Although I think he gets far too much credit, Nicholas Sparks has managed to publish 19 novels and 2 non-fiction books. 
I have to agree that Nicholas sparks does put out a lot of content. Have you read any of his novels?
Yeah... I have to admit I have read The Notebook. I had to give him a shot. Not my bag.
Do you enjoy other romance novels?
a type of novel defined by Walter Scott as "a fictitious narrative in prose or verse; the interest of which turns upon marvelous and uncommon incidents." 
A thriving genre of works conventionally referred to as "romance novels" existed in ancient Greece. Other precursors can be found in the literary fiction of the 18th and 19th centuries, including Samuel Richardson's sentimental novel "Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded" (1740) and the novels of Jane Austen. Austen inspired Georgette Heyer, the British author of historical romance set
Nicholas Sparks
Nicholas Charles Sparks (born December 31, 1965) is an American romance novelist and screenwriter. He has published twenty novels and two non-fiction books. Several of his novels have become international bestsellers, and eleven of his romantic-drama novels have been adapted to film all with multimillion-dollar box office grosses. His novels feature stories of tragic love with happy endings and Christian values.
Sparks was born in Omaha, Nebraska and wrote his first novel, "The Passing", in 1985,