The Best of Me
- 320
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 13 weeks on the list, peaked at #1
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Our view
“The Best of Me” is a moving Nicholas Sparks novel about first love, loss and letting go, set in a small North Carolina town. Dawson and Amanda are at its heart, but some readers find the book is as much about the town and about grief as about romance. Its ending divides readers: it has left some heartbroken and others wishing they had never started.
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About the book
The Best of Me is an American romance novel, written by Nicholas Sparks.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 83 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 36% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Romance average of 7.6. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.5 | 8 | 10% |
| Google Books | 8.0 | 12 | 14% |
| Hardcover | 7.0 | 63 | 76% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Best of Me?
It has 320 pages — shorter than 89% of the ranked books in Romance.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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