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The 26 Most Anticipated Books of 2022
We’ve already told you what’s new and exciting when it comes to movies , TV shows and video games in 2022. And since there’s a lot of 2022 ahead of us, let’s take an updated look at our selection of some of the year’s most anticipated books so that you keep adding titles to your “Want to Read” shelf on Goodreads.
Since thrillers, mysteries, romance, YA offerings and science-fiction tend to be readers pleasers, we’ve included a bunch of those, as well as some historical fiction, memoirs and poetry.
Fiction Books That Have Already Debuted in 2022
Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho (January 4, 2022). The Taiwan-born and Southern California-raised Jean Chen Ho writes her debut novel with this tale of two young Taiwanese-American women and friends who grow up in Los Angeles and float in and out of each other’s lives when Fiona moves to New York.
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan (January 11, 2022). Another debut novel on this list is from the Malaysia-born Sue Lynn Tan, who studied in London and France and lives in Hong Kong. The YA fantasy novel, which is the first part of a duology, tells the story of Xingyin. Her mother has been hiding her after she stole the elixir of immortality and was exiled. But when her magic manifests and is discovered, Xingyin needs to leave her mother and embark on a dangerous quest to save her.
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara (January 11, 2022). After the heartbreaking A Little Life , Hawaiian author Hanya Yanagihara returns with this novel that spans three centuries and is set in an alternate version of America in 1893, 1993 and 2093. The book offers “three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia,” according to Penguin Random House’s synopsis.
Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover (January 18, 2022). Bestselling romance author Colleen Hoover returns with this story about Kenna, a woman who’s been in prison for five years and goes back home trying to reunite with her 4-year-old daughter. The task proves difficult, and her only link to her daughter is Ledger, a local bar owner. As the connection between the two of them grows stronger, Kenna must find a path to atone for her past.
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson (February 1, 2022). This historical fiction debut novel by Charmaine Wilkerson follows two siblings as their mother dies in present-day California, leaving them an unusual inheritance: a traditional Caribbean black cake made from a family recipe and a voice recording in which she talks about the past. The siblings could find their way back to each other, and to their mom, with this family history.
House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City #2) by Sarah J. Maas (February 15, 2022). You can always count on the prolific Sarah J. Maas to keep delivering 700-plus-page volumes every year. While she’s still at work with her A Court of Thorns and Roses long series, Maas returns now to Crescent City for a second installment in which Bryce and Hunt are trying to get back to normal after saving the city. But, of course, war is always looming.
Gwendy’s Final Task by Stephen King (February 15, 2022). And while we’re talking about prolific authors, let’s mention one of the most illustrious ones. Master of horror — and of posting cute photos of his doggie on Twitter — Stephen King proves once again in 2022 how much of a non-procrastinator he is. In his new novel, Gwendy is a novelist and rising political star confronted by her past. At 12, a stranger gave her a mysterious box. It offered treats but also destruction: None of its seven-colored buttons should be pushed.
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley (February 22, 2022). After the success of The Guest List — it received the Goodreads Choice Award in Mystery & Thriller last year — Lucy Foley returns with a new puzzle. Broke and alone, Jess asks her half-brother Ben if she could crash at his place for a bit. But when she gets to his Paris apartment, not only is Ben not there, but the place seems way nicer than what he could have afforded. With her brother missing, Jess starts questioning what may have happened and tries to find answers among the building’s neighbors.
Gallant by V.E. Schwab (March 1, 2022). After the bestselling success of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue , V.E./Victoria Schwab returns with another fantasy proposal good for adults and YA audiences alike. In Gallant , Olivia only has her mother’s journal as a memento of her past. When she’s invited to Gallant, she feels at home there, even if no one was expecting her and half-formed ghouls are haunting the place. She wants to uncover what secrets the place holds.
The Recovery Agent by Janet Evanovich (March 22, 2022). After the success of the Stephanie Plum and Wicked series, bestselling author Janet Evanovich launches a promising new series. Gabriela Rose is a recovery agent hired by people and companies who want to recover all kinds of valuable things. But when she’s forced to work for her own family, Gabriela ends up in the jungles of Peru looking for the Ring of Solomon and the lost treasure of Cortez. The main problem is that her ex-husband, Rafer, is the one who has the map that could take her to the treasure.
Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong (April 5, 2022). After his heart-wrenching epistolary novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous , the Vietnamese-American Ocean Vuong goes back to his origins with this poetry collection in which he searches for life after his mother’s death. “Vuong contends with personal loss, the meaning of family, and the cost of being the product of an American war in America,” reads the book’s synopsis.
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (April 5, 2022). If you, too, read Emily St. John Mandel’s post-apocalyptic and hopeful tale Station Eleven during the early months of the pandemic, you may want to know more about the Canadian author’s upcoming science-fiction work. In Sea of Tranquility , a detective in the black-skied Night City is hired to investigate an anomaly in the North American wilderness. He’ll discover a series of lives upended there.
2022’s Most Anticipated Fiction Books
Blind Spot by Paula Hawkins (April 14, 2022). After Paula Hawkins’ latest novel made it to Ask Media Group’s mystery-themed book club last year , we couldn’t leave her new work behind. Best friends Edie, Jake and Ryan see their world torn apart when Jake is brutally murdered and Ryan accused of it. Edie is devastated and alone, living in the remote house she shared with Jake. The problem is that somebody is watching…
Book Lovers by Emily Henry (May 3, 2022). Master of contemporary romance novels Emily Henry — she’s the author of the aptly titled Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation — returns with this story about Nora, a literary agent whose life is books. When Nora decides to go away on vacation with her sister Libby, she keeps bumping into Charlie, a bookish editor she’s known for years who has never piqued her interest.
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston (May 3, 2022). After One Last Stop and Red, White & Royal Blue, LGBTQ+ romance royal Casey McQuiston returns with this YA novel. In I Kissed Shara Wheeler , Chloe is vying for the valedictorian title at high school when her main rival, prom queen Shara Wheeler, kisses her and then proceeds to vanish. Chloe is not the only person Shara’s kissed. The three kissed-ones try to untangle the clues Shara’s left behind and find her.
