The First Sentence Reader

Davies, Carys .  West . New York: Scribner 2018 . Print. First Sentences: From what she could see he had two guns, a hatchet, a knife, his r...

James, Elizabeth Gonzalez.  The Bullet Swallower . New York: Simopn & Schuster 2024 . Print. First Sentences: Alferez Antonio Sonoro was...

North, Anna. Outlawed . New York: Bloombury. 2021 . Print. First Sentences:   In the year of our Lord 1894, I became an outlaw. Like a lot o...

Jiles, Paulette.  News of the World . New York: William Morrow. 2016. Print. First Sentences: Captain Kidd laid out the Boston ...

Corbett, Christopher.  The Poker Bride: The First Chinese in the West . New York: Atlantic Monthly. 2010. Print. First Sentences:...

DeWitt, Patrick.  The Sisters Brothers . New York: Ecco. 201. Print. First Sentences: I was sitting outside the Commodore's...

Warren, Dianne.  Juliet in August . New York: Putnam. 2010. Print. First Sentences: It was the end of August, before the Perry La...

Enger, Lin.  The High Divide: A Novel . New York: Algonquin. 2014. Print. First Sentences: That summer was cool and windless,...