I Wondered if I’d Been Misjudging Moby-Dick: A Guest Post from Tara Karr Roberts
Before I wrote a novel inspired by Moby-Dick, I spent almost 20 years avoiding Herman Melville’s hulking classic. I first…
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Our Discover Prize Winner 2023
This is what I told the crowd who joined us at our store on the Upper West Side of New…
Announcing the 2023 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize Finalists
What’s better than finding your next favorite author? Sharing that writer’s work with other readers. Last year, our…
We Mothers Hold On: An Exclusive Guest Post from Thao Thai, Author of the book Banyan Moon, Our July Discover Pick
Our booksellers say that Banyan Moon is a gorgeous, binge-worthy novel about three generations of Vietnames women. A nuanced portrait…
Editor to Author: A Guest Post from Jessica George, Author of Maame, Our February Discover Pick
Like most 20-somethings, Maddie wants to find her place in the world. Between serving as her ailing father’s primary caregiver…
Announcing Our Discover Prize Winner for 2022: The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
We are thrilled to announce the winner of our Discover Prize for 2022 — Tess Gunty’s The Rabbit Hutch! It’s been…
Announcing Our 2022 Discover Prize Shortlist
With such an exciting publishing year for Fiction, we’re beyond thrilled to celebrate the introduction of the new Discover Prize…
Seaside and the Jersey Shore: Five Questions for Katie Runde, Author of The Shore, Our June Discover Pick
The Shore, a fresh take on the classic coming-of-age story from debut author Katie Runde, is a must-add to your…
A Haunted House, Star-Crossed Lovers, and History: Five Questions for Isabel Cañas, Author of The Hacienda, Our May Discover Pick
Hear from Isabel Cañas about haunted houses, star-crossed lovers, and history, and the way those all play into her book…
Escape Into Books: An Exclusive Guest Post from Grace D. Li, Author of Portrait of a Thief — Our April Discover Pick
Portrait of a Thief is the perfect novel to escape into, and here we have five book recommendations from the…
Find Your Voice and Honor Your Truth: An Exclusive Guest Post From Adele Myers, Author of The Tobacco Wives — Our March Discover Pick
We were lucky enough to talk with Adele Myers and find out the inspiration behind The Tobacco Wives, our March…
Murder and Celebrity in the Early Aughts: Five Questions for Calla Henkel, Author of Other People’s Clothes — Our February Discover Pick
We got the opportunity to ask Calla Henkel five questions on everything from the inspiration behind her novel, constructing our…
Nuyoricans, Love Letters and Fairytale Endings: Five Questions for Xochitl Gonzalez, Author of Olga Dies Dreaming — Our January Discover Pick
We were thrilled to ask author Xochitl Gonzalez five questions on everything from the inspiration behind her novel, saving love…
Six Questions for Monica West, Author of Revival Season — Our June Discover Pick
Monica West’s transporting coming-of-age novel explores complicated family and what it means to live among the community of the faithful.…
Things That Both Heal and Harm: Five Question for Eric Nguyen, Author of Things We Lost to the Water — Our May Discover Pick
Things We Lost to the Water is a mesmerizing debut of familial bonds, assimilation and home that centers around an immigrant…
Victor Hugo, Cuban Independence and the Resilience of Women: Five Question for Gabriela Garcia, Author of Of Women and Salt — Our April Discover Pick
Beautiful and tragic, Of Women and Salt follows five generations of women in Cuba, Mexico and Miami. A story about…
Potions That Bewitch Us, Cure Us, Kill Us: Five Questions for Sarah Penner, Author of The Lost Apothecary — Our March Discover Pick
An avenging woman in the guise of a quiet apothecary takes center stage in this propulsive historical fiction debut. In…