Hooked on the First Page
Discover captivating books with unforgettable first pages! Explore our curated list of 'Hooked on the First Page' reads that grab you instantly and keep you turning pages.
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The Traveler
by John Twelve Hawks
Their lives shaped by their father's role as a Traveler, an elite prophet able to attain pure enlightenment, Gabriel and Michael Corrigan become a target …
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Night Witch
by Jack Priest
Alone in bed Carolina plays with her locket, a gift from her dad. She doesnt know he stole it from an evil woman in Trinidad. …
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Joplin's Ghost
by Tananarive Due
From the award-winning writer of The Good House, The Living Blood, and more, Joplin's Ghost is a chilling tale of a star-in-the-making whose life goes …
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Tyrannosaur Canyon
by Douglas Preston
A moon rock missing for thirty years... Five buckets of blood-soaked sand found in a New Mexico canyon... A scientist with ambition enough to kill... …
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Map of Bones
by James Rollins
The bestselling master of astonishing adventure James Rollins delivers his most relentlessly exciting page-turner to date—a gripping and explosive novel of an ancient conspiracy to …
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The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova
An "innovative" (The New Yorker) retelling of the story of Dracula. Told with the flourish and poise of a talented storyteller, Kostova turns the age-old …
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Anansi Boys
by Neil Gaiman
One of fiction's most audaciously original talents, Neil Gaiman now gives us a mythology for a modern age -- complete with dark prophecy, family dysfunction, …
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The Ghost Writer
by John Harwood
Plagued with unpleasant memories of his mother's death, shy Gerard Freeman is obsessed with the manuscript of a century-old ghost story written by his great-grandmother …
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Velocity
by Dean Ray Koontz
Bill Wile is an easygoing, hardworking guy who leads a quiet, ordinary life. But that is about to change.
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Gil's All Fright Diner
by A. Lee Martinez
Earl and Duke help Loretta with her on-going zombie problem.
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Forever Odd
by Dean Ray Koontz
In the unique world of Pico, Odd--an unforgettable hero who lives between the living and the dead--takes a stand against evil in a battle where …
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Dean Koontz's Frankenstein
by Dean Ray Koontz
A killer stalks the streets, he is a homicidal maniac, a freak of a mysterious origin, a tattooed man.
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Dean Koontz's Frankenstein
by Dean Ray Koontz
When Victor's latest creations, an army of engineered killers set loose in modern-day New Orleans, begin to exceed his expectations and exhibit logistical and analytical …
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Dead in the West
by Joe R. Lansdale
Dead in the West is the story of Mud Creek, Texas, a town overshadowed by a terrible evil. An Indian medicine man, unjustly lynched by …
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The Forbidden
by L. A. Banks
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned in this exciting fifth book of the Vampire Huntress series by the bestselling author of "The Damned." …
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Nocturnes
by John Connolly
Featuring a Charlie Parker novella, this is a haunting collection of short fiction by the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Bad Men."