10 Best First Lines in Fiction

The first sentence is the whole pitch. Here are ten that never miss.

1. 1984 — George Orwell #1
2. The Stranger — Albert Camus #2
3. Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen #3
4. The Gunslinger — Stephen King #4
5. Lolita — Vladimir Nabokov #5
6. Slaughterhouse-Five — Kurt Vonnegut #6
7. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas — Hunter S. Thompson #7
8. The Crow Road — Iain Banks #8
9. I Capture the Castle — Dodie Smith #9
10. The Color Purple — Alice Walker #10