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: "For a long time, I went to bed early."

Swann's Way by Marcel Proust
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Debojit 341 books
184 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Bricks 2470 books
6 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Tim 159 books
0 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Kate 191 books
1 friend
voted for:
"For a long


Vincent 92 books
9 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Malte 754 books
27 friends
voted for:
"For a long


S 371 books
13 friends
voted for:
"For a long


d_____ 889 books
22 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Lenka 1547 books
0 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Echoskopos 370 books
13 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Steven 201 books
34 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Sean 852 books
52 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Samuel 1116 books
14 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Terrangirl 488 books
31 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Laura 1182 books
81 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Pablo 959 books
228 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Marin 462 books
5 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Mrdavidpeat 1668 books
74 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Anonymous 332 books
0 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Frank 20444 books
79 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Martina 216 books
64 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Graeme 2323 books
146 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Viktorija 692 books
60 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Kei 209 books
170 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Sarah 27 books
0 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Ian 1159 books
2 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Mohsen 541 books
193 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Sigrun 2708 books
168 friends
voted for:
"For a long


Kirsten 189 books
3 friends
voted for:
"For a long


David 810 books
36 friends
voted for:
"For a long


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