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: "There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife."

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
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Ysh 1661 books
33 friends
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Dramapuppy 1079 books
40 friends
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isabelle 628 books
134 friends
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Sarah 2417 books
77 friends
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Julia 693 books
19 friends
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Melissa 186 books
19 friends
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Emily 379 books
42 friends
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كريم 7942 books
1129 friends
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V 648 books
50 friends
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Kenzie 323 books
20 friends
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Yanislava 889 books
91 friends
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Ben 2666 books
28 friends
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Lisa 311 books
2 friends
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Courtney 1371 books
60 friends
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Rachael 601 books
15 friends
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bean 3440 books
103 friends
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Lina 1292 books
18 friends
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Bethany 185 books
0 friends
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Man Li 409 books
22 friends
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Emily 171 books
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Hayden 187 books
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Calypso 1171 books
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Elle 1959 books
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Danielle 1440 books
146 friends
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Brenda 73 books
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Celelorien 458 books
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Claire 112 books
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Akylina 2117 books
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Charlotte 2045 books
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Andy 1915 books
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