The First Sentence Reader

Blake, Matthew .  Anna O . New York: Harper 2024 . Print. First Sentences: "The average human spends thirty-three years of their life a...

Hallett, Janice. The Appeal . New York: Simon & Schuster 2021 . Print. First Sentences: As discussed, it is best you ...

  Baldacci, David. The Fix . New York: Grand Central Publishing. 2017 . Print. First Sentences: It was normally one of th...

Preston, Douglas.  The Lost Tomb and Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder.  New York: Grand Central 2023 . Print. First Sen...

Lem, Stanislaw. The Invincible . London: Sidgwick & Jackson 1973 . Print. First Sentences: The Invincible moved acros...

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

Finkel, Michael.   The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession . New York: Knopf 2023 . Print. First Sentences: Ap...

Ferencik, Erica . Girl in Ice . New York: Scout Press 2022 . Print. First Sentences: Seeing the name "Wyatt Speeks" in my inbox hi...

Tey, Josephine . Man in the Queue . New York: MacMillan. 1929 . Print. First Sentences: It was between seven and eight o'clock on  a Mar...

Feeney, Alice .  Rock, Paper, Scissors . New York: Flatiron 2021 . Print. First Sentences: My husband doesn't recognize my face. I feel ...

   Fair, A.A. (Erle Stanley Gardner). The C ount of 9 . London: Titan 1958 . Print. First Sentences: As I opened the door and stepped into t...