Statistics for Books by First Sentence

Click here to take the quiz!

Book Title	First Sentence	% Correct
1984	"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."	100%
Anna Karenina	“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”	58%
Fahrenheit 451	"It was a pleasure to burn."	54%
Lord of the Flies	“The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon.”	50%
Grapes of Wrath	“To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.”	29%
Of Mice and Men	“A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green."	13%
A Wrinkle in Time	"It was a dark and stormy night."	4%
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	"The house stood on a slight rise just on the edge of the village."	4%
The Magician's Nephew	"This is a story about something that happened long ago when your grandfather was a child."	4%
Ulysses	"There was no hope for him this time: it was the third stroke."	4%