There’s no better way to spend a sunny day on your Outer Banks vacation than on the beach. For guests staying at Sea Ranch Resort, enjoying a day on the shoreline is as easy as walking out our back door. While the sandy shoreline is the perfect place to fly kites, build sand castles, or wade into the water to go swimming, it’s also a great place to catch up on your TBR. A fun option when searching for your next beach read is to find a book set in the Outer Banks.
A Guide to Books Set in the Outer Banks
There are a number of page turners in an array of genres that are set in the Outer Banks.
- No Outer Banks reading list is complete without Nights in Rodanthe. The novel by Nicholas Sparks tells the story of a couple falling in love during a hurricane while holed up in an oceanfront house.
- Another great option is Anne Rivers Siddons’ Outer Banks. The book tells the story of four college sorority sisters who reunite in Nag’s Head.
- There’s also Diann Ducharme’s The Outer Banks House and its sequel Return to the Outer Banks House, which follow a wealthy young woman who falls for a local fisherman.
- For something breezier, Summer Rental by Mary Kay Andrews tells the story of three lifelong friends who spend a month at a beach house in Nags Head.
- For cozy mystery lovers, By Book or By Crook by Eva Gates kicks off a series set in a lighthouse library on Bodie Island.
- J. Willis Sanders has a multi-book series set in this region, including Kitty Hawk Cowboy. The book follows a boy growing up in 1950s Kitty Hawk.
- For a children’s book, try Jason Chin’s Hurricane. The picture book is set in Hatteras Village and tells the story of Hurricane Isabel.
Explore Movie and TV Locations
In between your books, spend some time visiting movie and TV filming locations near our Kill Devil Hills resort. For example, key scenes of the 1983 sci-fi thriller Brainstorm and Call Sign Romeo were filmed at the Wright Brothers National Memorial. Nearby Jockey’s Ridge State Park doubled as an alien landscape for Sol, an indie sci-fi film. Drive about an hour to Rodanthe, and you can see the oceanfront home where Nights in Rodanthe was filmed.
See What You Can Discover on an Outer Banks Vacation
Whether you’re the type to relax on the beach with a book or plan a whole day around finding a filming location, the Outer Banks rewards both kinds of curiosities. Half the fun of visiting a place with this much myth and history is realizing how much of it is hiding in plain sight, and there’s no better place to make your home base than Sea Ranch Resort.
Our family-friendly beach resort in North Carolina has everything you could want from a resort. We offer an array of well-appointed accommodation options, a delicious on-site restaurant, and fantastic on-site amenities. Call 252-441-7126 to learn more about our OBX resort and current special offers.