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Barnes & Noble Book Club: Every Book Pick Barnes & Noble launched its national Book Club on March 5, 2018, with free in-store Book Club nights at its then-632 U.S. locations led by expert booksellers, naming The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer as its inaugural pick that May. The club has run a new selection almost every month since (no pick in December), chosen by B&N's own booksellers and editors rather than a single celebrity host, with picks leaning toward literary and upmarket contemporary fiction. Each selection gets a dedicated in-store display and a free author livestream or in-conversation event; several picks, including Buckeye by Patrick Ryan, have gone on to be finalists for Barnes & Noble's own Book of the Year award.
85 picks · hosted by Barnes & Noble · since 2018.
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Start free trial → Sunlight Finds You August 2026
Sunlight Finds You by Laura Moriarty
The Shampoo Effect July 2026
The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson
Valley of the Moms June 2026
Valley of the Moms by Hannah Selinger
Good Joy, Bad Joy May 2026
Good Joy, Bad Joy by Mikki Brammer
Mothers and Other Strangers April 2026
Mothers and Other Strangers by Corey Ann Haydu
Lake Effect March 2026
Lake Effect by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Good People February 2026
Good People by Patmeena Sabit
The Rest of Our Lives January 2026
The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits
Like Family November 2025
Like Family by Erin O. White
Heart the Lover October 2025
Heart the Lover by Lily King
Buckeye September 2025
Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
Songs for Other People's Weddings August 2025
Songs for Other People's Weddings by David Levithan & Jens Lekman
The Letter Carrier July 2025
The Letter Carrier by Francesca Giannone
The Listeners June 2025
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater
My Friends May 2025
My Friends by Fredrik Backman
Rabbit Moon April 2025
Rabbit Moon by Jennifer Haigh
Broken Country March 2025
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
This Is a Love Story February 2025
This Is a Love Story by Jessica Soffer
The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus January 2025
The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight
Like Mother, Like Mother November 2024
Like Mother, Like Mother by Susan Rieger
The Mighty Red October 2024
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
Colored Television September 2024
Colored Television by Danzy Senna
The Wedding People August 2024
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
The God of the Woods July 2024
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
You Are Here June 2024
You Are Here by David Nicholls
The Real Americans May 2024
The Real Americans by Rachel Khong
I Cheerfully Refuse April 2024
I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
After Annie March 2024
After Annie by Anna Quindlen
Good Material February 2024
Good Material by Dolly Alderton
Mercury January 2024
Mercury by Amy Jo Burns
Absolution November 2023
Absolution by Alice McDermott
The Prospectors October 2023
The Prospectors by Ariel Djanikian
Happiness Falls September 2023
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
Tom Lake August 2023
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Good Night, Irene June 2023
Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
The Secret Book of Flora Lea May 2023
The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
Hang the Moon April 2023
Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls
The Daughters of Madurai March 2023
The Daughters of Madurai by Rajasree Variyar
The Snow Hare February 2023
The Snow Hare by Paula Lichtarowicz
The Cloisters November 2022
The Cloisters by Katy Hays
The Night Ship October 2022
The Night Ship by Jess Kidd
Other Birds September 2022
Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
Mercury Pictures Presents August 2022
Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow July 2022
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Half-Blown Rose June 2022
Half-Blown Rose by Leesa Cross-Smith
Elektra May 2022
Elektra by Jennifer Saint
Sea of Tranquility April 2022
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
One Italian Summer March 2022
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
The Family Chao February 2022
The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang
Anthem January 2022
Anthem by Noah Hawley
Our Country Friends November 2021
Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart
The Death of Jane Lawrence October 2021
The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling
Matrix September 2021
Matrix by Lauren Groff
The Guilt Trip August 2021
The Guilt Trip by Sandie Jones
The Paper Palace July 2021
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
The Other Black Girl June 2021
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
Hour of the Witch May 2021
Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
The Five Wounds April 2021
The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade
We Begin at the End March 2021
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
Good Neighbors February 2021
Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan
Better Luck Next Time January 2021
Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson
The Cold Millions November 2020
The Cold Millions by Jess Walter
Leave the World Behind October 2020
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Transcendent Kingdom September 2020
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
The Pull of the Stars August 2020
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Florence Adler Swims Forever July 2020
Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland
The Vanishing Half June 2020
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
All Adults Here May 2020
All Adults Here by Emma Straub
Conjure Women April 2020
Conjure Women by Afia Atakora
A Good Neighborhood March 2020
A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler
American Dirt February 2020
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Dear Edward January 2020
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
The Family Upstairs November 2019
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
Ninth House October 2019
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
The Testaments September 2019
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Inland August 2019
Inland by Téa Obreht
Mrs. Everything June 2019
Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
The Guest Book May 2019
The Guest Book by Sarah Blake
Lost Roses April 2019
Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly
The Island of Sea Women March 2019
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
The Last Romantics February 2019
The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin
The Only Woman in the Room January 2019
The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing September 2018
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
Clock Dance June 2018
Clock Dance by Anne Tyler
The Female Persuasion May 2018
The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
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