2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites (Awarded by Barnes and Noble)

Awards List

Fiction

Deacon King Kong
(*)
James McBride

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
(*)
Grady Hendrix

The Vanishing Half
(*)
Brit Bennett

Hamnet
(*)
Maggie O'Farrell

Mexican Gothic
(*)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Evening and the Morning
(*)
Ken Follett

Leave the World Behind
(*)
Rumaan Alam

The Cold Millions
(*)
Jess Walter

Memorial
(*)
Bryan Washington

The Office of Historical Corrections
(*)
Danielle Evans

Mysteries & Thrillers

Heaven, My Home
(*)
Attica Locke

The Long Call
(*)
Ann Cleeves

The Boy from the Woods
(*)
Harlan Coben

All the Devils Are Here
(*)
Louise Penny

One by One
(*)
Ruth Ware

Squeeze Me
(*)
Carl Hiaasen

The Thursday Murder Club
(*)
Richard Osman

The Searcher
(*)
Tana French

The Butchers' Blessing
(*)
Ruth Gilligan

Picture Books

The People
(*)
Kristen Bell

You Matter
(*)
Christian Robinson

Playing Possum
(*)
Jennifer Black Reinhardt

We Will Rock Our Classmates
(*)
Ryan T. Higgins

I Promise
(*)
LeBron James

If You Come to Earth
(*)
Sophie Blackall

Lights on Wonder Rock
(*)
David Litchfield

All Because You Matter
(*)
Tami Charles

What We'll Build
(*)
Oliver Jeffers

And the People Stayed Home
(*)
Kitty O'Meara

Romance Novels

Almost Just Friends
(*)
Jill Shalvis

Sisters by Choice
(*)
Susan Mallery

The Worst Best Man
(*)
Mia Sosa

A Walk Along the Beach
(*)
Debbie Macomber

Beach Read
(*)
Emily Henry

Hideaway
(*)
Nora Roberts

Party of Two
(*)
Jasmine Guillory

The Lost and Found Bookshop
(*)
Susan Wiggs

When No One Is Watching
(*)
Alyssa Cole

Return to Virgin River
(*)
Robyn Carr

Science Fiction & Fantasy

The City We Became
(*)
N.K. Jemisin

House of Earth and Blood
(*)
Sarah J. Maas

Piranesi
(*)
Susanna Clarke

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
(*)
Christopher Paolini

A Deadly Education
(*)
Naomi Novik

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
(*)
V.E. Schwab

The Last Druid
(*)
Terry Brooks

The Once and Future Witches
(*)
Alix E. Harrow

Ready Player Two
(*)
Ernest Cline

Rhythm of War
(*)
Brandon Sanderson

Young Adult Books

Long Way Down
(*)
Jason Reynolds

One of Us Is Next
(*)
Karen M. McManus

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
(*)
Holly Jackson

The Twin
(*)
Natasha Preston

Clap When You Land
(*)
Elizabeth Acevedo

Grown
(*)
Tiffany D. Jackson

Punching the Air
(*)
Ibi Zoboi

Dear Justyce
(*)
Nic Stone

The Cousins
(*)
Karen M. McManus

Young Adult SF & Fantasy

The Conference of the Birds
(*)
Ransom Riggs

Chain of Gold
(*)
Cassandra Clare

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
(*)
Suzanne Collins

The Shadow of Kyoshi
(*)
F.C. Yee

Midnight Sun
(*)
Stephenie Meyer

Cemetery Boys
(*)
Aiden Thomas

The Lost Book of the White
(*)
Cassandra Clare; Wesley Chu

How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
(*)
Holly Black

Kingdom of the Wicked
(*)
Kerri Maniscalco

These Violent Delights
(*)
Chloe Gong

Young Reader's Books

InvestiGators
(*)
John Patrick Green

The One and Only Bob
(*)
Katherine Applegate

Act
(*)
Kayla Miller

Grime and Punishment
(*)
Dav Pilkey

The Last Kids on Earth and the Skeleton Road
(*)
Max Brallier

Class Act
(*)
Jerry Craft

A Tale of Witchcraft...
(*)
Chris Colfer

The Tower of Nero
(*)
Rick Riordan

Twins
(*)
Varian Johnson

The Deep End
(*)
Jeff Kinney

Unlocked
(*)
Shannon Messenger

Cat Kid Comic Club
(*)
Dav Pilkey

Award Categories

Christian Children's Books

Fantasy

Fiction

Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels & Comics

Horror

Literary Fiction

Manga

Mysteries & Thrillers

Picture Books

Romance Novels

Science Fiction

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Young Adult Books

Young Adult SF & Fantasy

Young Reader Graphic Novels

Young Reader's Books

Award Years

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017