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." -...
Guests on Earth : a novel
Smith, Lee
Paper Book
"Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction . . . Gives evidence again of the  grace and insight that distinguish her work." --Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl It's 1936 when orphaned thirteen...
Keeping the moon
Dessen, Sarah
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of Once and for All 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....
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...
The last castle : the epic story of love, loss, and American royalty in the nation's largest home
Kiernan, Denise
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller with an "engaging narrative and array of detail" (The Wall Street Journal), the "intimate and sweeping" (Raleigh News & Observer) untold, true story behind the Biltmore Estate--the largest, grandest private residence in North America, which...
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 1950-
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 and PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist, Serena by award-winning author Ron Rash is "masterfully written...sprawling, engrossing and--from time to time--nightmarish," (San Francisco Chronicle); a remarkable novel that "recalls both John Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy," (The New...
The sugar queen
Allen, Sarah Addison.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In this irresistible novel, Sarah Addison Allen, author of the bestselling debut, Garden Spells, tells the tale of a young woman whose family secrets--and secret passions--are about to change her life forever. Josey Cirrini is sure...
Under a gilded moon : a novel
Jordan-Lake, Joy
Paper Book
"Crawdads meets the Crawleys...Threaded through with a meticulously researched, well-crafted mystery, this is historical fiction at its best." --Fiona Davis, nationally bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue From the bestselling author of A Tangled Mercy...
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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