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Some Books With Famous Opening / First Lines

Like the title says... Check 'em out, you might very well know most of them. Literature, glorious literature. Happy reading!
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12 Angry Men (Reginald Rose)
12 Angry Men
1
Reginald Rose
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
3
Charles Dickens
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
4
Madeleine L'engle
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
5
Leo Tolstoy
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
6
Joseph Heller
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
7
E.B. White
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
8
Charles Dickens
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
9
Ray Bradbury
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
10
Margaret Mitchell
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
11
Thomas Pynchon
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
12
Dodie Smith
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
13
Ralph Ellison
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
14
Vladimir Nabokov
Madeline (Ludwig Bemelmans)
Madeline
15
Ludwig Bemelmans
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
16
Herman Melville
Murphy (Samuel Beckett)
Murphy
17
Samuel Beckett
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
18
William Gibson
Oh, the Places You'll Go (Dr. Seuss)
Oh, the Places You'll Go
19
Dr. Seuss
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
20
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Paul Clifford (Edward Bulwer-Lytton)
Paul Clifford
21
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
22
Jane Austen
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
23
Daphne Du Maurier
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
24
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
25
William Shakespeare
Sir Ferumbras (Anonymous)
Sir Ferumbras
26
Anonymous
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
27
Kurt Vonnegut
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
28
Mark Twain
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
29
Sylvia Plath
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
30
J.D. Salinger
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
31
Ford Madox Ford
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
32
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
The Gunslinger
33
Stephen King
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
34
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Holy Bible (Unknown)
The Holy Bible
35
Unknown
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
36
Franz Kafka
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
37
Albert Camus
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
38
Donna Tartt
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
39
Franz Kafka
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
40
Zora Neale Hurston
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