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October 23, 2025By Erin Somers

Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Finalists

October 23, 2025By Erin Somers

Barnes & Noble named its Book of the Year finalists, with the the winner to be announced on November 13:

Sunrise on the Reaping, by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
King of Ashes, by S. A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)
Growing Home, by Beth Ferry (Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers)
Katabasis, by R. F. Kuang (HarperCollins)
This Way Up, by Map Men (Hanover Square Press)
I Am Rebel, by Ross Montgomery (Candlewick Press)
Puzzle Mania!, by The New York Times Games (Authors Equity)
Good Things, by Samin Nosrat (Random House Publishing Group)
There Are No Silly Questions, by Mike Rampton (Nosy Crow)
The Let Them Theory, by Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins (Hay House Inc.)
Mother Mary Comes to Me, by Arundhati Roy (Scribner)
Buckeye, by Patrick Ryan (Random House Publishing Group)
Mona’s Eyes, by Thomas Schlesser (Europa Editions, Incorporated)
The Artist and the Feast, by Lucy Steeds (Union Square & Co.)

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