Books Set in North Carolina

Fiction set in North Carolina. Find mysteries, historical fiction, and YA books about North Carolina.

Updated July 24, 2023
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Guests on Earth : a novel
Smith, Lee
Paper Book
"Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction . . . Gives evidence again of theĀ  grace and insight that distinguish her work." --Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl It's 1936 when orphaned thirteen...
A land more kind than home
Cash, Wiley.
Paper Book
In his phenomenal debut novel--a mesmerizing literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in a small North Carolina town--author Wiley Cash displays a remarkable talent for lyrical, powerfully emotional storytelling. A Land More Kind than Home is a modern...
Look homeward, angel : a story of the buried life
Wolfe, Thomas
Paper Book
Look Homeward, Angelis an elaborate and movingcoming-of-age story about Eugene Gant, a restless andenergetic character whose passion to experience life takes himfrom his small, rural hometown in North Carolina toHarvard University and the city of Boston. The novel'spattern is artfully simple -- a...
Necessary lies
Chamberlain, Diane
Paper Book
Bestselling author Diane Chamberlain delivers a breakout book about a small southern town fifty years ago, and the darkest--and most hopeful--places in the human heart After losing her parents, fifteen-year-old Ivy Hart is left to care for her grandmother, older sister and nephew as...
The notebook
Sparks, Nicholas.
CD
A man picks up a very special notebook and begins reading to his beloved wife, his voice recalling the story of their poignant and bittersweet journey to happiness.

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