Goodreads Choice Awards 2025
poll: Sometimes the first line of a book just grabs you by the nostrils and drags your fool head into its pages, preventing escape in any way, shape or form. Which of these opening lines has its phalanges most firmly planted in your nasal cavities? —> people who voted for: "It was the day my grandmother exploded."

The Crow Road by Iain Banks
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Melanie 2827 books
89 friends
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Anne 1484 books
29 friends
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"It was the


Bakertyl 2236 books
6 friends
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Lindsey 871 books
34 friends
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Christine 184 books
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Scarlet 38 books
14 friends
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Yilaine 1368 books
12 friends
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Amanda 634 books
83 friends
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Cerebral Fix 744 books
12 friends
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Janine 2130 books
64 friends
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Rukhsana 785 books
76 friends
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Biljana 736 books
155 friends
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Angela 151 books
0 friends
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Simon 60 books
0 friends
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Jerrica 206 books
1 friend
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Elizabeth 2985 books
195 friends
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Hannah 413 books
2 friends
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Chrissy 422 books
47 friends
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Rou 655 books
25 friends
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Katrina 1218 books
77 friends
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Ray 2384 books
102 friends
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Amy 1687 books
9 friends
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Kat 656 books
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Lostshadows 1954 books
9 friends
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Jamie 238 books
832 friends
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Melinda 2607 books
82 friends
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Zulfiya 3985 books
185 friends
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natalie 706 books
212 friends
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C. 404 books
8 friends
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Louise 1424 books
3617 friends
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