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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Hanna 299 books
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Patrick 1369 books
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Chris 982 books
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Dana 1605 books
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Ian 292 books
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Havva 3034 books
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Eliot 128 books
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David 3540 books
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