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-García (July 19, 2022). After Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night , the Mexican-Canadian author Silvia Moreno-García returns to Gothic horror ingredients with this reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set in 19th-century Mexico.
We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds (November 29, 2022). Here’s yet another YA offering with crossover appeal for any age with this debut novel by Jas Hammonds. Avery is a 17 year old forced to leave her life in D.C. and live at her terminally ill grandmother’s home in a small Southern town. She copes with her mother and grandmother’s constant arguments by finding friendship in Simone, her next-door neighbor, and Jade, the daughter of the town’s prominent family. The novel explores the racist history of the town and how it’s marked its residents while dedicating time to the coming of age of Avery and the romance that blossoms with Simone.
Memoirs and Nonfiction Books That Have Already Debuted in 2022
Putting the Rabbit in the Hat by Brian Cox (January 18, 2022). Craving some more behind-the-scenes Succession drama after the controversial New Yorker profile on Jeremy Strong ? Maybe try this Brian Cox memoir. The actor who plays the patriarch and media mogul Logan Roy in the HBO hit recounts here his working-class childhood in Scotland all the way to his days on the Emmy-winning TV show about a very dysfunctional family.
The Lonely Hunter: Why the Search for Love Is Broken by Aimée Lutkin (February 8, 2022). The 30-something single writer Aimée Lutkin found herself surrounded by couples at a party. After being asked about her love life and arguing being alone could be the endgame, the author went on a search to try to answer some fundamental questions: Why is there so much pressure to be in a relationship? Why is everyone so uncomfortable around single people? Why does it seem like your real life can’t start until you meet The One? And is it possible to be single without being lonely?
We Should All Be Feminists: A Guided Journal by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (March 1, 2022). After her 2014 essay “We Should All Be Feminists” , adapted from her TEDx Talk, Nigerian author and feminist icon Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie revisits her work with this Guided Journal . The journal is meant to encourage readers to define feminism in their own voices and tell their stories, as well as featuring prompts, quotes and important events in the history of feminism.
Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces 2004–2021 by Margaret Atwood (March 1, 2022). Why do people tell stories? What do zombies have to do with authoritarianism? How can we live on our planet? How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating? The Handmaid’s Tale author and feminist icon Margaret Atwood penned this series of essays trying to find the answers to these and other burning questions.
All the White Friends I Couldn’t Keep: Hope–And Hard Pills to Swallow–About Fighting for Black Lives by André Henry (March 22, 2022). “In this personal and thought-provoking book, Henry explores how the historical divides between Black people and non-Black people are expressed through our most mundane interactions, and why this struggle won’t be resolved through civil discourse, diversity hires, interracial relationships, or education,” reads Penguin Random House’s synopsis of this work by musician and writer André Henry.
2022’s Most Anticipated Memoirs and Nonfiction Books
Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis (April 26, 2022). Actress and producer Viola Davis gets personal with this memoir that covers her childhood days coming of age in Rhode Island and spans to her present day. The Academy Award-winning Black actress has not only dominated TV but has also managed to transition into an incredibly prestigious film career.
Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe by Keith O’Brien (April 12, 2022). Journalist Keith O’Brien’s work of narrative reportage tells the story of Lois Gibbs and Luella Kenny, two mothers who, in the 1970s, exposed a toxic waste dumping site that was causing a public health crisis and polluting their neighborhood in Niagara Falls. It was uncovered that the city’s largest employer, Hooker Chemical, had been disposing of thousands of tons of toxic waste in the town’s canal.
Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality by Julia Shaw (June 28, 2022): Psychologist Julia Shaw takes a scientific approach to sexuality with this exploration of bisexuality. Shaw, who is bisexual herself, explores the complexities of the human sexual experience both from a personal and scientific perspective and writes about the invisibility of bisexuals in our society.
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation by Linda Villarosa (June 14, 2022). Linda Villarosa’s 2018 New York Times article “Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis” exposed the flagrant racial disparities in the U.S. healthcare system when it comes to childbirth. With her new work, the author exposes the reasons why Black people in America “live sicker and die quicker” compared to white people.
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Every nicholas sparks book in order.
Beloved author Nicholas Sparks is known for his wrenching, emotional love stories. In twenty novels, Sparks looks at how fate, destiny, and romance intertwine, tracing the relationships between lovers new and old. Unsure where to start? This complete list of Nicholas Sparks books in order starts with his timeless debut, The Notebook , to his most recent novels, Every Breath (2018) and The Return (2020).
The Notebook
By nicholas sparks.
Back in his small Southern town after serving in World War II, Noah Calhoun is restoring a plantation home—and rebuilding his life. Yet 31-year-old Noah can't move forward when the past keeps pulling him back to the whirlwind summer he spent with socialite Allie Nelson a decade earlier. Now 29-year-old Allie returns to town, and their electric attraction rekindles. But for their second chance at love to work, Allie and Noah will have to first work through their stormy past. Be sure to see Sparks's classic romance on-screen starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams.
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Message in a Bottle
While out on a run to clear her head, divorced Theresa Osborne makes a startling discovery: a bottle with a message on it nestled on the sand. The emotional letter inside, from "Garrett" to "Catherine," launches Theresa on a journey to find the writer, a twist with destiny that just might make Theresa believe in love again. Watch the romance of Message in a Bottle come to life in the film adaptation.
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A Walk to Remember
Each April, Landon Carter recalls the spring of 1958, his final year at Beaufort High in picturesque Beaufort, North Carolina. Logan is no stranger to dating, and the last person he expects to fall for is the Baptist minister's daughter, intelligent and cerebral Jamie. As Landon courts Jamie, the secret she keeps from him breaks loose, radically changing Landon's picture of their life together and causing him to redefine "forever." Don't miss the story of Landon and Jamie in the feature film starring Mandy Moore.
