Gone With The Wind

Gone With The Wind. Margaret Mitchell. 1936. 1037 pages. [Source: Book I Bought] First sentence: Sca…

Enchanted Air

Enchanted Air. Margarita Engle. 2015. 192 pages. [Source: Library] First sentence: When my parents m…

Alas, Babylon

Alas, Babylon. Pat Frank. 1959. 323 pages. [Source: Library] First sentence: In Fort Repose, a rive…

The Sunne in Splendour

The Sunne in Splendour. Sharon Kay Penman. 1982. 936 pages. [Source: Library] First sentence: Richa…

The Return of the King

The Return of the King. J.R.R. Tolkien. 1955/1965. Houghton Mifflin. 440 pages. First sentence: Pipp…

The Two Towers

The Two Towers. J.R.R. Tolkien. 1954/1965. Houghton Mifflin. 352 pages. First sentence: Aragorn sped…

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Fellowship of the Ring. J.R.R. Tolkien. 1954/1965. Houghton Mifflin. 423 pages. [Source: Bought…

The Hobbit

The Hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien. 1937.  320 pages. [Source: Bought] In a hole in the ground there lived a…

World at War: Climbing the Stairs

Climbing the Stairs. Padma Venkatraman. 2008. 256 pages. [Source: Bought] First sentence: I still re…

Madeline

Madeline. Ludwig Bemelmans. 1939. 44 pages. [Source: Library] First sentence: In an old house in Par…

Dark Triumph

Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin #2) Robin LaFevers. 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 404 pages. [So…