2023 DCL Reading Challenge: Book with a Great First Line

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All-new challenge items to inspire you to read more and have fun! Read any of the titles on this list to get a step closer to finishing our 2023 challenge and winning a prize. All-new challenge items to inspire you to read more and have fun! Read any of the titles on this list to get a step closer to finishing our 2023 challenge and winning a prize. Show less

Pachinko

by Lee, Min Jin

Book - 2017

History has failed us, but no matter. History has failed us, but no matter. Show less

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The Haunting of Hill House

by Jackson, Shirley

Book - 2006

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Show less

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Beach Read

by Henry, Emily

Book - 2020

I have a fatal flaw. I have a fatal flaw. Show less

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Without Fail

by Child, Lee

Book - 2008

They found out about him in July and stayed angry all through August. They tried to kill him in September. They found out about him in July and stayed angry all through August. They tried to kill him in September. Show less

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Notes on An Execution

A Novel

by Kukafka, Danya

Book - 2022

You are a fingerprint. You are a fingerprint. Show less

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Becoming

by Obama, Michelle

Downloadable Audiobook - 2018

I spent much of my childhood listening to the sound of striving. I spent much of my childhood listening to the sound of striving. Show less

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Anxious People

A Novel

by Backman, Fredrik

Book - 2020

A bank robbery. A hostage drama. A stairwell full of police officers on their way to storm an apartment. It was easy to get to this point, much easier than you might think. All it took was one single really bad idea. A bank robbery. A hostage drama. A stairwell full of police officers on their way to storm an apartment. It was easy to get to this point, much easier than you might think. All it took was one single really bad idea. Show less

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Little Fires Everywhere

by Ng, Celeste

Book - 2017

Sometimes you need to scorch everything to the ground and start over. Sometimes you need to scorch everything to the ground and start over. Show less

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The Princess Bride

An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure

by Goldman, William

Book - 2013

This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it. This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it. Show less

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Crazy Horse and Custer

The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors

by Ambrose, Stephen E.

eBook - 2014

This is the story of two men who died as they lived—violently. This is the story of two men who died as they lived—violently. Show less

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The Intuitionist

by Whitehead, Colson

Book - 2000

It's a new elevator, freshly pressed to the rails, and it's not built to fall this fast. It's a new elevator, freshly pressed to the rails, and it's not built to fall this fast. Show less

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