Reading book files and printing the first character

09_04_files_exceptions.py

import os
warpeace=[]
with open ("books/war_and_peace.txt", "r") as store:
    warpeace.append(store.readlines())
print(warpeace[0])
with open ("books/crime_and_punishment.txt", "w") as overwrite:
     overwrite.write("")

for book in os.listdir(r"books/"):
    with open (f"books/{book}", "r") as x:
        first_line=x.readline()
        print(first_line[:2])