ABC Challenge: First Word of the First Sentence

Hosted by christycorr

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You can start and finish this challenge whenever you like!

A lot of reading challenges here ask you to find book titles or author names starting with a given letter of the alphabet. Here's a different one: How about you look at the first word of the book’s first sentence instead?

They don't have to be amazing or memorable lines. Feel free to get creative if this gets too tricky (use "first word spoken in dialogue" instead, for example). Some of the letters that are less common in English books have been marked as bonus prompts.



This challenge was inspired by the unique alphabetical approach adopted by the erstwhile bookseller "Jim," as featured in the second season of Good Omens. Thank you for the nightmares, Jim!

Challenge Prompts

1. A

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2. B

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3. C

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4. D

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5. E

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6. F

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7. G

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8. H

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9. I

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10. J

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