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Volunteer fireman Taylor McAden throws himself head first into daring rescues. Risking his life to save others comes naturally, while romance does not. When single mother Denise Holton's car runs off the road during a storm, Taylor is drawn into Denise's passion and devotion to her son, four-year-old Kyle, who has disappeared from the scene. As Taylor and Denise search for the boy, Taylor will have to face his biggest fear: the vulnerability that comes with love.
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A Bend in the Road
After losing his wife in a hit-and-run two years ago, deputy sheriff Miles Ryan is still reeling from shock and loss. Miles tries to care for his young son, Jonah, but feels helpless watching him struggle in school. When Sarah Andrews, Jonah's kind and patient second-grade teacher, asks to meet with Miles, the two find a tentative attraction that grows into something more. After earth-shaking revelations ripple through the small town, it will take trust and love for Miles and Sarah to find their future together.
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Nights in Rodanthe
After her husband leaves her for a younger woman, 45-year-old Adrienne Willis throws her energy into parenting her teenage children and helping her sick father. Managing her friend's inn along Rodanthe along the North Carolina coast for a weekend should be the perfect opportunity to recharge. With rocky weather rolling in, Adrienne finds an unexpected connection with 54-year-old Paul Flanner, a surgeon and guest who's also fleeing home. When the storm ends, Adrienne and Paul must decide if their connection will, too. Readers can see Adrienne and Paul's romance come vividly to life in the motion picture adaptation of the novel.
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The Guardian
In the four years since her husband Jim died, Julie Barenson is still struggling to move on. With Singer, the Great Dane that Jim left her, along with his promise to always watch over her, 29-year-old Julie should look forward to a lifetime of love ahead of her. But lingering feelings for Jim make it hard to pursue dating, even with great guys courting her, like Mike, her husband's best friend, and Richard, an engineer who worships Julie. When hard truths are unearthed, Julie will need to draw on Jim's protection and her own strength to survive.
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The Wedding
Returning to the story of the younger couple from The Notebook, this sequel to Sparks's bestseller follows Wilson Lewis and his wife, Jane, as they rekindle their love. After the romance fades from his thirty-year marriage with Jane, Wilson knows he has to win her back. Wilson takes inspiration from Noah and Allie Calhoun, his in-laws, and hatches a plan to make Jane fall in love with him again just as their daughter is about to wed. Is it too late for love? Wilson bets everything he has that it's not.
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Three Weeks with My Brother
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The offer was too good for Nicholas Sparks to pass up: bike tours around the globe to some of the world's most exotic places. Recruiting his older brother Micah for the trip, Sparks hoped the experience would bring the brothers closer. At thirty-eight and thirty-seven, respectfully, they were their family's sole surviving members. Together, the brothers embark on an unforgettable journey together, drawing strength from their past and strengthening their bond for the future. In Three Weeks with My Brother, Sparks invites readers on the journey.
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True Believer
Science journalist Jeremy Marsh knows better than to believe in the supernatural, though even he can't resist a story about a ghost in the graveyard of the small North Carolina town of Boone Creek. When Jeremy meets the town's beloved librarian, Lexie Darnell, he finds his most deeply held hangups about love tested. To move from his home in New York City and begin a life with Lexie, Jeremy will have to believe in his biggest fear of all: love.
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At First Sight
Having narrowly escaped a failed marriage, Jeremy Marsh is happy with New York City life that has no room for romance and even less for a family. But fate steers his compass south to Boone Creek, North Carolina, where Jeremy happily starts over with his new wife, Lexie Darnell, and their daughter. Jeremy's happy to trade his "nevers" for "always" with Lexie, until information comes to light that threatens the intimate connection between the young couple. Can Jeremy and Lexie trust their love? At First Sight continues the story of Lexie and Jeremy from True Believer .
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Leaving school in anger, John finds purpose in the Army. And not long after, he finds the love of his life in Savannah. The intensity of their relationship speaks to a future together, until 9/11 changes everything, leading John to re-enlist against Savannah's protests. As time and distance grows between them, their paths diverge, until Savannah's letter to John reawakens his passion to do whatever it takes to be with her. This emotional love story is brought to life in the feature film, Dear John.
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Travis Parker is more than satisfied with his laid-back life. A waterfront home, a rotation of great friends, and his dream job. If nothing changes, Travis would be more than happy. But when feisty new neighbor Gabby Holland moves in next door, Travis is stumped for why she's so guarded around him. Travis's mission to get her to like him launches the two on an unforgettable journey together. Fans of The Choice will want to see this sweeping romance in its big-screen adaptation.
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The Lucky One
Who is the beautiful woman in the photograph Marine Logan Thibult finds during his third deployment of Iraq? When nobody on base knows the answer, Logan makes locating her his duty, especially as the photo seems to bring him luck. Logan returns to the States and sets off on a cross-country journey that leads him to Elizabeth, the divorced mother in the picture. Logan's not prepared for the force of his feelings, and he'll need more than luck not to lose Elizabeth. Readers will want to catch the feature-film adaptation of The Lucky One.
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The Last Song
It's been three years since Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's parents divorced and exactly that long since she has seen her father, who moved to beachside Wilmington, North Carolina. Now 17, Ronnie is still finding it hard to forgive her father for leaving her behind in New York City as she arrives to stay with him one summer. As Ronnie finds romance dawning, the truth behind her father's decision becomes clear, shattering Ronnie's heart—unless love can heal it. Be sure to check out the movie adaptation of The Last Song , starring Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth, and Greg Kinnear.
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Katie appears in the coastal North Carolina town of Southport just as mysteriously as her unknown past. Soon Katie lets her guard down and begins to trust the people of this friendly town, including Jo, her neighbor, and widower Alex, a store owner and father of two young kids. But as Katie begins to rebuild her life—and find a spark of attraction with Alex—the demons she crossed the country to forget might come crashing back, threatening her future and the love it promises. Don't miss the feature film adaptation of Safe Haven .
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The Best of Me
As high school students in the spring of 1984, Dawson Cole and Amanda Collier fell for each other and into love, with the help of Tuck Hostetler, their mentor who fostered their relationship. Now, 25 years later, Dawson and Amanda reunite at Tuck's funeral. While neither of lives have turned out the way they wanted, their reconnection could be a second chance at first love—if the revelations unearthed in the aftermath of Tuck's death don't thwart their romance for good.
