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True Believer

by Nicholas Sparks

The True Believer series by Nicholas Sparks has 2 known books (2 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with True Believer (2005). The latest book with a fully recorded publication date is At First Sight.

Books
2 known books (2 novels)
Published
2
First published
2005
Status
completed
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Romance
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Start here: True Believer (2005) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of True Believer

True Believer (2005)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. True Believer

    Novel

    Nicholas Sparks's True Believer (April 2005) sends cynical magazine writer Jeremy Marsh to the small town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, to investigate mysterious cemetery lights, where he falls for guarded local librarian Lexie Darnell -- ending with Jeremy's choice between his New York career and Lexie's news that she's pregnant.

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  2. At First Sight

    Novel

    At First Sight arrived just six months later, in October 2005, picking up directly from True Believer's ending to follow Jeremy and Lexie through engagement, marriage, and a pregnancy health scare, with a stalker subplot raising the stakes further across its 320 pages.

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About the True Believer series

Nicholas Sparks's True Believer (2005) sends Jeremy Marsh, a cynical New York City magazine writer who debunks supernatural claims for a living, to the small town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, to investigate mysterious lights reported in an old cemetery. There he meets Lexie Darnell, the town's guarded local librarian, and the two fall into a romance neither of them expected -- Jeremy pulled toward small-town life and Lexie's roots, Lexie wary of a big-city writer who'll eventually go home. The novel ends with Jeremy facing a choice between his New York career and the life Lexie represents, and with Lexie discovering she's pregnant.

At First Sight (2005), published the same year, picks up directly where True Believer leaves off rather than skipping ahead, following Jeremy and Lexie through their engagement, marriage, and the early complications of Lexie's pregnancy -- including a serious health scare -- while a subplot involving a stalker drawn to Lexie's local-celebrity engagement announcement raises the stakes further. Recurring Boone Creek figures from the first book, including Lexie's grandmother Doris (the town's informal psychic) and Jeremy's friend Alvin, carry through into the second, making this one of the more direct, continuous two-book stories in Sparks's otherwise mostly standalone body of work.

Frequently asked questions

Is At First Sight a sequel to True Believer?

Yes, a direct one. At First Sight begins where True Believer ends and follows the same two protagonists, Jeremy Marsh and Lexie Darnell, through their engagement and marriage.

Do I need to read True Believer before At First Sight?

Yes. Unlike most Nicholas Sparks novels, which are standalone, this is a continuous two-part story, and At First Sight assumes you already know Jeremy and Lexie's relationship from the first book.

What order should I read these in?

True Believer, then At First Sight — both published in 2005, with At First Sight following a few months later.

Is this series finished?

Yes. It's a complete two-book story with no further novels continuing Jeremy and Lexie's story.

What is Boone Creek?

The small fictional North Carolina town where both books are set, home to Lexie Darnell and the setting for Jeremy's supernatural-lights investigation in True Believer.

How many books are in the True Believer series?

Two: True Believer (2005) and At First Sight (2005).

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