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Reddit's List of Books With Great Opening Lines

This is a list compiled by Reddit user r/mrsironbad based on a list made by users in the suggest a book subreddit. The description is " A book that you immediately got hooked on because of its opening lines".
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made by Patrick Martin
avg. score: 11 of 67 (16%)
required scores: 1, 5, 8, 11, 16 
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
1
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Red Sister (Mark Lawrence)
Red Sister
2
Mark Lawrence
The Raven Boys (Maggie Stiefvater)
The Raven Boys
3
Maggie Stiefvater
The Hazel Wood (Melissa Albert)
The Hazel Wood
4
Melissa Albert
To Kill a Kingdom (Alexandra Christo)
To Kill a Kingdom
5
Alexandra Christo
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
6
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
7
Andy Weir
The Crow Road
The Crow Road
8
The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
The Gunslinger
9
Stephen King
The Godwulf Manuscript
The Godwulf Manuscript
10
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
11
Frank McCourt
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
12
George Orwell
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
13
Charles Dickens
The Bad Beginning (Lemony Snicket)
The Bad Beginning
14
Lemony Snicket
The Final Empire (Brandon Sanderson)
The Final Empire
15
Brandon Sanderson
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
16
Leo Tolstoy
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
17
Charles Dickens
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
18
Frank Herbert
The Guns of August (Barbara W. Tuchman)
The Guns of August
19
Barbara W. Tuchman
The Passage (Justin Cronin)
The Passage
20
Justin Cronin
The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
The Forever War
21
Joe Haldeman
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
22
Truman Capote
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
23
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
24
S.E. Hinton
All Systems Red (Martha Wells)
All Systems Red
25
Martha Wells
The Repossession Mambo (Eric Garcia)
The Repossession Mambo
26
Eric Garcia
Kurt Vonnegut - Mother Night
Kurt Vonnegut - Mother Night
27
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
28
Albert Camus
Train to Pakistan
Train to Pakistan
29
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
30
Ocean Vuong
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
31
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Seth Grahame-Smith)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
32
Seth Grahame-Smith
Indexing (Seanan McGuire)
Indexing
33
Seanan McGuire
Monstrous Regiment (Terry Pratchett)
Monstrous Regiment
34
Terry Pratchett
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
35
Shirley Jackson
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
36
Daniel Keyes
Shantaram (Gregory David Roberts)
Shantaram
37
Gregory David Roberts
Uprooted (Naomi Novik)
Uprooted
38
Naomi Novik
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
39
Elizabeth Kostova
It (Stephen King)
It
40
Stephen King
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