The First Sentence Reader

Books that grab you right from the start.

Monday, November 17, 2025

Special Post: My Forever Books

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My Forever Books. October, 2025. Print   First Sentences: To build up a library is to create a life. It's never just a random collectio...
Sunday, November 9, 2025

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964

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Silverberg, Robert ed.. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964s . New York : Tom Doherty Associates 1970. Print.   First Se...
Sunday, November 2, 2025

I Leave It Up to You

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Chong, Jinwoo. I Leave It Up to You . New York : Ballentine 2025. Print. First Sentences: Waking up is an easy thing to do. To be asleep, th...
Monday, October 27, 2025

I See You've Called in Dead

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Kenney, John . I See You've Called in Dead. New York : Zibby 2025 . Print. First Sentences: The good news, of course, is that someone di...
Sunday, October 19, 2025

Asimov's Guide to Science

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Asimov, Isaac.  Asimov's Guide to Science . New York : Basic Books 1960. Print. First Sentences: Almost in the beginning was curiosity.....
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The First Sentence Reader
Call me Fred. I am a retired librarian from The Ohio State University and an avid, yet selective and highly judgmental reader who is under no illusion a book will get better in its writing style, plot, or characters after a disappointing first few sentences. However, the books profiled in this blog are, in every way, wonderful reads.
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