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A list of books with the most interesting / gripping / just plain amazing first chapters.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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4.47 avg rating — 11,534,320 ratings
score: 800,
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8 people voted
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The Craziest Book Ever Written
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3.54 avg rating — 152 ratings
score: 398,
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4 people voted
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The Book Thief
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Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 2,910,155 ratings
score: 299,
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3 people voted
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
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4.06 avg rating — 381,658 ratings
score: 298,
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3 people voted
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Liliana (Liliana, #1)
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Neva Squires-Rodriguez (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 118 ratings
score: 296,
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3 people voted
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Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
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3.46 avg rating — 99,277 ratings
score: 295,
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3 people voted
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Fight Club
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Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 649,451 ratings
score: 294,
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3 people voted
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American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 994,854 ratings
score: 290,
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3 people voted
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Don't Close Your Eyes
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Lynessa James (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 617 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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Afternoon of an Autocrat
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4.08 avg rating — 231 ratings
score: 198,
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2 people voted
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The Prostitute's Daughter (Because You Love Me #2)
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Adrienne D'nelle Ruvalcaba (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 53 ratings
score: 197,
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2 people voted
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Frankenstein
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3.91 avg rating — 1,929,582 ratings
score: 195,
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2 people voted
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Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
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3.82 avg rating — 62,052 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Descent into Hell
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3.92 avg rating — 2,389 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Lonely Polygamist
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3.52 avg rating — 15,460 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Yohannes Ishi
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Nabse Bamato (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 39 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
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3.80 avg rating — 455,643 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Black Hole Radio (Black Hole Radio, #1)
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Ann Birdgenaw (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 87 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Daughter of Hounds
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3.80 avg rating — 1,006 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Peeps (Peeps, #1)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 25,595 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Trouble with Playing Cupid (Cupid, #1)
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Tamara Philip (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 89 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin
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Liesl Shurtliff (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 19,374 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Low Red Moon (Chance Matthews #2)
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4.02 avg rating — 880 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Trouble with Playing Cupid (Cupid, #1)
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Tamara Philip (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 89 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Touching Spirit Bear
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3.86 avg rating — 36,865 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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4.05 avg rating — 286,178 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Heir Apparent (Rasmussem Corporation, #2)
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4.12 avg rating — 11,042 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
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3.86 avg rating — 88,383 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Wolf Brother (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, #1)
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4.21 avg rating — 29,558 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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