Nicholas Sparks Books In Order

Calhoun Family / Notebook Books In Publication Order

  1. The Notebook (1996)
  2. The Wedding (2003)

Jeremy Marsh & Lexie Darnell Books In Publication Order

  1. True Believer (2003)
  2. At First Sight (2004)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. Message in a Bottle (1988)
  2. A Walk to Remember (1999)
  3. The Rescue (2000)
  4. A Bend in the Road (2001)
  5. Nights in Rodanthe (2002)
  6. The Guardian (2003)
  7. Dear John (2006)
  8. The Choice (2007)
  9. The Lucky One (2008)
  10. The Last Song (2008)
  11. Safe Haven (2010)
  12. The Best of Me (2010)
  13. The Longest Ride (2012)
  14. See Me (2015)
  15. Two by Two (2016)
  16. Every Breath (2018)
  17. The Return (2020)
  18. The Wish (2021)

Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. Wokini (With: Billy Mills) (1990)
  2. Three Weeks with My Brother (With: Micah Sparks) (2004)

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Nicholas Sparks Books Overview

The Notebook

A man with a faded, well worn notebook open in his lap. A woman experiencing a morning ritual she doesn’t understand. Until he begins to read to her. The Notebook is an achingly tender story about the enduring power of love, a story of miracles that will stay with you forever. Set amid the austere beauty of the North Carolina coast, The Notebook begins with the story of Noah Calhoun, a rural Southerner recently returned from the Second World War. Noah is restoring a plantation home to its former glory, and he is haunted by images of the beautiful girl he met fourteen years earlier, a girl he loved like no other. Unable to find her, yet unwilling to forget the summer they spent together, Noah is content to live with only memories…
until she unexpectedly returns to his town to see him once again. Allie Nelson is now engaged to another man, but realizes that the original passion she felt for Noah has not dimmed with the passage of time. Yet the obstacles that once ended their previous relationship still remain, and the gulf between their worlds is too vast to ignore. With her impending marriage only weeks away, Allie is forced to confront her hopes and dreams for the future, a future that only she can shape. Like a puzzle within a puzzle, the story of Noah and Allie is just the beginning. As it unfolds, their tale miraculously becomes something different, with much higher stakes. The result is a deeply moving portrait of love itself, the tender moments and the fundamental changes that affect us all. In the tradition of LOVE STORY and THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, The Notebook establishes Nicholas Sparks as a classic storyteller with a unique insight into the only emotion that really matters.

The Wedding

With The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and his other beloved novels, 1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks has given voice to our deepest beliefs about the power of love. Now he brings us the long awaited follow up to The Notebook a story of an ordinary man who goes to extraordinary lengths to win back the love of his life…
After thirty years, Wilson Lewis is forced to face a painful truth: the romance has gone out of his marriage. His wife, Jane, has fallen out of love with him, and it is entirely his fault. Despite the shining example of his in laws, Noah and Allie Calhoun, and their fifty year love affair originally recounted in The Notebook, Wilson himself is a man unable to express his true feelings. He has spent too little time at home and too much at the office, leaving the responsibility of raising their children to Jane. Now his daughter is about to marry, and his wife is thinking about leaving him. But if Wilson is sure of anything, it is this: His love for Jane has only grown over the years, and he will do everything he can to save their marriage. With the memories of Noah and Allie’s inspiring life together as his guide, he vows to find a way to make his wife fall in love with him…
all over again. In this powerfully moving tale of love lost, rediscovered, and renewed, Nicholas Sparks once again brings readers his unique insight into the only emotion that ultimately really matters.

