The First Sentence Reader

Books that grab you right from the start.

Saturday, December 27, 2025

Columbus Noir

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  Welsh-Huggins, Andrew (ed). Columbus Noir . Brooklyn : Akashic 2020. Print. First Sentences: You can kill a lot more than time in Columbus...
Friday, December 19, 2025

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe

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Puertolas, Romain. The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe . New York : Knopf 2014. Print. First Sentence...
Saturday, December 13, 2025

Every Picture Hides a Story

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Cane, William and Gabrielle, Anna. Every Picture Hides a Story: The Secret Ways Artists Make Their Work More Seductive . London : Rowman ...
Monday, December 8, 2025

The Lost Masterpiece

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Shapiro, B.A. The Lost Masterpiece . Chapel Hill, NJ : Algonquin Books 2025. Print. First Sentences: I hate spam. Well, obviously everyone h...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

The Strange Case of Jane O

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Walker, Karen Thompson. The Strange Case of Jane O . New York : Random House 2025. Print. First Sentences: Jane O. came to my office for the...
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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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