‍Two things we judge books by: their covers, and their first sentences. Hey, we don't make the rules! These incredible first sentences are pulled from books releasing this month. With several debut and bestselling authors providing infinite worlds to explore, January is STACKED with great reads! Click the titles or covers below to start building your 2024 reading list, or use it to start filling out our 2024 Bingo Card!

1. THE ATLAS COMPLEX by Olivie Blake

"Atlas Blakely was born as the earth was dying."

2. SANCTUARY OF THE SHADOW by Aurora Ascher

"Harrow hurried down the narrow path between colorful caravans."

3. THE WATERS by Bonnie Jo Campbell

"Once upon a time, M'sauga Island was the place where desperate mothers abandoned baby girls and where young women went seeking to prevent babies altogether."

4. ARGYLLE by Elly Conway

"There are few places on Earth more desolate than southeastern Siberia at dawn on a bitingly cold March morning."

5. THE HEIRESS by Rachel Hawkins

"There should be some kind of warning when your life is about to change forever."

6. ANNA O by Matthew Blake

"'The average human spends thirty-three years of their life asleep.'"

7. SKY'S END by Marc J Gregson

"I refuse to be my father, but half of him is me."

8. THE WORST BEST MAN by Lucy Score

"It was the bridal party from hell."

9. EMILY WILDE'S MAP OF THE OTHERLANDS by Heather Fawcett

"The foot would not fit in my briefcase, so I wrapped it in cloth and wrestled it into an old knapsack I sometimes carry with me on expeditions."

10. SAY YOU'LL BE MINE by Naina Kumar

"Ms. Raman, what's an 'arse'?"

11. THE FURY by Alex Michaelides

"Never open a book with the weather."

12. HOUSE OF ASH AND SHADOW by Leia Stone

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Sorrel and I screamed in unison as we jumped out from beneath the little kitchen table we'd been hiding under."

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