True Believer

From 1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks comes a love story that explores the deepest mysteries of all those of the heart. Jeremy Marsh is the ultimate young New Yorker. He’s also an expert on debunking the supernatural. When he receives a letter from Boone Creek, North Carolina, about ghostly lights appearing in a cemetery, he can’t resist driving down to investigate. Here, in this tightly knit community, Lexie Darnell runs the town’s library. Disappointed by past relationships, she is sure of one thing: her future is in Boone Creek, close to all the people she loves. From the moment Jeremy sets eyes on Lexie, he is intrigued. And Lexie, while hesitating to trust this outsider, finds herself thinking of him more than she cares to admit. Now, if they are to be together, Jeremy Marsh must do something he’s never done before take a giant leap of faith. A story about taking chances and following your heart, True Believer will make you, too, believe in the miracle of love.

At First Sight

Read by David Aaron Baker

There are a few things Jeremy Marsh was sure he’d never do: he’d never leave New York City; never give his heart away after barely surviving one failed marriage; and, never become a parent.

Now Jeremy is living in the tiny town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, engaged to Lexie Darnell, the love of his life, and anticipating the start of their family. But just as his life seems to be settling into a blissful pattern, a mysterious and disturbing e mail sets off a chain of events that will change the course of this young couple’s marriage.

How well do we really know the ones we love? How do we handle the inevitable doubts, fears concerning parenthood, and stumbling blocks that are sometimes placed in our way? Continuing the story of the young couple introduced in Sparks‘s bestselling True Believer, this novel captures all the heartbreak, tension, romance, and surprises of those who are newly wed.

An astonishing tale about the love between a man and a woman and between a parent and a child, At First Sight is about endings that bring new beginnings…
tragedies that lead to unexpected joy…
and, most of all, the magic of everlasting love.

Message in a Bottle

Nicholas Sparks is our very best chronicler of the human heart. His stunning first novel, The Notebook, has been given by friend to friend and lover to lover all over the world as a testament to the timeless power of love. But if we thought he could never again move us so deeply, he now shows us he can in a story that renews our faith in destiny…
in the ability of true lovers to find each other no matter where, no matter when…
Message in a Bottle Thrown to the waves, and to fate, the bottle could have ended up anywhere. Instead, it is found just three weeks after it begins its journey. Theresa Osborne, divorced and the mother of a twelve year old son, picks it up during a seaside vacation from her job as a Boston newspaper columnist. Inside is a letter that opens with: My Dearest Catherine, I miss you my darling, as I always do, but today is particularly hard because the ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together…
For ‘Garrett,’ the man who signs the letter, the message is the only way he knows to express his undying love for a woman he has lost. For Theresa, wary of romance since her husband shattered her trust, the message raises questions that intrigue her. Who are Garrett and Catherine? Where is he now? What is his story?Challenged by the mystery, and pulled to find Garrett by emotions she does not fully understand, Theresa begins a search that takes her to a sunlit coastal town and an unexpected confrontation. Brought together by chance or something more powerful Theresa and Garrett are people whose lives are about to touch for a purpose, in a tale that resonates with our deepest hopes for finding that special someone and everlasting love. Shimmering with suspense and emotional intensity, Message in a Bottle takes readers on a hunt for the truth about a man and his memories, and about both the heartbreaking fragility and enormous strength of love. For those who cherished The Notebook and readers waiting to discover the magic of Nicholas Sparks’s storytelling, here is his new, achingly lovely novel of happenstance, desire, and the choices that matter most…
A Main Selection of The Literary Guild and of Doubleday Book Club ‘Nicholas Sparks…
will not let you go. His novel shines.’ Dallas Morning News ‘Proves that good things come in small packages…
.A classic tale of love.’ Christian Science Monitor ‘Sparks generates authentic emotional power…
. If you are in need of a good cry, The Notebook is absolutely the right book.’ USA Today

A Walk to Remember

The bestselling author of Message in a Bottle and The Notebook returns with a deeply moving tale of first love and its transformational powers.

