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Nicholas Sparks is one of the world’s most beloved storytellers. All of his books have been New York Times bestsellers, with over 130 million copies sold worldwide, in more than 50 languages, including over 92 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 ...more

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What draws you write redemptive love stories, no matter how endings may differ from a “happily ever after”?

Nicholas Sparks When I write a story, I am writing to make my characters and plots feel real, and in writing a love story, I am writing to represent the reality of lo…moreWhen I write a story, I am writing to make my characters and plots feel real, and in writing a love story, I am writing to represent the reality of love. In writing something real, I want to create something that evokes all of the true emotions of life. We are all happy and sad, angry and confused. We all fail and strive for redemption. If I wrote a character that had all but one of these emotions, it would be a fairy-tale, instead of a great love story. The reality of love is that all love stories, by definition, must end in tragedy. A “happily ever after,” like a perfectly happy character, isn’t true to our world, and isn’t a part of the books I am trying to write. (less)

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Hi. My question is: what is your favorite book?

Nicholas Sparks What a fun question! I read a lot, I read 100 books a year and I like a lot of authors. I'm drawn to those authors of whom I've enjoyed other works in…moreWhat a fun question! I read a lot, I read 100 books a year and I like a lot of authors. I'm drawn to those authors of whom I've enjoyed other works in the past. You can never go wrong with someone like an Alice Monroe, or a Gillian Flynn, or a Dennis Lehane. Of course I also can lose myself in a good Stephen King or a Lee Child book, and if you've never read someone like Cody McFadyen, that could give you something to look into; a really underrated writer that not everyone has heard about. Getting through the works of those authors will give you a very good start.(less)

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	The Notebook (The Notebook, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 1,745,406 ratings — published 1996 — 311 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Walk to Remember 4.20 avg rating — 821,775 ratings — published 1999 — 100 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear John 4.04 avg rating — 606,077 ratings — published 2006 — 223 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Song 4.16 avg rating — 561,329 ratings — published 2008 — 187 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Safe Haven 4.22 avg rating — 389,826 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lucky One 4.13 avg rating — 366,815 ratings — published 2007 — 198 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Message in a Bottle 3.98 avg rating — 241,904 ratings — published 1998 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rescue 4.12 avg rating — 206,498 ratings — published 2000 — 181 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Guardian 4.16 avg rating — 186,337 ratings — published 2003 — 169 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Choice 4.01 avg rating — 188,904 ratings — published 2007 — 193 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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