what are some recomended books for readers who like Nicholas Sparks?

Question

for anyone who read The Lovely Bones did u like it

Answer 1

I used to really like Nicholas Sparks a lot. I still like some of his things, but wow, they get really depressing sometimes. I started reading Nicholas Evans . . . he writes romance, but includes some adventure and social conciousness themes as well. I started with The Smoke Jumper, but my favorite is his most recent, The Divide. I couldn't put it down. If you've heard of that movie, The Horse Whisperer, he is the one who wrote the book. I haven't read that one though, becuase I'm not a big fan of horses. His other book is called The Loop, and it was slower for me to get into. I have really grown out of Nicholas Sparks's writing style though, and more into Nicholas Evans. I hope you give him a shot. I really enjoy his books.

Answer 2

Sparks' fans should first turn to Emily Grayson when looking for a similar author. Grayson writes in a slightly more dramatic style about romantic relationships with endings that are as emotional as Sparks' but less bittersweet. Start with her second novel, The Gazebo, which follows the enduring love of two people who tried their whole lives to be together and failed. Abby, a small town newspaper editor, is left with a briefcase full of old letters, photographs, tape recordings, a passport application and a key, along with the charge to tell the story of Martin and Claire's fifty-year romance. Abby will also discover a hidden truth in her own past that helped the young lovers.

Writing in the same vein, but with more nostalgia is James Michael Pratt. His first three books, The Last Valentine, The Lighthouse Keeper and Ticket Home, use the dramatic backdrop of World War II to tell the stories of couples who are separated by war but joined at the heart. Pick up The Lighthouse Keeper first. Peter is raised by his Uncle Billie in the Port Hope Lighthouse. Billie lost his wife and young son and to assuage his grief took the lighthouse keeper's job. Peter also marries young and soon must leave his bride behind with his uncle as he heads to the African and Italian fronts of WWII. Upon his return home, Peter must face a new heartbreaking challenge. Likeable characters and heroic situations fill Pratt's novels. Duty and honor play large parts in the motivations of his protagonists. Readers who admire the strength and integrity of Sparks' characters in the face of adversity will also enjoy Pratt's characters and their challenging situations.

Richard Paul Evans is another popular author of gentle stories of great love and inspiration. Characters are less tortured and more in need of finding their inner strength and faith. If readers have already discovered the Christmas Box trilogy, they should sample one of Evans' most recent books, The Last Promise. While many of Evans' previous books have a more spiritual emphasis, this title more closely matches the tone and storyline of Sparks' novels. The Last Promise is a story of romantic love discovered, lost, and regained, set against the lush backdrop of Tuscany, Italy. A writer meets a beautiful woman and when he asks her for her favorite love story, she replies, "Mine." Eliana, a talented young painter, marries an Italian man and the couple take their romance to Italy, but Eliana finds her husband to be a different person in his native country. He becomes distant and leaves the care of their asthmatic son to his wife. A chance encounter with a fellow American reminds Eliana of the love she has lost and could possibly have again, but her ties to her family are strong. Like the heroines in Sparks' novels, Eliana must make a difficult decision, one that will change her life forever.

Readers who enjoy the gentleness of Sparks' stories, the small towns with closely knit families and friends involved in day-to-day dramas over the heart-tugging plots might enjoy Friendship Cake, the first in a trilogy, by Lynne Hinton. In Hope Springs, North Carolina, five women come together to publish a church cookbook. While collecting recipes they will become better friends as they learn each other's fears and weaknesses and help each other through them. Full of folksy spirituality and funny tender moments, Friendship Cake might elicit the kind of reader tears that come through laughter.

Fans of the bittersweet ending will like K. C. McKinnon's Candles on Bay Street. McKinnon gives plenty of notice that the ending will be a tearjerker, but she makes it one the reader will look forward to, with welcoming characters, a homey setting and a sweet heartwarming story about childhood friends who come together to help each other through a distressing illness.

Answer 3

Yes, and I liked her new novel 'Almost Moon' too.