10 Books That Put a Spark in Our Life

The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks

‘What do you want?’ The Notebook and a big box of tissues! This is one of those enduring love stories that will never leave you and it was Nicholas Sparks’ first published novel.

The Choice - Nicholas Sparks

Make the choice to pick up this book and you will not be disappointed! Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job; loyal friends; his dream home in small-town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life, he believes that a serious relationship with a woman would only cramp his style. That is until Gabby Holland moves in next door.

The Best of Me - Nicholas Sparks

The Best of Me is Nicholas Sparks at his best. An epic love that echoes through the years. They were teenage sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks - with a passion that would change their lives for ever. But life would force them apart. Years later, the lines they had drawn between past and present are about to slip...

Nights in Rodanthe - Nicholas Sparks

With Richard Gere on the cover, how can you go wrong? Two fragile people. One desperate second chance. Reeling and desolate, Adrienne Willis needs space to rethink her life after her husband leaves her for a younger woman. Fleeing everything, she jumps at the chance to look after her friend's guesthouse in the coastal town of Rodanthe, North Carolina. But there is a storm heading for Adrienne, in more ways than she can imagine.

A Walk to Remember - Nicholas Sparks

This is another Sparks’ novel that will require tissues. It is 1958 and seventeen-year-old Landon is revelling in his youth: dating girls and even claiming to have been in love. He is a world apart from shy, reclusive Jamie Sullivan, a Baptist's daughter who carries a bible with her school books, cares for her widowed father and volunteers at the orphanage. But fate will intervene...

The Longest Ride - Nicholas Sparks

The Longest Ride will gallop into your heart. Two couples. Two love stories. One epic tale.

Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks

When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet unassuming, Katie is determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community. But even as Katie starts to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts her. . .

The Last Song - Nicholas Sparks

A book that brought Liam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus together all those years ago is worth a read. This is an unforgettable story about love in its myriad forms - first love, the love between parents and children - that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that deeply felt relationships can break our hearts and heal them.

Dear John - Nicholas Sparks

The sparks fly in Dear John, especially with Channing Tatum on the cover. When John meets Savannah, he realises he is ready to make some changes. Always the angry rebel at school, he has enlisted in the Army, not knowing what else to do with his life. Now he's ready to turn over a new leaf for the woman who has captured his heart.

The Lucky One - Nicholas Sparks

Lucky last! Haunted by memories of the friends he lost in Iraq, Logan knows how fortunate he is to be home. He believes that a photograph he carried with him, a picture of a smiling woman he's never met, kept him safe. Even though he knows nothing about this woman, he hopes she might hold the key to his destiny.