Classic & Older Gothic

The Notebook

by Nicholas Sparks

A man with a faded, well-worn notebook open in his lap. A woman experiencing a morning ritual she doesn't understand. Until he begins to read to her. An achingly tender story about the enduring power of love. A man with a faded, well-worn notebook open in his lap. A woman experiencing a morning ritual she doesn't understand. Until he begins to read to her. The Notebook is an achingly tender story about the enduring power of love, a story of miracles that will stay with you forever. Set amid the austere beauty of coastal North Carolina in 1946, The Notebook begins with the story of Noah

More Classic & Older Gothic

• The Hound of the Baskervilles — Anne Perry
• Magician's Gambit — David Eddings
• Chronicle of a Death Foretold — Gabriel García Márquez
• The Vile Village — Brett Helquist
• The Wide Window — Lemony Snicket
• The Plague — Albert Camus
• Sophie's World — Paulette Møller
• The Idiot — Frederick Whishaw

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