The Lucky One (novel)

The Lucky One
First edition
AuthorNicholas Sparks
LanguageEnglish
GenreRomance
Drama
War
PublisherGrand Central Publishing
Publication date
2008
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages386 pp
ISBN0-446-57993-9
OCLC233573959
813/.54 22
LC ClassPS3569.P363 L83 2008
Preceded byThe Choice 

The Lucky One is a 2008 romance novel by American writer Nicholas Sparks. U.S. Marine Logan Thibault finds a photograph of a smiling young woman half-buried in the dirt during his first deployment in the Iraq War. The photograph brings him luck, and, once home, he sets out to find the woman in the photo.

The novel follows from three different character perspectives: Keith Clayton, Elizabeth Green, and Logan Thibault.

The novel was adapted into a 2012 film starring Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling.