14-08-2026 11:00 via nytimes.com

How Thrillers Hook You With Their First Sentence

Can our Book Review editor, Tina Jordan, guess thrillers from their first sentence? In this game we explore a few of the books from The New York Times’s “50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century” list; and learn a bit more about why opening sentences are so important to get people reading.

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Tyler Austin Harper found his “dream job” at Bates College. Then came the racial audits and the talk of “would-be Klansmen around every corner”

Despite the praise it received from T.S. Eliot, Auden’s early poetry, while striking, was neither good nor particularly coherent

Despite the praise it received from T.S. Eliot, Auden’s early poetry, while striking, was neither good nor particularly coherent

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Tyler Austin Harper found his “dream job” at Bates College. Then came the racial audits and talk of a “would-be Klansmen around every corner”

“My wonderful horseykins,” “my little sperm whale.” If Chekhov’s love life was epistolary, what are we to make of his fondness for brothels?

“My wonderful horseykins,” “my little sperm whale.” If Chekhov’s love life was epistolary, what are we to make of his fondness for brothels?

Despite the praise it received from T.S. Eliot, Auden’s early poetry, while striking, was neither particularly coherent nor good

Despite the praise it received from T.S. Eliot, Auden’s early poetry, while striking, was neither particularly coherent nor good

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