I cannot begin to express how utterly impossible it is for me to pick 10 favorite books. Still, I've culled through my shelves for 12 that I really enjoy very much. I didn't figure that I needed to include LOTR, because, yeah, you already know that. And I've limited myself to one book per writer.
A few of the books had first lines that I figured were probably impossible to guess on their own, so I've included the first two lines on those.
Go ahead. Click in and start guessing.
1. The mermaid rose out of deep water into the stormheart. Prospero's Children by Jan Siegel (guessed by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
chrissie_m)
2. It was predictable, in hindsight. Everything about the history of the Society of Jesus bespoke deft and efficient action, exploration and research. The Sparrow by Maria Doria Russell (guessed bybexone)
3. Hapscomb's Texaco sat on US 93 just north of Arnette, a pissant four-street burg about 110 miles from Houston. The Stand (guessed bycircehellene and ![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
chrissie_mWalking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand (guessed by circehellene)
5. Shadow had done three years in prison. American Gods by Neil Gaiman (guessed byseleneheart and caras_galadhon)
6. Physicist Leonardo Vetra smelled burning flesh, and he knew it was his own. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (guessed bycaras_galadhon)
7. "Don't go, Bobby," said my friend. "It's not worth it."
8. Lucivar Yaslana, the Eyrien half-breed, watched the guards drag the sobbing man to the boat. Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop (guessed bycircehellene)
9. When you get down to the bottom of the bottle, as Momma used to say, this is the story of how I became a mother.
10. Asengai's torturers were regular in their habits-they always left off at sunset. Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling (guessed bycara_chapel)
11. Veldt to scrub to fields to farms to these first tumbling houses that rise from the earth. Perdido Street Station by China Mieville (guessed bycaras_galadhon)
12. The storm came up out of the southwest like a fiend, stalking its prey on legs of lightning. Abarat by Clive Barker (guessed bycaras_galadhon)
A few of the books had first lines that I figured were probably impossible to guess on their own, so I've included the first two lines on those.
Go ahead. Click in and start guessing.
1. The mermaid rose out of deep water into the stormheart. Prospero's Children by Jan Siegel (guessed by
chrissie_m)2. It was predictable, in hindsight. Everything about the history of the Society of Jesus bespoke deft and efficient action, exploration and research. The Sparrow by Maria Doria Russell (guessed by
bexone)3. Hapscomb's Texaco sat on US 93 just north of Arnette, a pissant four-street burg about 110 miles from Houston. The Stand (guessed by
circehellene and chrissie_mWalking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand (guessed by circehellene)5. Shadow had done three years in prison. American Gods by Neil Gaiman (guessed by
seleneheart and caras_galadhon)6. Physicist Leonardo Vetra smelled burning flesh, and he knew it was his own. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (guessed by
caras_galadhon)7. "Don't go, Bobby," said my friend. "It's not worth it."
8. Lucivar Yaslana, the Eyrien half-breed, watched the guards drag the sobbing man to the boat. Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop (guessed by
circehellene)9. When you get down to the bottom of the bottle, as Momma used to say, this is the story of how I became a mother.
10. Asengai's torturers were regular in their habits-they always left off at sunset. Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling (guessed by
cara_chapel)11. Veldt to scrub to fields to farms to these first tumbling houses that rise from the earth. Perdido Street Station by China Mieville (guessed by
caras_galadhon)12. The storm came up out of the southwest like a fiend, stalking its prey on legs of lightning. Abarat by Clive Barker (guessed by
caras_galadhon)![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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10. Luck in the Shadows?
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