2023 B&N Book Club Picks
We love talking about books and writing (and more) with authors and B&N Book Club members at our monthly Virtual…
Fiction
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…
The Story Was There for the Telling: An Exclusive Guest Post from Amanda Peters, Author of The Berry Pickers
In my debut novel, The Berry Pickers, a young Mi’kmaq girl named Ruthie is kidnapped from the blueberry fields of…
Beneath the Still Surface of a Small Town: An Exclusive Guest Post from Adrienne Young, Author of The Unmaking of June Farrow
Don’t miss this guest post from Adrienne Young about what draws her to setting her stories in small towns and…
Writing Into the Intimate Moments: 5 Questions with Ariel Djanikian, Author of The Prospectors, Our October Book Club Pick
Ariel Djanikian answers our questions about what she hoped to accomplish when writing The Prospectors.
Short Story Collections to Stop Your Scrolling
It’s all too easy to pass the time by scrolling on your phone, but what if, instead of passing the…
Every Book Has Its Own Starting Point: 5 Questions with Thrity Umrigar, Author of The Museum of Failures
Thrity Umrigar, author of The Museum of Failures, answers five questions about her writing process and inspiration.
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…
The 2023 Booker Prize Shortlist
The Booker Prize announced its 2023 shortlist this afternoon. Recognizing books for their outstanding literary excellence, these six novels reflect…
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month With These Award-Winning Authors
Today marks the first anniversary of our Spanish blog, Aroma a libros, and its recommendations of exceptional Spanish content, reviewing…
Novel Journeys: Wilderness Fiction That Transports and Transforms
Haven’t we all imagined what it would be like to unplug and step into the wild, build a rich future…
Make a Bad Day Better With a Good Book: Cats, Coffee and Comforting Japanese Fiction
A purring cat curled in your lap, a good cup of coffee, sitting in a café with a good book…
Welcome to the O.C.: Books
Put on your leather jacket and turn up the Death Cab for Cutie – The O.C. is back in a big way,…
The Books that Mattered Most: An Exclusive Guest Post from Alice Hoffman, Author of The Invisible Hour
From the author of the beloved, bestselling Practical Magic series comes a bewitching love letter to the magic of books.…
Magic in the Mundane and Dysfunctional Families: Discover Kevin Wilson’s Books
When Kevin Wilson stopped by our Poured Over podcast, he talked extensively about what he chooses to explore in his…
The Intuitive Choices and the Surprises of Writing: An Exclusive Q&A With Colin Walsh, Author of Kala
Readers of both Sally Rooney and Tana French will be capitivated by this electric debut novel. When the remains of…
Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes Read Some New Irish Writers
If you missed Bloomsday this year and didn’t pick up your copy of James Joyce’s Ulysses, we have just the…
🎶I’m a Barbie Girl, In the Barbie World🎶
Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird and Little Women) has established herself as a leading voice in feminist films, so it’s no…
Feral Girl Summer (And All Year Round)
Feral girl summer means that it’s time to get a little wild… and not think about the consequences. And no…
New Fiction Audiobooks Perfect for Summer Listening
“Summer Reading”— could this be the most beautiful pair of words in the English language? Together, they evoke a scrapbook…