Barnes & Noble Reads
Booksellers, Riffing: The Color Purple
Booksellers love to talk about all-time favorites and their current must-reads, the books that changed them and the books they…
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Flyest of Them All? Mitchell Jackson on Fashion and the NBA.
A crucial fact about me: I’m from Portland, Oregon. One of my hometown’s AKA’s is RIP City. It was christened…
What to Read Next: Japanese Literature Edition
One of the best parts of a bookseller’s gig is building store displays, and it’s clear that Ehani Schneiderman had…
That’s the Door You Choose to Go Through: Reading Alice McDermott
“It does come down to that moment, when as a reader or as a writer entering into a story we…
Film has the Power to Bring Readers to Books: Rumaan Alam on Adapting Leave the World Behind
We’ve been huge fans of Rumaan Alam’s since we tapped his debut novel, Rich and Pretty, for our Discover Great…
Grace In The Waiting: Books for the Advent Season
Advent often gets swept up in the excitement of what comes at the end – the songs, the presents, the…
Beautiful Books for the Aspiring Artist (Ages 2-5)
Perfectly sized for little hands, these gorgeous books help children connect everyday life and classic art. These smart, elegant books…
Curiosity and Imagination: A Conversation with Oliver Jeffers
B&N: Curiosity and imagination are always at the center of your books. Begin Again is no exception, but it does…
B&N’s Advent Book Countdown
It’s the holiday season, so it’s probably cold out wherever you are, and that means you’re ready to hunker down…
The Wildest Sun and Hemingway’s Influence: A Guest Post by Asha Lemmie
When I decided to write my sophomore novel, The Wildest Sun, I knew that I wanted to write a coming-of-age…
Stories Never Write Themselves: A Guest Post by Mick Herron
The worst smell in the world is dead badger – the opening words of The Secret Hours were spoken by…
And the Winner Is…2023 Booker Prize Edition
Bookmakers in the U.K. were betting on one of the three Pauls — Harding, Lynch and Murray — to win…
Humanity’s To-Do List Before Settling Space: A Guest Post by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith, authors of A City on Mars
Humanity is closer than ever to settling a second world. Or at least that’s what we thought 5 years ago,…
Research can lead you to places you never expect: A Guest Post from David Grann
Research can lead you to places you never expect. While working on my latest book, The Wager, I found myself…
A Place of Hope and Humanity: A Guest Post from James McBride
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store is the story of how the people of Chicken Hill — the neighborhood in…
Poured Over: Gabriel Bump on The New Naturals
“My favorite parts of this book are when you have two characters … talking about what they want from the…
There are the Unseen Moments, Too: A Guest Post from Amy Fleisher Madden, author of Negatives
My career in emo has, at this point, passed the two-decade mark, and if I’ve learned anything thus far, it’s…
Five Minutes with Geddy Lee
You share a lot about your family’s history in your memoir, My Effin’ Life — how did knowing about their…
Shelves + Soundtracks: Fabulous Book and Vinyl Pairings for Right Now
*One**Two**Three* *Onetwothree* Whether you’ve been a fan of Dave Grohl’s since the Nirvana days or a die-hard fan of Foo…