Nicholas Sparks Books in Order
Nicholas Sparks has written 27 books, published between 1990 and 2025. The first book is Wokini (1990) and the newest is Remain (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 27
- Published
- 1990–2025
- Confirmed
- 27 of 27 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,443 in 16 of 27 books
- Reading time
- 107–161 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,443 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 27 titles with a page count on record.
Nicholas Sparks, born December 31, 1965, is an American novelist who also works as a screenwriter and film producer. Sparks has published 24 novels, 16 of them New York Times bestsellers, plus two nonfiction books, and sales exceed 130 million copies in more than 50 languages. The earliest catalogued title is Wokini (1990), a nonfiction book written with Billy Mills; The Notebook (1996) was the first novel. The Notebook, A Walk to Remember and Message in a Bottle are among 11 Sparks books adapted as feature films. Subjects in the catalogue include contemporary romance, North Carolina, widowers and fathers and daughters. The site lists 27 books, with Remain (2025) as the newest, and series entries for the Calhoun Family / Notebook and Jeremy Marsh & Lexie Darnell.
A Walk to Remember is among Nicholas Sparks's novels alongside The Notebook. His stories address love and the challenges people face in life, and several have been adapted into films.
How many Nicholas Sparks books are there?
Nicholas Sparks has 27 books, released between 1990 and 2025. They include 2 separate series.
Nicholas Sparks Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 27 Nicholas Sparks books in the order they were released, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 11990–3/4
- 21996–3/4
- 31998–4/4
- 419992404/4
- 520004204/4
- 620013684/4
- 720022224/4
- 820034654/4
- 92003–4/4
- 1020034944/4
- 112004–4/4
- 122004–3/4
- 132006–4/4
- 142007–4/4
- 1520084004/4
- 1620084804/4
- 1720104054/4
- 1820103204/4
- 1920123984/4
- 2020155624/4
- 2120164854/4
- 222018–4/4
- 2320203684/4
- 2420214164/4
- 2520224004/4
- 262024–4/4
- 272025–3/4
Nicholas Sparks books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Nicholas Sparks Standalone Novels
21 books21 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Nicholas Sparks Non-Fiction
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Calhoun Family / Notebook in order
2 books- 1. The Notebook
- 2. The Wedding
Jeremy Marsh & Lexie Darnell in order
2 booksNicholas Sparks Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Nicholas Sparks books run from Wokini (1990) to Remain (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Nicholas Sparks in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Nicholas Sparks books in order?
You only need to read Nicholas Sparks books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Nicholas Sparks books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Wokini (1990), the earliest published title. After it come The Notebook (1996), Message in a Bottle (1998), A Walk to Remember (1999) and The Rescue (2000); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the first Nicholas Sparks book?
Wokini (1990) is the first Nicholas Sparks book, and the numbered table above starts with it.
What is the newest Nicholas Sparks book?
Remain (2025) is the newest Nicholas Sparks book released so far.
Is there a new Nicholas Sparks book coming?
No next Nicholas Sparks book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Printable Nicholas Sparks Books in Order Checklist
A printable checklist of all 27 books in publication order is on the Nicholas Sparks reading checklist, with a tick box beside each title.
Nicholas Sparks at a glance
- Still publishing
- Nicholas Sparks published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Nicholas Sparks books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,443 pages across the 16 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 402 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Nicholas Sparks books, 12 of 27, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 23 of the 27 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Nicholas Sparks books are about
23 of the 27 Nicholas Sparks books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: man-woman relationships is tagged on 8 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Man-woman relationships 8 of 23 books
- North Carolina 8 of 23 books
- Contemporary romance 7 of 23 books
- Romance 4 of 23 books
- Divorce 3 of 23 books
- Marriage 3 of 23 books
- Widowers 3 of 23 books
- Divorced people 2 of 23 books
- Family life 2 of 23 books
- Fathers and daughters 2 of 23 books
- Life change events 2 of 23 books
- Romantic suspense 2 of 23 books