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The Longest Ride
At 91, widower Ira Levinson is in shock after a car accident, but it's the presence of his beloved wife, Ruth, who helps him hang on with memories from their earliest days together. Meanwhile, Wake Forest student Sophia Danko is on the precipice of change, not just because she'll be graduating soon, but also because she and her boyfriend have broken up. When Sophia meets Luke, a real cowboy, she must reassess her future. Can love last forever? Ira and Ruth's marriage might hold the answers.
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Maria Sanchez is a first-generation American daughter of Mexican immigrants eager to use her successful law career to transcend traumatic memories. Having narrowly escaped mistakes that plagued his younger years, Colin Hancock also feels he has something to prove, throwing his energy and passion towards studying to be a teacher. The last thing Maria or Colin is looking for a relationship when they meet by chance, but as their blossoming connection grows into something more, each will have to trust love as the past threatens to come crashing down.
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With a great career in advertising, an impressive home in Charlotte, and a beautiful wife, Russell Green can't complain about life at 32. But when his wife announces a sudden divorce, Russell must reassess everything he took for granted, including London, the six-year-old daughter he is now raising alone. It will take the help of Russell's family and the strength he gathers from his relationship with London to navigate this new life, even as a former lover beckons him back to the past.
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Every Breath
Fleeing a six-year relationship going nowhere and her father's recent ALS diagnosis, Hope Anderson comes to her family's shoreside cottage in Sunset Beach, North Carolina seeking an escape. Leaving behind the wild Zimbabwe he calls home, safari guide Tru Walls arrives in Sunset Beach at the request of a man claiming to be his long-lost father. When Hope and Tru meet, the intensity of their bond asks how far they'd go to be together.
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In the romantic tradition of Dear John , #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with the story of an injured Navy doctor and a beautiful deputy, whose secrets will change the course of his life .
Trevor Benson never intended to move back to New Bern, NC. But when a mortar blast outside the hospital where he worked as an orthopedic surgeon sent him home from Afghanistan with devastating injuries, the dilapidated cabin he inherited from his grandfather seemed as good a place to regroup as any.
Tending to his grandfather’s beloved bee hives while gearing up for a second stint in medical school, Trevor isn’t prepared to fall in love with a local . . . and yet, from their very first encounter, his connection with Natalie Masterson can’t be ignored. But even as she seems to reciprocate his feelings, she remains frustratingly distant, making Trevor wonder what she’s hiding.
Further complicating his stay in New Bern is the presence of a sullen teenage girl, Callie, who lives in the trailer park down the road from his grandfather’s cabin. Claiming to be 19, she works at the local sundries store and keeps to herself. When he discovers she was once befriended by his grandfather, Trevor hopes Callie can shed light on the mysterious circumstances of his grandfather’s death, but she offers few clues — until a crisis triggers a race that will uncover the true nature of Callie’s past, one more intertwined with the elderly man’s passing than Trevor could ever have anticipated.
In his quest to unravel Natalie and Callie’s secrets, Trevor will learn the true meaning of love and forgiveness . . . and that in life, to move forward, we must often return to the place where it all began.
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About Nicholas Sparks
With over 100 million copies of his books sold, Nicholas Sparks is one of the world’s most beloved storytellers. His novels include fifteen #1 New York Times bestsellers, and all of his books, including Three Weeks with My Brother, the memoir he wrote with his brother, Micah, have been New York Times and international bestsellers, and were translated into more than fifty languages. Eleven of Nicholas Sparks’s novels– The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven, The Lucky One, The Last Song, Dear John, Nights in Rodanthe, The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and Message in a Bottle –have been adapted into major motion pictures.
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With over 100 million copies of his books sold, Nicholas Sparks is one of the world's most beloved storytellers. His novels include sixteen #1 New York Times bestsellers, and all of his books, including Three Weeks with My Brother, the memoir he wrote with his brother, Micah, have been New York Times and international bestsellers, and were translated into more than fifty languages. Eleven of Nicholas Sparks's novels— The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven, The Lucky One, The Last Song, Dear John, Nights in Rodanthe, The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and Message in a Bottle —have been adapted into major motion pictures.
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Nicholas Sparks' 'Dreamland' captures No. 1 spot, 'Wolf Hall' returns to bestsellers list
Nicholas Sparks ' " Dreamland " (Random House, 384 pp.) debuts at No.1 this week on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list . The novel follows the trials and tribulations of a young couple in love and a single mom starting over.
Sparks has the magic touch when it comes to bestsellers. Two dozen of his books have made the bestsellers list since his 1996 debut novel, " The Notebook ." All 23 of his novels and his nonfiction " A Memoir: Three Weeks With My Brother " have made the list, and of those, 16 have hit No. 1, including last year's " The Wish ."
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Hilary Mantel's posthumous sales
Author Hilary Mante l's novel " Wolf Hall ," (Picador, 640 pp.) which won the Booker Prize in 2009, returns to the list at No. 53 only a week after the author's death at age 70. The novel was the first book of an award-winning trilogy that also included the Booker Prize-winning “ Bring Up the Bodies ” in 2012 and 2020's final installment, “ The Mirror and the Light ,” which was longlisted for the prize. All three novels were USA TODAY bestsellers spending a total of 45 weeks on the list.
“I’m very keen on the idea that a historical novel should be written pointing forward,” she told The Associated Press in 2009 when discussing "Wolf Hall." “Remember that the people you are following didn’t know the end of their own story. So they were going forward day by day, pushed and jostled by circumstances, doing the best they could, but walking in the dark, essentially.”
More: Hilary Mantel, award-winning 'Wolf Hall' author, dies at 70
'Fairy Tale' continues to thrill
Stephen King 's latest bestseller, "Fairy Tale" (Scribner, 608pp.) is the inaugural pick for the USA TODAY Book Club . The new book club is part of USA TODAY's commitment to find the good stuff on crowded shelves for readers and continue the conversation.
