The First Sentence Reader

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...

Walter, Jess So Far Gone. New York : HarperCollins 2025. Print.   First Sentences: A prim girl stood still as a fencepost of Rhys Kinnick...

Harris, Joanne.  The Girl With No Shadow . New York: HarperCollins 2007 . Print. First Sentences:   It is a relatively little-known fact tha...

Eisenhower, Dwight D.  At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends.  New York: Doubleday 1967 . Print. First Sentences: Talking to oneself in Abilene...

Gleason, Steve .  A Life Impossible: Living With ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence . New York: Knoff 2024 . Print. Fi...

Lamb, Wally.  The Hour I First Believed . New York: HarperColliuns 2008 . Print. First Sentences: They were both working their final shift a...

Read, Shelley. Go As a River . New York: Spiegel & Grau 2023 . Print. First Sentences: He wasn't much to look at....

Ng, Celeste . Our Missing Hearts . New York: Penguin. 2022 . Print. First Sentences: The letter arrives on a Friday. Slit and resealed with ...