Authors Pat Conroy (???Prince of Tides,??? ???The Great Santini???), Nicholas Sparks (???The Notebook,??? ???Message in a Bottle,??? ???A Walk to Remember???) and John Berendt (???Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil???) lead the list ??? drawing me to cities such as Savannah and Charleston, and the smaller coastal villages of St. Simons Island and Beaufort.