Lolita, Ada, and “The Real Life of Sebastian Knight” by Vladimir Nabokov
October by China Mieville
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from the Gift by Vladimir Nabokov
“An oak is a tree. A rose is a flower. A deer is an animal. A sparrow is a bird. Russia is our fatherland. Death is inevitable.” – P. Smirnovski, A Textbook of Russian Grammar
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Not to be facetious, but I still think
> The story so far: In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move
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I totally get what you mean about an incredible opening! One book that comes to mind is “[The Night Circus](https://wydgetlabs.com/?red=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2F0307744434%3F%26tag%3Damznwydget-20%26linkCode%3Dur2%26creative%3D9325%26th%3D1%26language%3Den_US)” by Erin Morgenstern. It has a magical and mesmerizing beginning that pulls you in from the very first page. You can find it on Amazon. Happy reading!
Julian Barnes, The noise of time
Lolita, Ada, and “The Real Life of Sebastian Knight” by Vladimir Nabokov
October by China Mieville
​
from the Gift by Vladimir Nabokov
“An oak is a tree. A rose is a flower. A deer is an animal. A sparrow is a bird. Russia is our fatherland. Death is inevitable.” – P. Smirnovski, A Textbook of Russian Grammar
Not to be facetious, but I still think
> The story so far: In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move
is the best opening line. So [The Restaurant at the End of the Universe](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ad1c8702-a140-4b32-a426-e21de2f65394)
Farenheit 451, though it waned from there imho.
*”It was a pleasure to burn.”*
If you want your damn mind blown and to be scare witless, just read the first chapter of:
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston.
Warning. This book will terrify you.
Let The Great World Spin by Colum McCann
Number 9 Dream by David Mitchell