‘When I was seventeen, my life changed forever’…
So begins Nicholas Sparks’ touching tale of Landon Carter, a teenage boy living in the small town of Beaufort, North Carolina in the late 1950s. Landon is a typical teenager who just wants to have a fun senior year before heading off to college. The last thing he anticipated is Jamie Sullivan, the sweet, pious daughter of the town’s Baptist minister. But on the evening of Beaufort’s annual Christmas pageant, Landon will undergo a change of heart that will forever alter the course of his life. In the months that follow, Landon discovers truths that it takes most people a lifetime to learn truths about the nature of beauty, the joy of giving, the pain of loss, and, most of all, the transformational power of love.

Nicholas Sparks’ most recent novel, Message in a Bottle has nearly 700,000 hardcover copies in print and was on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list for 28 weeks. The Warner paperback edition has over 1.5 million copies in print. In spring 1999, it was released as a major motion picture starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn and Paul Newman. A New York Times hardcover bestseller for 56 weeks and a paperback bestseller for well over a year, Nicholas Sparks’ first novel, The Notebook 1996 has nearly three million hardcover and paperback copies in print combined. /Content /EditorialReview EditorialReview Source Amazon. com Review /Source Content In the prologue to his latest novel, Nicholas Sparks makes the rather presumptuous pledge ‘first you will smile, and then you will cry,’ but sure enough, he delivers the goods. With his calculated ability to throw your heart around like a yo yo try out his earlier Message in the Bottle or The Notebook if you really want to stick it to yourself, Sparks pulls us back to the perfect innocence of a first love.

In 1958 Landon Carter is a shallow but well meaning teenager who spends most of his time hanging out with his friends and trying hard to ignore the impending responsibilities of adulthood. Then Landon gets roped into acting the lead in the Christmas play opposite the most renowned goody two shoes in town: Jamie Sullivan. Against his best intentions and the taunts of his buddies, Landon finds himself falling for Jamie and learning some central lessons in life.

Like John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany, Sparks maintains a delicate and rarely seen balance of humor and sentiment. While the plot may not be the most original, this boy makes good tearjerker will certainly reel in the fans. Look for a movie starring beautiful people or, better yet, snuggle under the covers with your tissues nearby and let your inner sap run wild. Nancy R.E. O’Brien

The Rescue

Denise Holden’s life is a fragile mix of luck and hard work. A singlemom of a speech delayed son, Denise makes ends meet by moving to the small townof Edenton, North Carolina, and working the late shift as a waitress. WhenDenise crashes her car and her son Kyle flees the accident and disappears intothe storm, her only stroke of luck is the quick arrival of Taylor McAden, avolunteer fireman. Taylor’s got a knack for fixing people, and he can’t helpwanting to be involved with Denise beyond the initial rescue of Kyle. As Taylor helps Denise recover from the accident and get to know the town, theydiscover a sweet bond and a magical chemistry that pulls them closer and closer. Though Taylor fits perfectly into Denise’s family, he’s unable to open his heartto being loved by her. As Taylor struggles to understand his conflictingdesires, Denise questions the wisdom of gambling with Kyle’s and her ownemotions. Author Nicholas Sparks has found a loyal audience for his stories about theinternal battles that accompany the arrival of love. His heroes may betruck driving manly men and his hero*ines emotional swamis, but it’s easy tooverlook the traditional roles when the complexities of human relationships areso beautifully described. Sparks has found his forte, and this novel is sure tobe as popular as his earlier works. Nancy R.E. O’Brien

A Bend in the Road

Miles life seemed to end the day his wife was killed in a hit and run accident. He still rises each morning to take care of his young son and carries out his duties as deputy sheriff of New Bern, North Carolina, but its all in a numb and hopeless haze. Then Miles meets Sarah Andrews, who is rebuilding her own life. Slowly, their newfound love starts to soothe the pain of the past. But when a devastating secret is revealed, they start questioning everything they ever believed in. Sparks previous hardcover, The Rescue Warner Books, 9/00, was a 1 New York Times bestseller and remained on the list for 14 weeks. It has 912,000 hardcover copies in print. A New York Times hardcover bestseller for 56 weeks and paperback bestseller for 58, Nicholas Sparks debut novel, The Notebook Warner, 1996, has over three million copies in hardcover and paperback print combined. The film rights have been optioned by New Line. Message in a Bottle has more than 2.5 million copies in hardcover and paperback print combined, and was a New York Times bestseller for a total of 33 weeks in all. The 1999 film starred Robin Wright Penn and Kevin Costner. A Walk to Remember Warner, 10/99, which has more than 2.5 million copies in combined print, was an instant New York Times bestseller in both hardcover and paperback. Denise DiNovi Message in a Bottle, Heathers, Practical Magic of Warner Bros. will produce the film, which is currently in development.

