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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Martin 237 books
2 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Andy 853 books
0 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Keliani 388 books
96 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Simona 142 books
5 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Najah 65 books
73 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Tamusa 198 books
35 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Navnit 288 books
72 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Graham 229 books
5 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Tomas 0 books
10 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


kran 410 books
17 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Luka 845 books
50 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Alkaid 406 books
0 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Mariya 293 books
6 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Bohan 867 books
5 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Craig 222 books
160 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Melissa 1037 books
77 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


K. 817 books
1 friend
voted for:
"Mother died


Steven R. 6305 books
85 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Oussam 196 books
3 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


dersteppenwolf 1336 books
76 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Thomas 462 books
71 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Matthew 90 books
0 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Ursula 42 books
1 friend
voted for:
"Mother died


Marcela 438 books
81 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Kaleigh 136 books
0 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Axel 336 books
2 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Indigo 3425 books
12 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Phillip 160 books
1 friend
voted for:
"Mother died


Catherine 1417 books
125 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


Emma 786 books
25 friends
voted for:
"Mother died


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