2021 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites (Awarded by Barnes and Noble)

Awards List

Fiction

The Lost Apothecary
(*)
Sarah Penner

The Paper Palace
(*)
Miranda Cowley Heller

Beautiful World, Where Are You
(*)
Sally Rooney

Bewilderment
(*)
Richard Powers

Fault Lines
(*)
Emily Itami

Harlem Shuffle
(*)
Colson Whitehead

Cloud Cuckoo Land
(*)
Anthony Doerr

The Lincoln Highway
(*)
Amor Towles

The Sentence
(*)
Louise Erdrich

Greek Myths
(*)
Charlotte Higgins

Manga

One Piece, Vol. 1: Romance Dawn
(*)
Eiichiro Oda

One-Punch Man, Vol. 1
(*)
ONE

My Hero Academia, Vol. 1
(*)
Kohei Horikoshi

Attack on Titan, Volume 1
(*)
Hajime Isayama

Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku 1
(*)
Fujita

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 1: Cruelty
(*)
Koyoharu Gotouge

Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 1
(*)
Gege Akutami

Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1
(*)
Tatsuki Fujimoto

Solo Leveling, Vol. 1
(*)
Chugong

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 1
(*)
Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 1
(*)
Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

The The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong (Novel) Vol. 1
(*)
Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Mysteries & Thrillers

While Justice Sleeps
(*)
Stacey Abrams

The Maidens
(*)
Alex Michaelides

False Witness
(*)
Karin Slaughter

Clark and Division
(*)
Naomi Hirahara

The Guilt Trip
(*)
Sandie Jones

Mrs. March
(*)
Virginia Feito

The Madness of Crowds
(*)
Louise Penny

The Heron's Cry
(*)
Ann Cleeves

The Man Who Died Twice
(*)
Richard Osman

Silverview
(*)
John Le Carre

Picture Books

Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
(*)
Joanna Ho

Mel Fell
(*)
Corey R. Tabor

Milo Imagines the World
(*)
Matt De La Pena

What the Road Said
(*)
Cleo Wade

The Rock from the Sky
(*)
Jon Klassen

Oddbird
(*)
Derek Desierto

It Could Be Worse
(*)
Einat Tsarfati

Dragonboy
(*)
Fabio Napoleoni

Born on the Water
(*)
Nikole Hannah-Jones

Room for Everyone
(*)
Naaz Khan

Romance Novels

Lover Unveiled
(*)
J.R. Ward

The Lady Has a Past
(*)
Amanda Quick

Legacy
(*)
Nora Roberts

People We Meet On Vacation
(*)
Emily Henry

The Soulmate Equation
(*)
Christina Lauren

Freed: Fifty Shades Freed as Told by Christian
(*)
E.L. James

Neon Gods
(*)
Katee Robert

One Last Stop
(*)
Casey McQuiston

It's Better This Way
(*)
Debbie Macomber

While We Were Dating
(*)
Jasmine Guillory

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Empire of the Vampire
(*)
Jay Kristoff

Under the Whispering Door
(*)
T.J. Klune

Child of Light
(*)
Terry Brooks

The Last Graduate
(*)
Naomi Novik

Light From Uncommon Stars
(*)
Ryka Aoki

Lesser Evil
(*)
Timothy Zahn

Leviathan Falls
(*)
James S.A. Corey

Lore Olympus: Volume One
(*)
Rachel Smythe

A Marvellous Light
(*)
Freya Marske

V. E. Schwab's ExtraOrdinary
(*)
V.E. Schwab

Young Adult Books

Lore
(*)
Alexandra Bracken

Firekeeper's Daughter
(*)
Angeline Boulley

The Lake
(*)
Natasha Preston

Realm Breaker
(*)
Victoria Aveyard

Ace of Spades
(*)
Faridah Abike-Iyimide

Blackout
(*)
Dhonielle Clayton

Small Favors
(*)
Erin A. Craig

Defy the Night
(*)
Brigid Kemmerer

Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World
(*)
Benjamin Alire Saenz

Once Upon a Broken Heart
(*)
Stephanie Garber

Young Adult SF & Fantasy

Lore
(*)
Alexandra Bracken

Our Violent Ends
(*)
Chloe Gong

Chain of Iron
(*)
Cassandra Clare

Realm Breaker
(*)
Victoria Aveyard

Any Way the Wind Blows
(*)
Rainbow Rowell

Small Favors
(*)
Erin A. Craig

Defy the Night
(*)
Brigid Kemmerer

Iron Widow
(*)
Xiran Jay Zhao

Kingdom of the Cursed
(*)
Kerri Maniscalco

Once Upon a Broken Heart
(*)
Stephanie Garber

Young Reader's Books

Amari and the Night Brothers
(*)
B.B. Alston

Ground Zero
(*)
Alan M. Gratz

Mothering Heights
(*)
Dav Pilkey

Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales
(*)
Soman Chainani

Hooky
(*)
Miriam Bonastre Tur

The Beatryce Prophecy
(*)
Kate DiCamillo

Pony
(*)
R.J. Palacio

Big Shot
(*)
Jeff Kinney

Daughter of the Deep
(*)
Rick Riordan

Out of My Heart
(*)
Sharon M. Draper

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

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