The First Sentence Reader

Bishop, Michael . Brittle Innings . New York: Bantam 1994 . Print. First Sentences: When I look at it, minor league ball ...

Hanff, Helene.  Apple of My Eye . New York: Doubleday 1978 . Print. First Sentences: On April Fool's Day, I came home from a meeting wit...

Rich, Simon .  New Teeth . New York: Little, Brown 2021 . Print. First Sentences: I am me own master and commander. I serve no king and fear...

Wodehouse, P.G.  The Golf Omnibus . New York: Gramercy 1996 . Print First Sentences: Archibald Mealing was one of those golfers in wh...

O'Neil, Buck.  I Was Right on Time . New York: Simon & Schuster 1996 . Print. First Sentences: Call me Buck. Description: Since it i...

McGee, Ryan. Welcome to the Circus of Baseball.  New York: Doubleday 2023 . Print. First Sentences: "Oh, man. I think that sumbitch is ...

Shelton, Ron.  T he Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit . New York: Kno...

Murray, Jim . Jim Murray, An Autobiography . New York: MacMillan 1993 . Print. First Sentences: I was a Depression child. With all that conn...

Bythell, Shaun. The Diary of a Bookseller . New York: Knopf 2021 . Print First Sentences: [George] Orwell's reluctan...