Nights in Rodanthe

Adrienne Willis is forty-five and has been divorced for three years, abandoned by her husband for a younger woman. The trials of raising her teenage children and caring for her sick father have worn her down, but at the request of a friend and in hopes of a respite, she’s gone to the coastal village of Rodanthe in North Carolina’s outer banks to tend the local inn for the weekend.
With a major storm brewing, the time away doesn’t look promising…until a guest named Paul Flanner arrives.

At fifty-four, Paul is a successful surgeon but in the previous six months his life has unraveled into something he doesn’t recognize. Estranged from his son and recently divorced, he’s sold his practice and his home and has journeyed to this isolated coastal town in hopes of closing a painful chapter in his past, completely unaware that his life is about to change forever.

Adrienne and Paul come together as the storm gathers strength over Rodanthe, but what begins between them over the weekend will resonate throughout the rest of their lives, intertwining past and future, love and loss.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Guardian

At 29, Julie Barenson is too young to give up on love. Four years after her husband’s tragic death, she is finally ready to risk giving her heart to someone again. But to whom? Should it be Richard Franklin, who is handsome and sophisticated and treats her like a queen, or Mike Harris, who is Julie’s best friend in the world, though not as debonair? Now, with a decision that should bring her more happiness than she’s had in years, Julie’s life is about to become a living nightmare, as one man’s jealousy spins into a deadly obsession. Upon its release, Nicholas Sparks’ most recent novel, Nights in Rodanthe Warner, 9/02, immediately hit 1 on the New York Times, USA TODAY, and Publisher’s Weekly besteseller lists. It has 827,000 copies in print to date. Film rights have been optioned by Warner Bros.A Bend in the Road Warner, 9/01 rocketed to 2 on the New York Times bestseller list and has 780,000 hardcover copies in print to date. In mass market Warner, 7/02 it hit 1 on the New York Times bestseller list and has over 1.5 million copies in print to date. Film rights have been sold to Warner Bros.A Walk To Remember Warner, 9/00, with nearly four million copies in combined print, was an instant New York Times bestseller. The feature film 1/02 was produced by Denise DiNovi Message in a Bottle, Heathers of Warner Bros. Message in a Bottle Warner, 1999, with three million copies in combined print, was a New York Times bestseller. The No

Dear John

When Savannah Lynn Curtis comes into his life, John Tyree knows he is ready to turn over a new leaf. An angry rebel, he had enlisted in the army after high school, not knowing what else to do. Then, during a furlough, he meets the girl of his dreams. Savannah Lynn Curtis is attending college in North Carolina, working for Habitat for Humanity, and totally unprepared for the passionate attraction she feels for John Tyree. The attraction is mutual and quickly grows into the kind of love that leaves Savannah vowing to wait for John while he finishes his tour of duty, and John realizing that he’s ready to settle down with the young woman who has captured his heart. Neither can foresee that 9/11 is about to change the world and will force John to risk every hope and dream that he’s ever had. Like so many proud men and women, John must choose between love and country. And like all those left behind, Savannah must decide to wait or move on. How do we choose wisely? How can we face loss without giving up on love? Now, when he finally returns to North Carolina, John will discover that loving Savannah will force him to make the hardest decision of his life. An extraordinary, moving story, Dear John explores the complexities of love how it survives time and heartbreak, and how it transforms us forever.

