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The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks · 1996

Romance
Oral reading
Older people

Top match: Water for Elephants

Last checked: November 7, 2026

Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen · 2006 · Adult

Novel · about 360 pages

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Why: Both are romance books.
- Romance
What both books share
- romance
  The Notebook: "Fiction, romance, historical" (OL subject); "Romance fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, general" (OL subject); "Romance" (OL subject)
  Water for Elephants: "romance" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, historical" (OL subject); "romance" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for The Notebook; Open Library and Wikidata for Water for Elephants, read September 24, 2026.
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Call Me by Your Name
André Aciman · 2007 · Adult

about 260 pages

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Why: Both are romance books.
- Romance
What both books share
- romance
  The Notebook: "Fiction, romance, historical" (OL subject); "Romance fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, general" (OL subject); "Romance" (OL subject)
  Call Me by Your Name: "Romance" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, contemporary" (OL subject); "romance" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for The Notebook; Open Library and Wikidata for Call Me by Your Name, read September 24, 2026.
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Vision in White
Nora Roberts · 2009 · Adult

about 350 pages

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Why: Both are romance books.
- Romance
What both books share
- romance
  The Notebook: "Fiction, romance, historical" (OL subject); "Romance fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, general" (OL subject); "Romance" (OL subject)
  Vision in White: "Romance" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, contemporary" (OL subject); "romance" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for The Notebook; Open Library and Wikidata for Vision in White, read September 24, 2026.
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Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston · 2019 · Adult

about 440 pages

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Why: Both are romance books.
- Romance
What both books share
- romance
  The Notebook: "Fiction, romance, historical" (OL subject); "Romance fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, general" (OL subject); "Romance" (OL subject)
  Red, White & Royal Blue: "Fiction, romance, contemporary" (OL subject); "romance" (OL subject); "romance" (WD genre); "Romance fiction" (LoC 655)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for The Notebook; Open Library and Wikidata for Red, White & Royal Blue, read September 24, 2026.
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Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree · 2022 · Adult

about 320 pages

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Why: Both are romance books.
- Romance
What both books share
- romance
  The Notebook: "Fiction, romance, historical" (OL subject); "Romance fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, general" (OL subject); "Romance" (OL subject)
  Legends & Lattes: "Romance" (OL subject); "romance" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for The Notebook; Open Library and Wikidata for Legends & Lattes, read September 24, 2026.
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Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2025 · Adult

about 350 pages

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Why: Both are romance books.
- Romance
What both books share
- romance
  The Notebook: "Fiction, romance, historical" (OL subject); "Romance fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, general" (OL subject); "Romance" (OL subject)
  Atmosphere: "Romance" (OL subject); "romance" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for The Notebook; Open Library and Wikidata for Atmosphere, read November 6, 2026.
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Funny Story
Emily Henry · 2024 · Adult

about 400 pages

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Why: Both are romance books.
- Romance
What both books share
- romance
  The Notebook: "Fiction, romance, historical" (OL subject); "Romance fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, general" (OL subject); "Romance" (OL subject)
  Funny Story: "Romance fiction" (OL subject); "romance" (OL subject); "romance" (WD genre); "Romance fiction" (LoC 655)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for The Notebook; Open Library and Wikidata for Funny Story, read October 12, 2026.
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It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover · Adult

about 380 pages

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Why: Both are romance books.
- Romance
What both books share
- romance
  The Notebook: "Fiction, romance, historical" (OL subject); "Romance fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, general" (OL subject); "Romance" (OL subject)
  It Ends with Us: "Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Life change events" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, contemporary" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, new adult" (OL subject); "romance" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for The Notebook; Open Library and Wikidata for It Ends with Us, read September 24, 2026.
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Pretty Little Liars
Sara Shepard · 2006 · Young adult

about 300 pages

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Why: Both are romance books.
- Romance
What both books share
- romance
  The Notebook: "Fiction, romance, historical" (OL subject); "Romance fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, general" (OL subject); "Romance" (OL subject)
  Pretty Little Liars: "Romance" (OL subject); "romance" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for The Notebook; Open Library and Wikidata for Pretty Little Liars, read September 24, 2026.
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The Love Hypothesis
Ali Hazelwood · 2021 · Adult

Novel · about 400 pages

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Why: Both are romance books.
- Romance
What both books share
- romance
  The Notebook: "Fiction, romance, historical" (OL subject); "Romance fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, general" (OL subject); "Romance" (OL subject)
  The Love Hypothesis: "romance" (OL subject); "romance novel" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for The Notebook; Open Library and Wikidata for The Love Hypothesis, read September 24, 2026.
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