Of the gospels, I like Luke.
Many people start at John.
In the OT, I like Genesis because it’s more a historical narrative, and of course, the Psalms and Proverbs.
There is a good bible book (I don't think it's a translation as much as a rearranging; timewise) that attempts to place the events in the bible into a chronological order.
Our present bibles have books grouped as to category more than anything.
Since God in His infinite wisdom allowed (I would say caused, but most will be more comfortable with “allowed”) the Hebrew Scriptures (I would say the Old Testament, but some will object to that too) to come down to the nations of the earth with Genesis placed first and the Greek Scriptures (I would say the New Testament, but others will object to that also) with Matthew placed first, would it not be best to read each of the two from its beginning, the beginning of each God has seen fit to give us?
Why? Other than the obvious reason that one should begin with the beginning, might it not also be that our understanding of say, Exodus, would and should be shaped by what God has already revealed in Genesis? And so on to the end of the Old Testament. And would and should not our understanding of Mark be shaped by what has already been revealed to us in Matthew? And so on to the end of the New Testament. After all, God is a God of order, and not of chaos. It is He who reveals and not we who uncover.