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Results of Issue #1, 25 September 2026

You voted for Line 2:

Tom glanced behind him and saw the man coming out of the Green Cage, heading his way.

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

Previous Issue Results:

33%: Book 1. “This then would be Chicago in the winter of the last year of her life.” The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
37%: Book 2. “Clarice M. Starling, who had some spots of color in her cheeks from running the course, found Jack Crawford alone in his office.” The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
24%: Book 3. “The murder of an eight-year-old girl in the summer of 1966 had never been solved.” The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
6%: Nope. None of these grab me.

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