)
Mass Extinction (Where the Horses Run, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
51.
The Yard (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad, #1)
The Yard (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 16,923 ratings
53.
A Plague on Both Your Houses (Matthew Bartholomew, #1)
A Plague on Both Your Houses (Matthew Bartholomew, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 4,838 ratings
54.
Killing Floor (Jack Reacher #1)
Killing Floor (Jack Reacher #1)
by: Lee Child
4.08 avg rating — 343,628 ratings
55.
Wish You Were Here (Mrs. Murphy, #1)
Wish You Were Here (Mrs. Murphy, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 12,173 ratings
55.
A Star Called Henry (The Last Roundup, #1)
A Star Called Henry (The Last Roundup, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 10,108 ratings
55.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,115 ratings
58.
Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon, #1)
Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 22,114 ratings
58.
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 179,486 ratings
58.
Dwarves in Space
Dwarves in Space 3.79 avg rating — 75 ratings
61.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,311 ratings
62.
The Blessing Way (Leaphorn & Chee, #1)
The Blessing Way (Leaphorn & Chee, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30,736 ratings
62.
Bruno, Chief of Police (Bruno, Chief of Police, #1)
Bruno, Chief of Police (Bruno, Chief of Police, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 23,432 ratings
64.
Confessions of a Shopaholic (Shopaholic, #1)
Confessions of a Shopaholic (Shopaholic, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 795,839 ratings
65.
The Shadow of the Wind
The Shadow of the Wind 4.30 avg rating — 696,797 ratings
66.
Bootlegger's Daughter (Deborah Knott Mysteries, #1)
Bootlegger's Daughter (Deborah Knott Mysteries, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 7,561 ratings
66.
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (Cat Who..., #1)
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (Cat Who..., #1) 3.87 avg rating — 33,048 ratings
68.
Blind Justice (Sir John Fielding, #1)
Blind Justice (Sir John Fielding, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 3,692 ratings
69.
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 278,715 ratings
70.
Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, #1)
Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 44,718 ratings
70.
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 29,363 ratings
72.
Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)
Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 27,482 ratings
72.
Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse, #1)
Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 17,878 ratings
74.
In the Woods
In the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 429,644 ratings
75.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,244 ratings
76.
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 4.33 avg rating — 15,703 ratings
77.
Outfoxed ("Sister" Jane, #1)
Outfoxed ("Sister" Jane, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 1,936 ratings
78.
The Cater Street Hangman (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #1)
The Cater Street Hangman (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 21,849 ratings
79.
A Conspiracy of Paper (Benjamin Weaver, #1)
A Conspiracy of Paper (Benjamin Weaver, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 11,637 ratings
80.
Can You Forgive Her? (Palliser #1)
Can You Forgive Her? (Palliser #1) 3.99 avg rating — 8,201 ratings
81.
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 340,760 ratings
81.
Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1)
Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 28,561 ratings
83.
Déjà Dead (Temperance Brennan, #1)
Déjà Dead (Temperance Brennan, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 154,382 ratings
84.
The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1)
The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 87,835 ratings
85.
The Little World of Don Camillo
The Little World of Don Camillo 4.23 avg rating — 4,630 ratings
86.
Sharpe's Tiger (Sharpe, #1)
Sharpe's Tiger (Sharpe, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 28,602 ratings
87.
The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1)
The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 20,950 ratings
88.
Black Dog (Ben Cooper & Diane Fry, #1)
Black Dog (Ben Cooper & Diane Fry, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 6,142 ratings
89.
Desert Heat (Joanna Brady, #1)
Desert Heat (Joanna Brady, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 15,214 ratings
90.
Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh, #1)
Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 41,173 ratings
90.
A Man Lay Dead
A Man Lay Dead 3.80 avg rating — 16,398 ratings
92.
An Unsuitable Job For A Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1)
An Unsuitable Job For A Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 20,012 ratings
93.
The Pull of The Tide
The Pull of The Tide 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
93.
Foster Fox (A 10,000 Lakes Tale)
Foster Fox (A 10,000 Lakes Tale) 4.19 avg rating — 36 ratings
93.
Hidden Secrets (The Secrets Saga, #1)
Hidden Secrets (The Secrets Saga, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 54 ratings
93.
In Blood There is No Honor
In Blood There is No Honor 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
93.
Butterfly (part 1)
Butterfly (part 1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
93.
Jessica's Seduction (Jessica's Seduction, #1)
Jessica's Seduction (Jessica's Seduction, #1) 3.27 avg rating — 79 ratings
93.
Princess of the Midnight Ball (The Princesses of Westfalin Trilogy, #1)
Princess of the Midnight Ball (The Princesses of Westfalin Trilogy, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 36,703 ratings
93.
Stuck in Between (Bound by Your Love, #1)
Stuck in Between (Bound by Your Love, #1) 3.55 avg rating — 1,269 ratings
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