The Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Award is an annual literary award presented by Barnes & Noble. It was introduced in 2019. Finalists for the award are chosen by B&N booksellers. As of 2025, there are three categories for winners - Book of the Year, Gift Book of the Year, and Children's Book of the Year.
Lists +YearAuthorTitleResult2019The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the HorseWinnerThe TestamentsFinalistThe Food of SichuanMythosThe Silent PatientOlive, AgainNo One is Too Small to Make a DifferenceThe Nickel Boys2020World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other AstonishmentsWinnerAccidentally Wes AndersonFinalistLeave the World BehindPieometry: Modern Tart Art and Pie Design for the Eye and Palate and Ibram X. KendiStamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the BeginningUntamedThe Vanishing HalfWintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times2021The Lyrics: 1956 to the PresentWinnerCloud Cuckoo LandFinalistThe SentencePizza Czar: Recipes and Know-How from a World-Traveling Pizza ChefTogetherUnder the Whispering Door and Renée WatsonThe 1619 Project: Born on the WaterCrying in H Mart2022Lessons in ChemistryWinnerBabel: Or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ RevolutionFinalistTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and TomorrowThe Marriage Portrait and Jon KlassenThe Three Billy Goats GruffWhat Moves the DeadIce Cold: A Hip-Hip Jewelry HistoryApollo Remastered: The Ultimate Photographic Record and JJ GoodeTurkey and the Wolf: Flavor Trippin’ in New OrleansAn Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden World Around UsSkandar and the Unicorn Thief2023The Heaven & Earth Grocery StoreWinner, illustrated by Julie MorstadThe Puppets of SpelhorstFinalistThe Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and MurderThe Story of Art Without MenYellowface, Erin Odenkirk (Illustrator)Zilot & Other Important RhymesChili Crisp: 50+ Recipes to Satisfy Your Spicy, Crunchy, Garlicky CravingsThe Berry PickersDivine RivalsThe Creative Act: A Way of BeingLet Us DescendFourth Wing2024JamesWinnerThere's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension FinalistSwift RiverTaylor Swift Style: Fashion Through the ErasWhy I Cook Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs Revenge of the Tipping PointThe Women, Sam Winston (illustrator)The Dictionary Story The God of the Woods IntermezzoImpossible CreaturesThe Backyard Bird Chronicles 2025Mona's Eyes WinnerGrowing HomeChildren's Book Winner I Am RebelGood ThingsGift Book WinnerSunrise on the ReapingFinalistKing of Ashes KatabasisMap MenThis Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters)The New York Times GamesPuzzle Mania! There Are No Silly Questions , Sawyer Robbins The Let Them TheoryMother Mary Comes to MeBuckeyeThe Artist and the Feast
See also
Barnes & Noble Discover Prize Barnes & Noble Children's & Young Adult Book Awards
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