Books by First Sentence

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank.

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams,

Call me Ishmael.

Declare, O Muse!

I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.

In a hole in the Ground, there lived a hobbit.

In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to call to mind, there lived not long since one of those gentlemen that keep a lance in the lance-rack, an old buckler, a lean hack, and a greyhound for coursing.

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth

It was a bright cold day in April,

It was a pleasure to burn.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to

Once there were four children whose names were Peter,

The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few

This is my favorite book in the world, though I have never read it.

When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold.