What was a book that hooked you right from the first chapter?

[Anna]

Rangers Apprentice book 1, The Ruins of Gorlan!!

[dolly]

Rebecca!!

[MissBecka]

Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance

[Rima]

the kite runner

[Janine]

Of books I've read recently, Twisted Fate, Coral and Bone, The Hunger Games and Colliding Skies all hooked me from chapter one.

[Anna]

Yes!!! Michael vey!!

[Jess]

The Green Road. I can't believe how much I related to this family.

[Kristen]

The Lord of the Rings. Hooked me from page one. It had me at "eleventy-first birthday". Still to this day remains my all time favorite book.

[Anna]

Evieroe wrote: "MV’s like my fav series but nobody brings it up
:(("

Yup!

[Michelle]

Stalking Jack the Ripper and Daughter of the Pirate King

[Lori]

The Martian by Andy Weir

[Adrienne P]

Red Sister by Mark Lawrence

[Stephen]

Perfume by Patrick Suskin

[mysticofworlds]

Throne of Glass and Rebel of the Sands

Books that weren't intriguing at first but I later became very glad I read them:
Six of Crows and Clockwork Angel and The Book Thief

[˙⋆✮ Anny ✮⋆˙]

@Serena I agree on Six of Crows!! I was so confused at first but I'm so glad I read it since it turned out amazing!

[Readasaurus]

The Outsiders, The Novice, Out of the Dust.

[Colca]

Sie of Crows

[Charity (Charity's Library)]

The Poppy War

[Satrina]

Cathedral Of The Sea

[Melliott]

Strange the Dreamer, by Laini Taylor. Mesmerizing storytelling.

[Jordan]

The Hate U Give and Animal Farm

[Erin O'Connor {If The Review Fits}]

One Race One Blood

[Carrie]

Ready Player One

[Keira]

All the bright places

[Cooper]

Furyborn Is so mesmerizing and intriguing. Ughhhh I need a sequel.

[andrea]

WHAT IF ITS US BY ADAM SILVERA 💕

[Lauren]

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater <3

[Zuza]

Echoes by Alice Reeds

[Long Live Wonderland]

True Fiction by Lee Goldberg

[Aneeza]

Daisy Jones and The Six

[leilah]

Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan

[zaiyah]

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

I knew I would die if I didn't finish

[Herman]

The one I'm reading right now
Wound and Suture by W.A.Coleman

I am God’s will after all. Like my father, I am the result of life’s twisted balancing act and nothing more. I suppose that makes sense somehow. It seems logical that every time a loving, caring person is born into this world, there has to be someone down the hall who’s giving birth to a living wrecking ball of society, someone whose destiny is destruction. I guess I am one of the ones who make good people look so good. White always shows up better on a black background.

[zaiyah]

Mathew Parmesan sauce, THE KING OF BOOKS!!!(and spamming) wrote: "Legend by Marie Lu"

Really? I read the first two chapters of Legend and put the book back. I only very recently read it. But to each his own I suppose.

[Karin]

More than one, but can't think of any of the titles off the top of my head.

Well, yes, I can think of one most of you have probably never read, Snow Falling on Cedars (the movie is excellent, too, but I suggest reading the book first!) It opens with a Japanese American man on trial for murder. It isn't just a mystery, it's also a love story and a tale of what happened to the Japanese on this island in WW II (in flashbacks). The GR rating is, in my opinion, too low. While this isn't literary fiction in the sense that there is no plot driving the story forward (there is), it's quite literary in its writing style.

I don't own it (I should as I've read it at least twice) and can't find that gripping opening sentence, but the very last sentence is

"Accident ruled every corner of the universe except the chambers of the human heart."

[R o x a n e]

More than this by Patrick Ness!

[anya]

The Hate U Give and Harry Potter

[Caroline]

Karin wrote: "More than one, but can't think of any of the titles off the top of my head.

Well, yes, I can think of one most of you have probably never read, Snow Falling on Cedars (the movie is ex..."

I loved that book.

[Caroline]

Two come to mind at the moment:

To Kill a Mockingbird

and

The Kind Worth Killing

[Karin]

Caroline wrote: "Karin wrote: "More than one, but can't think of any of the titles off the top of my head.

Well, yes, I can think of one most of you have probably never read, Snow Falling on Cedars (t..."

I'm glad there is more than one of us. In the polls I see a lot of newer titles so wasn't sure.

[Caroline]

Karin wrote: "I'm glad there is more than one of us. In the polls I see a lot of newer titles so wasn't sure."

Yes, lots of newer books. I also feel like Snow Falling on Cedars doesn't--and never did--get as much attention as it deserves. Have you read House of Sand and Fog? That's another great one that I feel is kind of similar in style to SFOC, and it also explores race relations. (Movie version is only OK.)

[Aneeza]

Hunger by Roxane Gay

[Karin]

Caroline wrote: "Karin wrote: "I'm glad there is more than one of us. In the polls I see a lot of newer titles so wasn't sure."

Yes, lots of newer books. I also feel like Snow Falling on Cedars doesn't--and never ..."

No, but I'll put it on my want to read list. I agree that Snow Falling on Cedars deserved more attention than it got. The writing is exquisite--the prose is excellent, and the way he interwove the stories is brilliant.

[Caroline]

Karin wrote: "I agree that Snow Falling on Cedars deserved more attention than it got. The writing is exquisite--the prose is excellent, and the way he interwove the stories is brilliant."

I agree! I wonder whether he'll release a new book soon.

[zaiyah]

Renegades. I scoffed at my friends love for it and her counting down the days until Archenemies came out but then I read it and became enchanted.

[Emmaline]

The Ascendance Trilogy

[Jamie]

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

[〰️Beth〰️]

Her Mother's Mother's Mother and Her Daughters.

500 years of Brazilian history told thru one female line of decedents. Draws you in to each woman’s story.

[˙⋆✮ Anny ✮⋆˙]

@Zaiyah I loved the beginning of Renegades, it pulled me right in! Unfortunately, I ended up rating the whole book only 3.5 :/

[Taylor Dodge]

Song of Achilles
Harry Potter
The Blade Itself
Jefferson’s Sons