Please suggest A book where you could tell early on that you were in For a great story.
What is a book you enjoyed where you could tell from the first chapter that this was going to be a great story? Guy Gavriel Kay and Thomas Perry are two examples of authors that often hit me like that.
“I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.”
First Sentence of The Shadow of the Wind by Calos Ruiz Zafron.
pleasecallmeSamuel on
Dungeon Crawler Carl book #1
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“First, I got myself born. A decent crowd was on hand to watch, and they’ve always given me that much: the worst of the job was up to me, my mother being let’s just say out of it.”
Demon Copperhead
Sufficient_Claim_461 on
Classic: Billy Pilgrim has become unstuck in time
Slaughterhouse 5 Kurt Vonnegut
Wild_Werewolf_1076 on
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
bluenoggie on
Handling the Undead by John Ajvide Lindqvist
avert123 on
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
avert123 on
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
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Circe I don’t know if I ever liked a book so fast into starting it. I also rarely ever checked how many pages were left in the chapter when I was reading it which I do for other books a good amount.
Fencejumper89 on
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Flowers for Algernon too!!
specificspypirate on
Anything by Emily St John Mandel or Heather O’Neill. They always get me on the first page.
Sulives07 on
The Covenant of water by Abraham Verghese
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The Queen of Sugar Hill by ReShonda Tate
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11.22.63.
It drew me straight in, was a very easy read.
No_Prune_2429 on
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel is a fantastic read, Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson is another one that you know you’re in for greatness early on.
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“I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.”
First Sentence of The Shadow of the Wind by Calos Ruiz Zafron.
Dungeon Crawler Carl book #1
“First, I got myself born. A decent crowd was on hand to watch, and they’ve always given me that much: the worst of the job was up to me, my mother being let’s just say out of it.”
Demon Copperhead
Classic: Billy Pilgrim has become unstuck in time
Slaughterhouse 5 Kurt Vonnegut
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Handling the Undead by John Ajvide Lindqvist
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Circe I don’t know if I ever liked a book so fast into starting it. I also rarely ever checked how many pages were left in the chapter when I was reading it which I do for other books a good amount.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Flowers for Algernon too!!
Anything by Emily St John Mandel or Heather O’Neill. They always get me on the first page.
The Covenant of water by Abraham Verghese
The Queen of Sugar Hill by ReShonda Tate
11.22.63.
It drew me straight in, was a very easy read.
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel is a fantastic read, Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson is another one that you know you’re in for greatness early on.