March to Madness: Dystopian Style
& MARCH TO MADNESS: DYSTOPIAN STYLE CHAMPION 2025 is … The Hunger Games & it all came down to these…
Michele Laikowski
Michele Laikowski came to B&N the usual way – by producing a radio show for Jenny McCarthy. She started in publishing at Little Golden Books when she moved to NYC but got waylaid by SiriusXM for 17 years. It took awhile but she finally found her way back to her first love, books.
2025 Yearly Reading Challenge
Do you feel that? It’s time for the 2025 B&N Book Challenge! Every year we give you the challenge and…
Here We Go Again: Your Groundhog Day Reading List
Ah, yes Groundhog Day. Didn’t this just happen? If you’re like us, you’ve given up all hope of the warmth…
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…
Books You Only Read Once: Stories So Profound You Won’t Ever Be the Same
Boy, do we love a re-read. We can wax poetic about them ad nauseum. Even C. S. Lewis agrees, saying…
TikTok #Booktok Challenge
Besides the sun, the freedom, and the glorious NOTHINGNESS of summer, a big part of summer has always been summer…
Flirty Four in our Rivaling Romances
We’re quickly approaching the end of our Rivaling Romances bracket! With only four titles left, which two titles will make…
GRAMMY Song of the Year Nominees As Books
I talked to a bunch of booksellers, and we have paired the Song of the Year nominees with great books…
Let’s Do the Time Loop Again: 5 Books to Read This Groundhog Day
Remember when Groundhog Day was just a day kids in America were told we’d know what the weather was going…
Words, Words, Wordle: Books to Read After You Finish Your Squares
The thing we love about Wordle is obviously that it’s word-based and since we’re all logophiles, we wanted to give…