[books] The first paragraphs of my favorite books, part two

I was reading back through some older entries, and I stumbled onto this entry, in which I presented the first line of ten of my favorite books. And I enjoyed reading back over the list so much that I thought I'd do it for another ten of my favorite books. I could probably do this every week for the rest of my life, and not run out of books, but that's beside the point.

So, without further ado:

( The First Lines or Paragraphs From Ten Of My Favorite Books )