📚 Travel Inspired by Novels Set in Lake George & the Adirondacks
Books That Bring You Here
Ever dreamed of stepping into the pages of a gripping novel? These novels set in Lake George, Glens Falls, Bolton Landing, and the wild Adirondacks let you do just that. Read about it - then travel here and see it for yourself!
Featured Adirondacks Novel: Andia-ta-roc-te: Behind the Mask of Wilderness
Step into the eerie embrace of the Adirondack wild with the gripping thriller, Andiata-roc-te: Behind the Mask of Wilderness!
Haunted veteran Frank Phelps, seeking redemption in whiskey and wilderness, ventures into the legendary "Eastern Woods," where he finds horrors that blur the line between reality and nightmare.
You'll love this dark and unforgettable story, born from author Domenick Gasparro's own retreats into the backcountry.
Recent Novels Set in Lake George & the Adirondacks
The Lake House & The Madhouse by Mikaela Bee
It doesn't get any close to Lake George than a thriller set directly on the lake! Queensbury native Mikaela Bee penned The Lake House and The Madhouse, published in 2021 and 2022 respectively. You won't look at Lake George in the same way again!
The Adirondack Nights Series by C.K. Bloom
C.K. Bloom has three books that take place in Lake George, all published in 2025: The Return to Lake George, The Secret on Lake George, and One Last Chance on Lake George.
God of the Woods by Liz Moore
God of the Woods by Liz Moore, published in 2024, was a Goodreads Choice Awards Readers Favorite Mystery & Thriller for the same year. This book takes place at a summer camp circa 1975, with a mention of Garnet Hill Lodge.
Goodwill's Secrets and The Truth Is in the Ashes by Christopher Mele
A teenager vanishes from a fictional town in the Adirondacks in Goodwill's Secrets by Christopher Mele, published in 2024. Local reporter tasked to cover the story believes she might be a runaway, but uncovers more than he bargained for.
Reporter Alex Provetto is drawn into another case, this one with a series of suspicious fires - not unlike those that happened at the former Lake Placid Resort in the early 1990s - in The Truth Is in the Ashes, published in 2026.
The Plot and The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz
The Plot and The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz, published in 2021 and 2024 respectively, mention many Upstate New York places as well as Vermont, including Lake George (a character stays at an unnamed motel), Glens Falls, and Sharon Springs.
The Three Lives of Cate Kay
One woman, multiple identities, and a story set in Bolton Landing - don't miss out on this Reese's Book Club pick, The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan, published in 2025.
Wonderland by Zoje Stage
This book published in 2020 follows a family moving from city life to a remote farmhouse in the Adirondacks, where the setting is both beautiful and haunted.
Bonus Mention: Pressure: A Memoir
Not a novel, but a fascinating memoir, Pressure: A Memoir by Eric Canori, published in 2022, details his massive marijuana empire in Queensbury, Lake George, and Saratoga Springs.
Older Novels Set in Lake George & The Adirondacks
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
This famous book that inspired the film, published in 1826, features Fort William Henry.
An Affinity for Murder by Anne White
This mystery published in 2001 takes place in Lake George and revolves around two dead art experts and a secret hoard of paintings that may have been the work of Georgia O'Keeffe, a famous Lake George summer resident.
The Matt O'Malley Adirondack Mystery Series by Thomas Kane
These four books published between 2012 and 2014 take place in Bolton Landing: Desperate Hours, Desperate Days, Kateri's Treasure, and Ghost Guns.
The Reserve by Russel Banks
This 2008 book takes place in part in the Adirondacks in the early 1930s.
Cover of Snow by Jenny Milchman
Winner of the Mary Higgins Clark Award, this 2013 book takes place at a farmhouse in the Adirondacks in winter.
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