USA TODAY's Brian Truitt gave the novel ★★★½ out of four, saying the novel "will win your heart as much as King’s past efforts have unnerved your soul." It became an instant bestseller upon its September release , hitting No. 1 on our list.
Every month, USA TODAY will pick a newly released book we love. Our picks will run the gamut from blockbuster bestsellers by beloved authors to debut novels by newcomers everyone should know. Join us for a Twitter Spaces conversation about "Fairy Tale" on Oct. 27 when host Truitt will be joined by special guests to be announced.
Contributing: Barbara VanDenburgh, USA TODAY; Associated Press
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If you're a reader who loves uplifting romantic novels, you've probably read a few Nicholas Sparks books. Sparks has written over 20 novels in his career, all of which have been best-sellers. He's sold more than 105 million books worldwide, and 11 of his novels have been turned into films.
Sparks was born on December 31, 1965. He is a native of Nebraska, though he has lived most of his adult life in North Carolina, where his books are set. He began writing in college, during which time he produced two novels. Neither was ever published, however, and Sparks worked a number of different jobs in his first years after graduating from Notre Dame.
Sparks' first book, published in 1990, was a nonfiction book co-written with Billy Mills called Wokini: A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding . Sales were modest, though, and Sparks continued to support himself by working as a pharmaceutical salesman in the early '90s. It was during this period that he was inspired to write his first novel, The Notebook . It was completed in just six weeks.
He secured a literary agent in 1995, and The Notebook was quickly picked up by Time Warner Book Group. The publisher clearly liked what they read—they gave Sparks a $1 million advance. Published in October 1996, The Notebook rocketed to the top of The New York Times Best Seller list and remained there for a year.
Now, Nicholas Sparks has written over 20 books, including A Walk to Remember (1999), Dear John (2006), and The Choice (2016), all of which have been adapted for the big screen. Read on to learn more about each of Nicholas Sparks' novels.
1996: The Notebook
The Notebook is a story within a story. It follows the elderly Noah Calhoun as he reads a story to his wife, who lies bedridden in a nursing home. Reading from a faded notebook, he recounts the story of a couple who are separated by World War II and then passionately reunite years later. As the plot unfolds, Noah reveals that the story he is telling is of himself and his wife, Allie. It is a tale of love, loss, and rediscovery for both young and old.
In 2004, The Notebook was made into a popular movie starring Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, and Gena Rowlands.
1998: Message in a Bottle
After The Notebook came Message in a Bottle . It follows Theresa Osborne, a divorced mother who finds a love letter in a bottle on the beach. The letter was written by a man named Garrett to a woman named Annie. Theresa becomes determined to track down Garrett, who wrote the note to express his undying love for the woman he lost. Theresa searches for answers to the mystery and their lives come together.
Nine years before publishing Message in a Bottle , Spark's mother died in a tragic horseback riding accident. He has said that the novel was inspired by his father's grief.
1999: A Walk to Remember
A Walk to Remember follows the story of middle-aged Landon Carter as he recounts his senior year in high school. Carter, the class president, cannot find a date for his senior prom. After poring through the yearbook, he decides to ask out Jamie Sullivan, a minister's daughter. Although they are two very different people, something clicks and a romance develops between the two—but that romance is cut short when Jamie learns she has leukemia.
The novel was inspired by Sparks' sister, who would die of cancer just eight months after its publication. This book was made into a movie starring Mandy Moore as Jamie and Shane West as Landon.
2000: The Rescue
The Rescue follows single mom Denise Holton and her disabled four-year-old son, Kyle. After moving to a new town, Denise is in a car accident and is rescued by Taylor McAden, a volunteer firefighter. Kyle, however, is missing. As Taylor and Denise begin to search for the boy, they grow closer, and Taylor must confront his own past romantic failures.
2001: A Bend in the Road
A Bend in the Road is a love story between a police officer and a school teacher. The police officer, Miles, lost his wife in a hit-and-run accident, with the driver remaining unknown. He is raising his son alone and Sarah, newly divorced, is his teacher.
This story was inspired by what Sparks and his brother-in-law experienced as Sparks' sister was undergoing treatment for cancer.
2002: Nights in Rodanthe
Nights in Rodanthe follows Adrienne Willis, a woman who is tending a friend's inn for the weekend in order to escape problems in her life. While there, her only guest is Paul Flanner, a man going through his own crisis of conscience. After a romantic weekend, Adrienne and Paul realize they must leave one another and return to their own lives.
Thes novel was made into a movie starring Diane Lane and Richard Gere.
2003: The Guardian
The Guardian follows a young widow named Julie Barenson and her Great Dane puppy, Singer, who was a gift from her husband given shortly before he died. After being single for a few years, Julie meets two men, Richard Franklin and Mark Harris, and develops strong feelings for both. As the plot unfolds, Julie must confront deceptions and jealous emotions, relying on Singer for strength.
2004: The Wedding
The Wedding is the sequel to The Notebook . It focuses on Allie and Noah Calhoun's oldest daughter, Jane, and her husband, Wilson, as they approach their 30th wedding anniversary. Jane and Wilson's daughter asks if she can have her wedding on their anniversary, and Wilson works hard to please his daughter and make up for years of neglect of his wife.
2004: Three Weeks with My Brother
Nicholas Sparks co-wrote Three Weeks with My Brother with his brother Micah, his sole living relative. The story is rooted in a three-week trip taken around the world by the two brothers in their late 30s. Along the way, they examine their own relationship as brothers and come to terms with the deaths of their parents and sister.
2005: True Believer
True Believer follows Jeremy Marsh, who has made a career out of debunking stories of the paranormal. Marsh travels to a small town in North Carolina to investigate a ghost story, where he meets Lexie Darnell. As the two grow close, Marsh must decide whether to stay with the woman he loves or return to his life of luxury in New York City.
2005: At First Sight
At First Sight is the sequel to True Believer . Having fallen in love, Jeremy Marsh is now engaged to Lexie Darnell, and the two have settled down in Boone Creek, North Carolina. But their domestic bliss is interrupted when he receives a number of unsettling emails from a mysterious sender that threaten their happy future together.
