Adventure & Survival
Some of Charles's best-loved stories take place far from town: a mountain after a plane crash, a river trip with a deadline, open water off the coast. These books put ordinary people in dangerous places and ask what they'll do to make it through.
The Mountain Between Us
2010
Both a tender and page-turning read, The Mountain Between Us will reaffirm your belief in the power of love to sustain us.
Where the River Ends
2008
Somewhere in 2007, I met a husband and wife who lost a daughter to cancer. As I stood, staring at her grave, her father’s tears soaking the ground next to me...
Water From My Heart
2015
Charlie Finn had to grow up fast, living alone by age sixteen. Highly intelligent, he earned a life-changing scholarship to Harvard, where he learned how to...
The Water Keeper
2020 · Keeper Series, Book 1
I’ve thought a good bit about to introduce this, my 14th novel, and given that this is my 20th year as a writer, I thought I’d try something new.
The Letter Keeper
2021 · Keeper Series, Book 2
Combining heart-wrenching emotion with edge-of-your-seat tension, New York Times bestselling author Charles Martin explores the true power of sacrificial love.
The Record Keeper
2022 · Keeper Series, Book 3
The adrenaline-pumping third entry in Martin's Murphy Shepherd series (after The Letter Keeper) explores human depravity and the healing power of love.
The Keeper
2025 · Keeper Series, Book 4
The Keeper is book four in the Murphy Shepherd series by New York Times bestselling author Charles Martin. Murph faces his biggest rescue yet — without Bones.