The Choice

1 New York Times bestseller Nicholas Sparks turns his unrivaled talents to a new tale about love found and lost, and The Choices we hope we’ll never have to make. Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job, loyal friends, even a waterfront home in small town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life boating, swimming, and regular barbecues with his good natured buddies he holds the vague conviction that a serious relationship with a woman would only cramp his style. That is, until Gabby Holland moves in next door. Despite his attempts to be neighborly, the appealing redhead seems to have a chip on her shoulder about him…
and the presence of her longtime boyfriend doesn’t help. Despite himself, Travis can’t stop trying to ingratiate himself with his new neighbor, and his persistent efforts lead them both to the doorstep of a journey that neither could have foreseen. Spanning the eventful years of young love, marriage and family, The Choice ultimately confronts us with the most heartwrenching question of all: how far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?

The Lucky One

In his 14th book, bestselling author Nicholas Sparks tells the unforgettable story of a man whose brushes with death lead him to the love of his life. After U.S. Marine Logan Thibault finds a photograph of a smiling young woman buried in the dirt during his tour of duty in Iraq, he experiences a sudden streak of luck winning poker games and even surviving deadly combat. Only his best friend, Victor, seems to have an explanation for his good fortune: the photograph his lucky charm. Back home in Colorado, Thibault can’t seem to get the woman in the photograph out of his mind and he sets out on a journey across the country to find her. But Thibault is caught off guard by the strong attraction he feels for the woman he encounters in North Carolina Elizabeth, a divorced mother and he keeps the story of the photo, and his luck, a secret. As he and Elizabeth embark upon a passionate love affair, his secret soon threatens to tear them apart destroying not only their love, but also their lives. Filled with tender romance and terrific suspense, The Lucky One is an unforgettable story about the surprising paths our lives often take and the power of fate to guide us to true and everlasting love.

The Last Song

1 bestselling author Nicholas Sparks’s new novel is at once a compelling family drama and a heartrending tale of young love.Seventeen year old Veronica ‘Ronnie’ Miller’s life was turned upside down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alientated from her parents, especially her father…
until her mother decides it would be in everyone’s best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie’s father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church. The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story of love on many levels first love, love between parents and children that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that love can break our hearts…
and heal them.

Safe Haven

When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family. But even as Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her…
a past that set her on a fearful, shattering journey across the country, to the sheltered oasis of Southport. With Jo’s empathic and stubborn support, Katie eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and one of riskier rewards…
and that in the darkest hour, love is the only true Safe Haven.

The Best of Me

‘Everyone wanted to believe that endless love was possible. She’d believed in it once, too, back when she was eighteen.’In the spring of 1984, high school students Amanda Collier and Dawson Cole fell deeply, irrevocably in love. Though they were from opposite sides of the tracks, their love for one another seemed to defy the realities of life in the small town of Oriental, North Carolina. But as the summer of their senior year came to a close, unforeseen events would tear the young couple apart, setting them on radically divergent paths. Now, twenty five years later, Amanda and Dawson are summoned back to Oriental for the funeral of Tuck Hostetler, the mentor who once gave shelter to their high school romance. Neither has lived the life they imagined…
and neither can forget the passionate first love that forever changed their lives. As Amanda and Dawson carry out the instructions Tuck left behind for them, they realize that everything they thought they knew about Tuck, about themselves, and about the dreams they held dear was not as it seemed. Forced to confront painful memories, the two former lovers will discover undeniable truths about the choices they have made. And in the course of a single, searing weekend, they will ask of the living, and the dead: Can love truly rewrite the past?

Wokini (With: Billy Mills)

‘Wokini’, translated from Lakota, means ‘seeking a new beginning’ or ‘seeking a new vision’. This book will teach you about yourself, show you what it means to be happy, and lead you on your own personal journey to feel more satisfied in your life. In Wokini, you will find the key to peace of mind and self understanding. ‘Wokini’ is a blend of modern therapeutic principles, positive thinking; self awareness; and Native American beliefs in meditation, thought, dreams, and respect for the harmony and balance of nature.

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