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: "Mother died today."

The Stranger by Albert Camus
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Urnakundu 5 books
29 friends
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"Mother died


Utkarsh 114 books
37 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Aleksander 577 books
250 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Victor 485 books
52 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Raghunath 498 books
54 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


May 598 books
72 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Paul 89 books
0 friends
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"Mother died


V. 226 books
24 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Egoplant 14 books
0 friends
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"Mother died


Dominic 54 books
23 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


James 229 books
34 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Lua 577 books
3 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Timothy 961 books
16 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Daniel 710 books
60 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Gaurav 85 books
0 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


seven 1102 books
5 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Laurent 995 books
33 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Moamen 432 books
93 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


JD 668 books
41 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


cεℓтïcεяαƨ 4225 books
158 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Midi 55 books
5 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Josh 148 books
8 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Umesh 164 books
71 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Yalan 493 books
120 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Francisco 696 books
153 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Boer (Catherine) 610 books
12 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Sobrien 1 book
0 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Raina 1315 books
17 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Manel 123 books
114 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Fadi 143 books
1 friend
voted for:
"Mother died


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