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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Jae 166 books
8 friends
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Aisha 1895 books
99 friends
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Dee 0 books
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Matthew 441 books
24 friends
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Brenna 36 books
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Mia 3130 books
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Tiffany 445 books
327 friends
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MaRia 3048 books
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Andrea 973 books
23 friends
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Shannon 20279 books
788 friends
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Julika 1398 books
31 friends
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yagaira 181 books
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Maretta 801 books
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Kendra 1014 books
186 friends
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Ji Eun 613 books
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Matt 259 books
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Jessica 324 books
122 friends
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Dietmar 778 books
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Tim 876 books
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April 309 books
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Jayden 744 books
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Ashley 429 books
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Rachel 2018 books
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Felicity 548 books
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Chris 369 books
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Jenne 6116 books
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Lyndon 685 books
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Dee 696 books
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Michelle 5478 books
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Teisha 244 books
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