Brianna
West

Nicholas Sparks is a New York Times best-selling author. He has published at least twenty-one novels and has sold over 115 million copies worldwide. “The Notebook” and “The Longest Ride” are two of his most popular books and “The Return” is his most recent release. All three books are love stories with the same setting and similar plots. Specifically, they take place in North Carolina and have some connection to World War II.

 

The book jackets for these three books are all consistent in that they are laid out like gallery walls that represent the plot of each story. Likewise, all of the images in each frame relates to the story in some way. For example, the honeycomb image on the cover of “The Return” is a reference to the bee colony that the main character, Trevor takes care of in the story. Another example are the rings on “The Notebook” cover, which represent an engagement. Additionally, each book has a unique style relating to the story. For example, the notebook paper on “The Notebook” book jacket refers to the handwritten letters in the story. And the frames for The Return have an old style to represent the old town called New Bern, where the story takes place. The goal of this project was to show each story in a creative way, without being super literal.