The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet…”
The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas
“On the first Monday of the month of April, 1625, the bourg of Meung, in which the author of the Romance of the Rose was born…”
Eragon – Christopher Paolini
“Wind howled through the night, carrying a scent that would change the world. A tall Shade lifted his head and sniffed the air. He looked…”
The Colour of Magic – Terry Pratchett
“In a distant and secondhand set of dimensions, in an astral plane that was never meant to fly, the curling star-mists waver and part…”
Secrets of Camp Whatever Vol.1 – Chris Grine
“Why can’t I go to summer camp, too? It’s not fair Willow gets to go have fun and I don’t.”
The Murder at the Vicarage – Agatha Christie
“It is difficult to know quite where to begin this story, but I have fixed my choice on a certain Wednesday at luncheon at the Vicarage.”
Casino Royale – Ian Fleming
“The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. Then the soul-erosion produced by high gambling…”
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
“Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.”
Carry On – Rainbow Rowell
“I walk the Wood. I walk the fields. I cover the school grounds between classes, poking through empty buildings, opening long-closed…”