What’d you recommend for a first time reader

Hi there,
I (28f) am trying to get my bf (28m) to get him to read one book.

Simple challenge you’d think, but why?

Well, on holidays or when we are resting he can get very bored when I’m deep in a different world of my novel. At times, I even shed a tear and he’ll look at me puzzled how some written text can make me feel things. If it doesn’t have any images or if it’s not a comic book, he’s not interested.

He’s agreed to try to read the first chapter of a book of my choosing, so what are your most gripping sci-fi/fantasy novels that captured you from the first few pages?

Disclaimer: I don’t want to turn him into a book nerd at all, or change him. With his approval, I am just trying to share one of my passions with him and I guess if he picks up a book now and then and truly enjoys it, I guess that would be a dreamscenario.

Thanks in advance!