2006: Dear John
Dear John is a love story about an army sergeant, John, who falls in love shortly before 9/11. After the tragedy, he is inspired to re-enlist, leaving Savannah behind. John returns home to find his true love married, which he must come to terms with.
The book was made into a movie starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried, directed by Lasse Hallstrom.
2007: The Choice
The Choice is about Travis Parker, a bachelor enjoying his comfortable single life. But after Gabby Holland moves in next door, Travis becomes smitten with her—even though she already has a longtime boyfriend. As a relationship develops, the pair must confront what true love really means.
The book was made into a movie starring Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Tom Wilkinson, and Maggie Grace.
2008: The Lucky One
The Lucky One tells the story of a Logan Thibault, a Marine who discovers a photo of a mysterious smiling woman while on tour in Iraq. Believing that the photo is a good-luck charm, Logan sets off to find the woman in the picture. His search leads him to Elizabeth, a single mom living in North Carolina. They fall in love, but a secret in Logan's past may destroy them.
The Lucky One was made into a movie starring Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, and Blythe Danner.
2009: The Last Song
In The Last Song , Veronica Miller's parents divorce and her dad moves from New York City to Wilmington, North Caroline. As a result, she becomes angry and estranged from both of them. Two years after the divorce, Veronica's mother decides that she wants her to spend the whole summer with her father in Wilmington.
This Sparks book was also made into a movie. The 2010 feature starred Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth.
2010: Safe Haven
Safe Haven is about a woman named Katie who moves to a small North Carolina town to escape her past. She must decide whether she can take the risk of a new relationship with Alex, a widowed father of two boys, or whether she must keep herself safe.
2011: The Best of Me
The Best of Me tells the story of Amanda Collier and Dawson Cole, two high school sweethearts who are reunited when they return home for a mentor's funeral. As they proceed to honor their mentor's last wishes, Amanda and Dawson rekindle their romance.
This Sparks book was made into a movie starring James Marsden, Michelle Monaghan, Luke Bracy, and Liana Liberato.
2013: The Longest Ride
The Longest Ride moves between two stories—an old widower named Ira Levinson and a young college girl named Sophia Danko. After surviving a car crash, Ira is visited by a vision of his dead wife, Ruth. Sophia, meanwhile, meets and falls for a cowboy named Luke. As the plot advances, Ira's and Sophia's lives intertwine in unseen ways.
2015: See Me
See Me follows Colin, a young man with anger issues who has been thrown out of his home by his cold and distant parents. Colin soon encounters Maria, a woman whose loving home environment could not be more different than Colin's. As the two slowly fall in love, Maria begins receiving anonymous messages that could wreck her romance.
2016: Two by Two
Two by Two follows Russell Green, a 32-year-old man who appears to have his life on track with a beautiful wife and adoring young daughter. But Green's life is soon upended when his wife decides to leave him and their child behind in pursuit of a new career. Green must quickly adapt to life as a single father while learning to rely on others to help him get by. As with all Sparks novels, there's a romance, too, as Russell reconnects with a former girlfriend and sparks fly.
2018: Every Breath
Published in 2018, Every Breath follows Hope Anderson, a 36-year-old woman in a long-term relationship that may be going nowhere, and Tru Walls, a Zimbabwean who travels to Sunset Beach, North Carolina with the hoping of learning about his late mother. The two strangers cross paths and fall in love, but family duties may get in the way of their happiness.
2020: The Return
The Return centers on Trevor Benson, a Navy doctor who is sent home after an injury. He returns to his North Carolina hometown and starts fixing up the home he inherited from his late grandfather. Along the way, he falls for Natalie, a deputy sheriff, and discovers that Callie, the teenage girl down the road, may know something about his grandfather's mysterious death.
2021: The Wish
The Wish tells the story of Maggie Dawes, a travel photographer facing a potentially devastating diagnosis. One holiday season, she begins to tell her assistant the story of her past. When she was sixteen, she was sent to live with an aunt in a remote North Carolina village, where she fell in love for the first time.
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About the Author
Nicholas Sparks is one of the world’s most beloved storytellers. All of his books have been New York Times bestsellers, with over 105 million copies sold worldwide, in more than 50 languages, including over 75 million copies in the United States alone. Sparks wrote one of his best-known stories, The Notebook, over a period of six months at age 28. It was published in 1996 and he followed with the novels Message in a Bottle (1998), A Walk to Remember (1999), The Rescue (2000), A Bend in the Road (2001), Nights in Rodanthe (2002), The Guardian (2003), The Wedding (2003), True Believer (2005) and its sequel, At First Sight (2005), Dear John (2006), The Choice (2007), The Lucky One (2008), The Last Song (2009), Safe Haven (2010), The Best of Me (2011), The Longest Ride (2013), See Me (2015), Two by Two (2016), Every Breath (2018), The Return (2020), and The Wish (2021) as well as the 2004 non-fiction memoir Three Weeks With My Brother, co-written with his brother Micah. His twenty-third novel, Dreamland, was published on September 20, 2022. Film adaptations of Nicholas Sparks novels, including The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven (on all of which he served as a producer), The Lucky One, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John and The Last Song, have had a cumulative worldwide gross of over three-quarters of a billion dollars. The Notebook has also been adapted into a musical, featuring music and lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson. Sparks lives in North Carolina. He contributes to a variety of local and national charities, and is a major contributor to the Creative Writing Program (MFA) at the University of Notre Dame, where he provides scholarships, internships, and a fellowship annually. He co-founded The Epiphany School in New Bern, North Carolina in 2006. As a former full scholarship athlete (he still holds a track and field record at the University of Notre Dame) he also spent four years coaching track and field athletes at the local public high school. In 2009, the team he coached at New Bern High School set a World Junior Indoor Record in the 4×400 meters, as well as US High School National Records in the 800 Medley and 1600 Medley. The Nicholas Sparks Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, was founded in 2011, to provide scholarships and fund educational programs for underprivileged and disadvantaged youth. Between the foundation, and the personal gifts of the Sparks family, more than $15 million dollars have been distributed to deserving charities, scholarship programs, and projects. Because the Sparks family covers all operational expenses of the foundation, 100% of donations are devoted to programs.
