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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Life Expectancy

by Dean Ray Koontz

Thriller.
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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."