The Greatest Books of All Time Set in North Carolina

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
253 Look Homeward, Angel Thomas Wolfe 1929 American English
770 The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead 2016 American English
1877 Cold Mountain Charles Frazier 1997 American English
2003 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Harriet Jacobs 1861 American English
2010 The Notebook Nicholas Sparks 1996 American English
4445 Ellen Foster Kaye Gibbons 1987 American English
4722 Of Time and the River Thomas Wolfe 1935 American English
5154 Where The Crawdads Sing Delia Owens 2018 American English
5306 Lee's Lieutenants Douglas Southall Freeman 1943 American English
5636 Book Lovers Emily Henry 2021 American English
6002 Kate Vaiden Reynolds Price 1986 American English
6425 Cape Fear John D. MacDonald 1957 American English
6987 Just Listen Sarah Dessen 2006 American English
7107 Kiss The Girls James Patterson 1995 American English
7215 The Short Fiction Charles W. Chesnutt 1899 American English
7704 You Can't Go Home Again Thomas Wolfe 1940 American English
7887 The Vampire Queen's Servant Joey W. Hill 2007 American English
8777 Proud Shoes Pauli Murray 1956 American English
8926 The End Of Men Hanna Rosin 2012 American English
9191 What Do Women Want? Daniel Bergner 2013 American English
9238 Ella Baker And The Black Freedom Movement Barbara Ransby 2003 American English
9522 A Visitation Of Spirits Randall Kenan 1989 American English
9850 Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim David Sedaris 2004 American English
10027 Let Me Love You Alexandria House 2018 Unknown English
10305 The Odd Woman Gail Godwin 1974 American English
10363 The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page Burton J. Hendrick 1922 American English
10450 Calypso David Sedaris 2018 American English
10707 Black Folk Blair L.M. Kelley 2023 Unknown English
11137 Wilmington's Lie David Zucchino 2020 American English
11487 I Shall Not Be Moved Maya Angelou 1990 American English
11661 Property Lionel Shriver 2018 American English
11939 The Training of an American Burton J. Hendrick 1928 American English
12258 Out Of Time Paula Martinac 1990 American English
12514 The World And The Bo Tree Helen Bevington 1991 American English
12572 Happy Land Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2025 American English
12587 Jim The Boy Tony Earley 2000 American English
12617 Sounds Like Love Ashley Poston 2025 American English
13257 Wonder When You’ll Miss Me Amanda Davis 2003 American English
13600 Alabama Song Gilles Leroy 2007 French French
14830 Everything Happens For A Reason Kate Bowler 2018 American English
14984 The March E. L. Doctorow 2005 American English
14984 Naked David Sedaris 1997 American English
14984 The Lacuna Barbara Kingsolver 2009 American English
14984 The Wright Brothers David McCullough 2015 American English
15563 In The Valley Ron Rash 2020 American English
15612 Zelda Nancy Milford 1970 American English
15902 An Economic Interpretation Of The Constitution Of The United States Charles A. Beard 1913 American English
15902 Roanoke Hundred Inglis Fletcher 1948 American English
15902 Drums James Boyd 1928 American English
17126 A Breath Of Snow And Ashes Diana Gabaldon 2005 American English
17126 An Echo In The Bone Diana Gabaldon 2009 American English
17126 Drums Of Autumn Diana Gabaldon 1996 American English
17126 Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone Diana Gabaldon 2021 American English
17126 The Fiery Cross Diana Gabaldon 2001 American English
17126 The Choice Nicholas Sparks 2007 American English
17126 The Lucky One Nicholas Sparks 2008 American English
17126 Nights In Rodanthe Nicholas Sparks 2002 American English
17126 The Wedding Nicholas Sparks 2003 American English
17126 Gardening For Love Elizabeth Lawrence 1981 American English
17126 A Palpable God Reynolds Price 1978 American English
17126 A Fool's Errand, By One Of The Fools Albion Winegar Tourgee 1879 American English
17126 The Night Swim Megan Goldin 2020 Australian English
17126 How Music Got Free Stephen Richard Witt 2015 American English
17126 Drawing Blood Poppy Z. Brite 1993 American English
17126 The Swan Thieves Elizabeth Kostova 2010 American English
17126 Walk In My Combat Boots James Patterson 2021 American English
17126 Thirteen Moons Charles Frazier 2006 American English
17126 The Glorious Cause Jeff Shaara 2002 American English
17126 The Last Full Measure Jeff Shaara 1998 American English
17126 A Patriot's History Of The United States Larry Schweikart 2004 American English
17126 The Civil War Geoffrey C. Ward 1990 American English
17126 Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls David Sedaris 2013 American English
17126 When You Are Engulfed In Flames David Sedaris 2008 American English
17126 Bloodline James Rollins 2012 American English
17126 Never Enough Judith Grisel 2019 Unknown English
17126 Sounds Like Titanic Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman 2019 American English
17126 A Season On The Brink John Feinstein 1986 American English
17126 Loose Balls Terry Pluto 1990 American English
16812 Down The Fairway Bobby Jones, O.B. Keeler 1927 American English
17126 The Story Of American Golf Herbert Warren Wind 1975 American English
17126 Road Swing Steve Rushin 1998 American English
17126 Native Nations Kathleen DuVal 2024 Unknown English
17126 I Can't Accept Not Trying Michael Jordan 1994 American English
17126 Having Our Say Amy Hill Hearth, Annie Elizabeth Delany, Sarah Louise Delany 1993 American English
17126 All We Can Save Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 2020 Unknown English
17126 The Short Drop Matthew FitzSimmons 2015 American English
17126 The Minotaur Takes A Cigarette Break Steven Sherrill 2000 American English
17126 Worn Sofi Thanhauser 2022 Unknown English
17126 Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus Nabeel Qureshi 2014 American English
17126 Klan War Fergus M. Bordewich 2023 Unknown English
17126 Crossings Ben Goldfarb 2023 Unknown English
17126 The Life And Times Of Hannah Crafts Gregg Hecimovich 2023 Unknown English
17126 The Great Displacement Jake Bittle 2023 Unknown English
17126 The Life And Times Of Hannah Crafts Gregg Hecimovich 2023 Unknown English
17126 The Best Of Me David Sedaris 2020 American English
17126 No Easy Day Mark Owen 2012 American English
17126 Blood Ties Kay Hooper 2007 American English
17126 Those We Thought We Knew David Joy 2023 American English
17126 Maya Angelou Maya Angelou 1994 American Unknown
17126 The New Geography Of Jobs Enrico Moretti 2012 American English
17126 Dingley Falls Michael Malone American English