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Book reviews and recommendations from a self confessed book geek, new release book review: dreamland by nicholas sparks.
Title: Dreamland
Author: Nicholas Sparks
Published: September 27th 2022
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Pages: 384
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Romance
RRP: $34.99
Rating: 4 stars
The brand new captivating love story by the internationally bestselling and beloved author of The Notebook .
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wish comes a poignant love story about risking everything for a dream-and whether it’s possible to leave the past behind.
Colby Mills once felt destined for a musical career, until tragedy grounded his aspirations. Now the head of a small family farm in North Carolina, he spontaneously takes a gig playing at a bar in St. Pete’s Beach, Florida, seeking a rare break from his duties at home.
But when he meets Morgan Lee, his world is turned upside-down, making him wonder if the responsibilities he has shouldered need dictate his life forever. The daughter of affluent Chicago doctors, Morgan has graduated from a prestigious college music program with the ambition to move to Nashville and become a star. Romantically and musically, she and Colby complete each other in a way that neither has ever known.
While they are falling headlong in love, Beverly is on a heart-pounding journey of another kind. Fleeing an abusive husband with her six-year-old son, she is trying to piece together a life for them in a small town far off the beaten track. With money running out and danger seemingly around every corner, she makes a desperate decision that will rewrite everything she knows to be true.
In the course of a single unforgettable week, two young people will navigate the exhilarating heights and heartbreak of first love. Hundreds of miles away, Beverly will put her love for her young son to the test. And fate will draw all three people together in a web of life-altering connections . . . forcing each to wonder whether the dream of a better life can ever survive the weight of the past.
‘Hold on to Dreamland
Forever, not just today
Someday Dreamland will be ours
Hold fast, don’t fall away’
Famous around the globe for his bestselling books and films based on his novels, Nicholas Sparks presents his readers with Dreamland , his latest release. Two worlds collide in this engaging new Sparks tale, holding the reader completely captive with this risky love and life story.
Dreamland unveils the lives of two core protagonists in this poignant new journey tale from Nicholas Sparks. We meet Colby, a man who has big dreams of making it in the music world, but family pressures and obligations have got in the way of his career goals. But out of the blue, Colby agrees to take part in a gig that will change his life forever. Colby’s temporary dalliance in the music world leads him into the arms of Morgan, a star on the rise. Morgan soon inspires Colby to reignite his passion for music and she encourages him to take a chance on a new life with her. As Colby and Morgan forge an unforgettable bond, Beverly is a woman on a drastic journey. Escaping her violent husband and protecting her young son from his abuse, Beverly must forge a new undercover existence in a town where no one knows her name. With the constant threat of her husband finding out where she and her son are hiding, Beverly lives on the edge. Will Beverly find her safe haven? How will the lives of these three souls intertwine as their dreams collide with their past ?
Nicholas Sparks is one of my unquestionable auto buy authors. Although Dreamland was published in September, I reserved this latest Sparks release for the Christmas period. It is always a book treat to read a Nicholas Sparks novel and I’m happy to report that this was another fine read by the global bestselling author.
Told over seven page turning parts and sixty-eight engrossing chapters, Dreamland is the twenty fourth release from Nicholas Sparks, an author who needs no introduction. Utilising an alternating form of narration between a man named Colby and a woman named Beverly, Sparks presents two vastly different viewpoints. It is hard to see how and when Sparks will make the character linkage, but I placed my complete trust in one of my favourite writers. Eventually I was presented with a huge collision between the lives of Colby and Beverly. I loved how Sparks managed to bring these two contrasted protagonists together in a crushing turn of events. Poignant, sad, full of meaning and sacrifice, Dreamland was a moving read. I found most of the novel addictive and it really ramped up towards the last third of the story. I couldn’t turn the pages of Dreamland quick enough in the latter addictive stages of the novel.
Dreamland features a very immersive narrative style which allowed me to develop a lasting bond with Beverly. I was less enamoured by Colby and Morgan’s story, but they were still well rendered protagonists. I was itching to get back to Beverly’s journey each time Sparks made the switch back to Colby. I’m not sure why I found Colby’s story and romance plot less attractive. Beverly’s story had me riveted, as it featured some crime and mystery vibes. I was reminded of the movie Sleeping with the Enemy while following Beverly’s tense story. Sparks really involves the reader in Beverly’s narrative, so we feel an overwhelming sense of urgency, despair, nervousness and fear. Tying in themes of grief, loss, health, mental illness, parenting, family care and domestic violence, Sparks illuminates some rather heavy ground within the format of a highly accessible contemporary narrative. With periphery ideas on music, careers, love and hope, Dreamland is a bittersweet tale.
Do have a few tissues on hand as in true Sparks style this double story is both happy and sad, but Dreamland will leave your heart full.
Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks is published by Hachette Australia on September 27th 2022. $34.99.
https://www.hachette.com.au/nicholas-sparks/dreamland-from-the-author-of-the-global-bestseller-the-notebook
*Thanks is extended to Hachette Australia for providing a free copy of this book for review purposes .
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Would you believe I’ve never read a Nicholas Sparks novel , I have a couple on my shelf and I love watching The Notebook but so far I’ve never read one.
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North Carolina's Nicholas Sparks talks his new book 'Dreamland'
Author Nicholas Sparks has written 23 novels, and all of them have been on the New York Times Best Sellers list, with more than 115 million copies sold worldwide. His career as a writer began in 1994 when he was working in pharmaceutical sales and wrote a novel on the side. It was titled "The Notebook."
That novel quickly made the New York Times Best Seller list when it was released in 1996 and was later turned into a movie like many of Sparks' subsequent novels. Sparks, who's lived in New Bern, North Carolina, for 30 years, has a new book out this month, "Dreamland." It's an emotional love story between two young musicians of different backgrounds and is set in North Carolina, like all of his novels, and on a Florida beach. Sparks says the inspiration for "Dreamland" came from a personal experience.
