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A list for those books that have witty, profound, or just plain interesting first lines. This does not have to be limited to fiction.

Note that when voting for a book, it is useful to put its first line in the "Why you added this book" field.
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3.67 avg rating — 28,584 ratings
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3.83 avg rating — 346,972 ratings
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3.86 avg rating — 193,611 ratings
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91 books · 85 voters · list created June 14th, 2012 by Amara Tanith (votes) .
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Amara 2657 books
58 friends
Jennifer 262 books
1731 friends
Sara 16539 books
41 friends
Annette 270 books
4 friends
Soumya 1374 books
38 friends
Lesley 1888 books
11 friends
Richard 5905 books
958 friends
Alex 1708 books
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message 1: by Jill (new)

Jill Amara, I would add "Atlas Shrugged" to this list....Who is John Galt?


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