Barnes & Noble Announces 14 Finalists for Their 2025 Book of the Year
Barnes & Noble is pleased to announce the 14 finalists for their 2025 Book of the Year.
The program, now in its seventh year, asks B&N booksellers across the country to nominate titles throughout the year they find truly outstanding and in which they have felt the most pride in recommending to readers. This year, the list features five novels, five nonfiction books, and four books for children and young adults. The Barnes & Noble Book of the Year is voted on by all booksellers and announced on November 13th.
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic, Inc.)
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: When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters) 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.)