Nicholas Sparks: When I met my wife years ago, we were down on the west coast of Florida for a week. You know, I had met her and I knew by the end of that first week that she was going to be the one for me. And so we got married, had five kids, and all that stuff. Didn't last in the long run, but it was wonderful while it did. And at the same time, the really big thing I really wanted to do was to kind of illustrate the parallels between making music and falling in love.
You have these two people, Colby and Morgan, and they just meet on the beach and they're young people and okay, you know, this could just say "hello" or it could be a fling. And they discover that they share this passion for creating music and it was both part of their dreams. And as they begin to get to know each other and fall in love, they also fall into the songwriting process. And I just really wanted to explore those parallels — that hitting the right note when you're meeting someone and you're falling for them, it just feels like a song, right?
Gwendolyn Glenn: She seemed to have more aggressiveness about, "this is what I'm going to do," but he's a little hesitant.
Sparks: This was something that she has trained for and worked with tutors for and went to college for. Then you have someone who, loved music, but kind of started doing something else in life, right? Something that he was very good at is working the family farm.
Glenn: Yeah. And he doesn't realize how good he is until he takes that chance to go to Florida for several weeks and to gig down there and the crowds just love him.
Sparks: Sometimes that happens. You know, I've been to those kinds of places when I'm on vacation, a little beachside this or that. And, you know, I've heard some extraordinary voices.
Glenn: Yeah. So the other side of the story is in North Carolina, where we have these other incredible characters that you bring to life.
Sparks: You know, the interesting thing about "Dreamland" is that you have this wonderful love story that's taking place in Florida and then another story, and you just don't know how it's related at all. It's a woman who's fleeing with her child from what she feels is a very dangerous situation.
And the reader, as they're going through, they're reading the one story and then the other, and they don't necessarily know how they're going to come together. And that's one of the things I try to do, is to write a novel that will surprise a reader in the end in a way they don't expect.
Glenn: And this character also lost his parents. So this is not just about love between two people in that kind of relationship, but it's also about love for family and loss.
Sparks: Yeah, those are themes that I often — they mean a lot to me, family. And in my own life, I've lost my mother, I lost my father, both when I was in my 20s. I lost my younger sister not long after that — I was, I don't know, 32 or 33. And yet without my family, I don't know who I would have been.
And so I love to explore the concept of family love. It's a different kind of love. And when I pray, I basically, I just — I thank God for all of those different loves. And I love to explore that theme in my books. And I think that by the time you get to the end of "Dreamland," you know, you really realize love in all its many varied forms.
Glenn: And I read where you once said, and I think it was on NPR with Scott Simon, that you like to explore human — all human emotions in your books. And this particular one took on a lot of emotions, as you just talked about.
Sparks: Well, for me, the stories that mean the most are those that touch all of the emotions of life. Because the more you touch all of the emotions of life, the more it feels as if it could be happening to you. To me, it's a way to draw you closer to the character.
So yeah, I'll write about love, but I'll write about, for instance, fear. You know, in this novel, I'll write about uncertainty. I'll write about confusion. I'll write about happiness, right? Just laughter. And you try to cover all of that. And I think by bringing in the entirety of the human experience, the characters feel more real. And thus the story lingers longer in the memory once the final page is turned.
Glenn: A lot of your books have been turned into movies and TV series. Do you see this as one?
Sparks: Yeah, I do. Universal bought this book, among others.
Glenn: Well, you had one, "Safe Haven." You were the executive producer. I was going to ask you, how much input do you have when they're turned into movies and television?
Sparks: I am one of the major voices in the room. Unlike a novel where I'm the boss. But in a film, you're dealing with the studio executive in charge of the production. You have the director, who has a specific vision. Sometimes members of the cast have significant input. For instance, in "Message in a Bottle" when I'm working with Kevin Costner, Kevin Costner has an opinion and it's important to listen to that because it's Kevin Costner, right?"
Sparks: I have 11 different films, so that could be on Amazon, Netflix. They could be anywhere. And they're often on network TV.
Glenn: When you're thinking of stories, are you thinking in terms of this has to work for North Carolina because there are so many different plots or things, but they might not necessarily work for North Carolina?
Sparks: So yeah, you do pick and choose some things like that. But I tend to select stories that I can write in North Carolina. I've lived there for so long and I'm just a small-town guy. I guess through my novels I'm trying to tell you a little bit of the charms I find in small town life — the geography, the slowness of pace, the opportunity to be able to quiet one's soul for a little while and thus allowing yourself to be open to, perhaps, new experiences.
Author and screenwriter Nicholas Sparks' new book is "Dreamland." He will be in Charlotte on Monday for a 4 p.m. book signing at Barnes and Noble Arboretum.
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I'm writing to share the news that my new book, Dreamland, will be available in stores on September 20th and to give you a first look at its
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wish comes a poignant love story about risking everything for a dream—and whether it's possible to
Book News, · Film, TV & Stage News, · From Nick · The Return is now in paperback + Special Giveaways for The Wish · Book News, · Event News, · From Nick.
In twenty novels, Sparks looks at how fate, destiny, and romance intertwine, tracing the relationships between lovers new and old. Unsure where to start? This
Eleven of Nicholas Sparks's novels—The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven, The Lucky One, The Last Song, Dear John
Nicholas Sparks' "Dreamland" (Random House, 384 pp.) debuts at No.1 this week on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list. The novel follows the
Now, Nicholas Sparks has written over 20 books, including A Walk to Remember (1999), Dear John (2006), and The Choice (2016), all of which have
About the Author. Nicholas Sparks is one of the world's most beloved storytellers. All of his books have been New York Times bestsellers, with over 105
Nicholas Sparks is one of my unquestionable auto buy authors. Although Dreamland was published in September, I reserved this latest Sparks
Sparks, who's lived in New Bern, North Carolina, for 30 years, has a new book out this month, "Dreamland." It's an emotional love story between