# What is the first sentence from the book you are currently reading?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-sentence-from-the-book-you-are-currently-reading/784858
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** books-writing-myths
**Created:** [April 20, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-sentence-from-the-book-you-are-currently-reading/784858 "2017-04-20T16:51:33Z")
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### Author: ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-sentence-from-the-book-you-are-currently-reading/784858/3440 "2025-09-01T02:48:30Z")

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As always, given the thread title above, I encourage you to post your thoughts on any book in the Whatcha Reading? thread instead. Here’s the current one: [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - September 2025 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-september-2025-edition/1022554)

Thanks!

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