The First Sentence Reader

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

Davies, Carys .  Clear . New York: Scribner 2024 . Print. First Sentences: He wished he could swim -- the swimming belt felt like a flimsy t...

Van Pelt, Shelby .  Remarkably Bright Creatures . New York: HarperCollins 202 . Print. First Sentences: Darkness suits me. Each evening, I a...

Rutledge, Lynda . West with Giraffes . New York: Lake Union. 2021 . Print. First Sentences:   ...I'm older than dirt. And when you'r...

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

DeWitt, Patrick. The Librarianist . New York: HarperCollins. 2023 . Print. First Sentences: The morning of the day Bob Comet first came to t...

Wilson, Antoine . Mouth to Mouth . New York: Avid Reader 2022 . Print. First Sentences: I sat at the gate at JFK, having re...

Walsh, M.O . The Big Door Prize . New York: Putnam 2020 . Print. First Sentences: How can you know that your whole life will change on a day...

Rothschild, Hannah. The Improbability of Love . New York: Knopf 2015 . Print. First Sentences: Though she often passed Bernoff and Son, Anni...

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