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 Miserable Mill.
From Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker's House.
From Ted Dekker's Thr3e.
From Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Wide Window.
From James Dashner's The Maze Runner.
From Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room.
From John Green's The Fault In Our Stars.
From Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning.
From Jeanne DuPrau's Book of Ember: The City of Ember.
From Ned Vizzini's It's Kind of a Funny Story.
From Rick Yancey's The 5th Wave.
From Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.
From Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
From James Dashner's The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials.
From Veronica Roth's Divergent
First Sentence of a New World 