The First Sentence Reader

Tolkien, J.R.R. Letters From Father Christmas . New York: Houghton Mifflin 1976 . Print. First Sentences: Christmas House...

Stonex, Emma.  The Lamplighters . New York: Viking 2021 . Print First Sentences: When Jory opens the curtains, the day is light and gray, th...

 Jackson, Shirley . Life Among the Savages . New York: Farrar, Straus and Young. 1948 . Print First Sentences: Our house is old, and noisy, ...

Kenedy, Randy.  Presidio . New York: Touchstone 2018 . Print First Sentences: Later, in the glove box, the police found ...

Larsen, Reif. The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet  New York: Penguin 2009 . Print First Sentences: The phone ...

Brierley, Saroo.  A Long Way Home: A Memoir . New York: Putnam Sons. 2013. Print First Sentences: They're gone. I'...

McCracken, Elizabeth.  An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination: A Memoir . New York: Littleton, Brown. 2008. Print F...

Gaige, Amity.  Schroder: A Novel . New York: Twelve. 2013. Print First Sentences: What follows is a record of where Meadow and I ...