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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4.10 avg rating — 1,471,665 ratings
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3.87 avg rating — 936,194 ratings
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3.97 avg rating — 2,790,239 ratings
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3.56 avg rating — 611,377 ratings
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4.25 avg rating — 710,544 ratings
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3.99 avg rating — 114,671 ratings
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4.03 avg rating — 1,368,734 ratings
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3.91 avg rating — 47,711 ratings
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3.90 avg rating — 1,393,140 ratings
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4.18 avg rating — 638,138 ratings
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3.74 avg rating — 2,801,173 ratings
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4.12 avg rating — 1,092,206 ratings
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4.09 avg rating — 908,801 ratings
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4.01 avg rating — 47,750 ratings
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4.09 avg rating — 24,190 ratings
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3.67 avg rating — 28,586 ratings
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3.83 avg rating — 346,998 ratings
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3.89 avg rating — 360,813 ratings
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4.24 avg rating — 335,443 ratings
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4.07 avg rating — 117,333 ratings
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3.60 avg rating — 14,597 ratings
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3.93 avg rating — 5,840,203 ratings
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4.31 avg rating — 1,252,620 ratings
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3.80 avg rating — 3,857,665 ratings
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4.14 avg rating — 1,576,246 ratings
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3.91 avg rating — 468,334 ratings
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4.06 avg rating — 375,816 ratings
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3.91 avg rating — 658,987 ratings
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3.91 avg rating — 27,513 ratings
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4.10 avg rating — 63,059 ratings
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37

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3.67 avg rating — 625 ratings
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38

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3.94 avg rating — 13,827 ratings
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39

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4.42 avg rating — 1,322 ratings
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3.94 avg rating — 388,719 ratings
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4.10 avg rating — 9,189 ratings
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3.97 avg rating — 559,253 ratings
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3.82 avg rating — 101,580 ratings
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3.86 avg rating — 193,619 ratings
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3.86 avg rating — 28,890 ratings
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4.27 avg rating — 17,056 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 789,089 ratings
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4.03 avg rating — 205,673 ratings
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4.03 avg rating — 1,608,656 ratings
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4.05 avg rating — 8,635 ratings
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4.40 avg rating — 460,296 ratings
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3.33 avg rating — 125 ratings
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3.58 avg rating — 248 ratings
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3.86 avg rating — 377,220 ratings
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3.69 avg rating — 183,344 ratings
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4.21 avg rating — 56 ratings
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3.96 avg rating — 162,840 ratings
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3.88 avg rating — 17,605 ratings
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3.83 avg rating — 2,629 ratings
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4.13 avg rating — 3,395 ratings
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4.15 avg rating — 3,411,372 ratings
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3.73 avg rating — 9,580 ratings
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4.24 avg rating — 1,011 ratings
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3.96 avg rating — 54,153 ratings
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3.76 avg rating — 1,514 ratings
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66

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4.08 avg rating — 212 ratings
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4.23 avg rating — 75,209 ratings
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4.18 avg rating — 10,652 ratings
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3.85 avg rating — 52,893 ratings
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3.96 avg rating — 3,539 ratings
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3.87 avg rating — 113,333 ratings
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3.78 avg rating — 30,228 ratings
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4.02 avg rating — 261,301 ratings
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3.77 avg rating — 24,545 ratings
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4.27 avg rating — 943,891 ratings
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4.05 avg rating — 1,197,112 ratings
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3.78 avg rating — 107,673 ratings
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4.32 avg rating — 1,463 ratings
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4.20 avg rating — 79,299 ratings
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3.98 avg rating — 82,890 ratings
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4.40 avg rating — 64,171 ratings
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86

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3.74 avg rating — 573 ratings
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3.99 avg rating — 383,349 ratings
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3.99 avg rating — 23,959 ratings
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3.45 avg rating — 17,024 ratings
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4.07 avg rating — 87,377 ratings
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3.87 avg rating — 116,902 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 263 books
1732 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
56 friends

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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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