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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Big lies in a small town
Chamberlain, Diane
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes a novel of chilling intrigue, a decades-old disappearance, and one woman's quest to find the truth... "A novel about arts and secrets...grippingly told...pulls readers toward a shocking conclusion."--...
Book lovers
Henry, Emily
Paper Book
"One of my favorite authors."--Colleen Hoover An insightful, delightful, instant #1 New York Times bestseller from the author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Oprah Daily ∙ Today ∙...
The girl from Widow Hills : a novel
Miranda, Megan
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last House Guest--a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick--comes a riveting new novel of psychological suspense about a young woman plagued by night terrors after a childhood trauma who wakes one evening to find a corpse at her feet....
A good neighborhood
Fowler, Therese
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * One of NPR's Best Books of 2020 "A provocative, absorbing read." -- People "A feast of a read... I finished A Good Neighborhood in a single sitting. Yes, it's that good." -...
Keeping the moon
Dessen, Sarah.
Paper Book
Never underestimate the power of friendship.   When Colie goes to spend the summer at the beach, she doesn't expect much.   But Colie didn't count on meeting Morgan and Isabel.   Through them, she learns what true friendship is all about, and...
A land more kind than home
Cash, Wiley.
Paper Book
For a curious boy like Jess Hall, growing up in Marshall, North Carolina, means trouble when your mother catches you spying on grown-ups. Adventurous and precocious, Jess is very protective of his older brother, Christopher, a mute whom everyone calls Stump. Though their mother has warned them not...
The last castle : the epic story of love, loss, and American royalty in the nation's largest home
Kiernan, Denise
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller "A soaring and gorgeous American story" (Karen Abbott) from the author of the New York Times bestselling The Girls of Atomic City. The fascinating true story behind the magnificent Gilded Age mansion Biltmore--the...
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 night swim
Goldin, Megan
Paper Book
"A blistering plot and crisp writing make The Night Swim an unputdownable read." -Sarah Pekkanen, bestselling author of The Wife Between Us In The Night Swim, a new thriller from Megan Goldin, author of the "gripping and unforgettable" (Harlan Coben)...
The notebook
Sparks, Nicholas
Paper Book
Experience the unforgettable, heartbreaking love story set in post-World War II North Carolina about a young socialite and the boy who once stole her heart -- one of PBS's "Great American Reads". Every so often a love story so captures our hearts that it becomes more than a...
Serena : a novel
Rash, Ron
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller, A PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist -- The year is 1929, and newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton travel from Boston to the North Carolina mountains to create a timber empire. George has already lived in the camp long enough to father an illegitimate child, but Serena is new...
Spell booked
Lavene, Joyce.
Paper Book
Join the national bestselling authors of the Missing Pieces Mysteries as they conjure up the first supernatural mystery in the Retired Witches series... Once upon a time in Wilmington, North Carolina, three witches ran a curio shop named Smuggler's Arcane. But as the years...
The sugar queen
Allen, Sarah Addison.
Paper Book
In this irresistible follow-up to her New York Times-bestselling debut, Garden Spells, author Allen tells the tale of a young woman whose family secrets--and secret passions--are about to change her life forever.
Where the crawdads sing
Owens, Delia
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING PHENOMENON--NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE! More than 18 million copies sold worldwide A Reese's Book Club Pick A Business Insider Defining Book of the Decade  "I can't even express how much I love this book! I didn't...

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