While you can't judge a book by its cover, you can judge a book by the first sentence.
From Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Penultimate Peril.
From Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Slippery Slope.
From Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Grim Grotto.
From Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Carnivorous Carnival.
From Jojo Moyes' Me Before You.
From Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
From Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Sea of Monsters.
From Brian Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
From Louis Sachar's Holes.
From Lois Lowry’s The Giver.
From Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Hostile Hospital.
From Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Vile Village.
From Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Ersatz Elevator.
From Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Austere Academy.
From Emma Donoghue's Room.
First Sentence of a New World 