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Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites – Fiction Winners

Browse Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction winners and nominees by year. This archive follows one award category across the full Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites history.

Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction Cross-year archive

2025

Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction results for the 2025 award year.

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The Antidote

Russell, Karen

Standalone · Literary

Mar-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Artist and the Feast

Steeds, Lucy

Standalone · Historical

May-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Atmosphere: A Love Story

Reid, Taylor Jenkins

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Jun-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Audition

Kitamura, Katie

Standalone · Thriller

Apr-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Broken Country

Hall, Clare Leslie

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Buckeye

Ryan, Patrick

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Circle of Days

Follett, Ken

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Correspondent

Evans, Virginia

Standalone · Women's Fiction

May-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Director

Kehlmann, Daniel

Standalone · Historical

May-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Dream Count

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi

Standalone · Literary

Mar-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Emperor of Gladness

Vuong, Ocean

Standalone · Literary

May-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Flashlight

Choi, Susan

Standalone · Literary

Jun-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Flesh

Szalay, David

Standalone · Literary

Apr-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

A Guardian and a Thief

Majumdar, Megha

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Heart the Lover

King, Lily

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

I, Medusa

Gray, Ayana

Standalone · Historical

Nov-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Kaplan's Plot

Diamond, Jason

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays

Lee, Harper

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

Desai, Kiran

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar

Yee, Katie

Standalone · Literary

Jul-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Mona's Eyes

Schlesser, Thomas

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

My Friends

Backman, Fredrik

Standalone · Literary

May-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Parallel Lines

St. Aubyn, Edward

Standalone · Literary

Jun-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Pretender

Harkin, Jo

Standalone · Literary

Apr-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Shadow Ticket

Pynchon, Thomas

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Twice

Albom, Mitch

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

We Do Not Part

Kang, Han

Standalone · Literary

Jan-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

We Love You, Bunny

Awad, Mona

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

We'll Prescribe You Another Cat

Ishida, Syou

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

What We Can Know

McEwan, Ian

Standalone · Science Fiction

Sep-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Wild Dark Shore

McConaghy, Charlotte

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Wilderness

Flournoy, Angela

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Wreck

Newman, Catherine

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2025 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

2024

Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction results for the 2024 award year.

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After Annie

Quindlen, Anna

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

All Fours

July, Miranda

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Before We Forget Kindness

Kawaguchi, Toshikazu

Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series · Book 5 · Fantasy

Nov-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Blue Sisters

Mellors, Coco

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Sep-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

Murakami, Haruki

Standalone · Literary

Nov-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Clear

Davies, Carys

Standalone · Literary

Apr-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Colored Television

Senna, Danzy

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Entitlement

Alam, Rumaan

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Funny Story

Henry, Emily

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Apr-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The God of the Woods

Moore, Liz

Standalone · General Fiction

Jul-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Good Material

Alderton, Dolly

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Feb-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Intermezzo

Rooney, Sally

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

James

Everett, Percival

Standalone · Historical

Mar-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Life Impossible

Haig, Matt

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Long Island Compromise

Brodesser-Akner, Taffy

Standalone · General Fiction

Jul-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Long Island

Toibin, Colm

Eilis Lacey Series · Book 2 · Literary

May-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Martyr!

Akbar, Kaveh

Standalone · Literary

Jan-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Mighty Red

Erdrich, Louise

Standalone · Thriller

Oct-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Most

Anthony, Jessica

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Night We Lost Him

Dave, Laura

Standalone · Mystery

Mar-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Real Americans

Khong, Rachel

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Sandwich

Newman, Catherine

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Swift River

Chambers, Essie

Standalone · Literary

Jun-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Wandering Stars

Orange, Tommy

Standalone · Literary

Mar-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Women

Hannah, Kristin

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Feb-2024 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

2023

Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction results for the 2023 award year.

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The Berry Pickers

Peters, Amanda

Standalone · Literary

Nov-2023 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Bright Young Women

Knoll, Jessica

Standalone · Thriller

Oct-2023 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame

Standalone · Literary

May-2023 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The God of Endings

Holland, Jacqueline

Standalone · Fantasy

Mar-2023 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Hang the Moon

Walls, Jeannette

Standalone · Historical

Apr-2023 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Hello Beautiful

Napolitano, Ann

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Mar-2023 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

I Have Some Questions for You

Makkai, Rebecca

Standalone · Thriller

Feb-2023 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Rachel Incident

O'Donoghue, Caroline

Standalone · General Fiction

Jul-2023 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Tom Lake

Patchett, Ann

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2023 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Yellowface

Kuang, R.F.

Standalone · Women's Fiction

May-2023 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

2022

Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction results for the 2022 award year.

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Lessons

McEwan, Ian

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2022 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Lessons in Chemistry

Garmus, Bonnie

Standalone · Literary

Apr-2022 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Marriage Portrait

O'Farrell, Maggie

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2022 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Night Ship

Kidd, Jess

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2022 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Now Is Not the Time to Panic

Wilson, Kevin

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2022 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Our Missing Hearts

Ng, Celeste

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2022 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Passenger

McCarthy, Cormac

The Passenger Series · Book 1 · Literary

Nov-2022 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

People Person

Carty-Williams, Candice

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Sep-2022 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Rabbit Hutch

Gunty, Tess

Standalone · Literary

Aug-2022 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Zevin, Gabrielle

Standalone · Literary

Jul-2022 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

2021

Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction results for the 2021 award year.

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Beautiful World, Where Are You

Rooney, Sally

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Sep-2021 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Bewilderment

Powers, Richard

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2021 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Doerr, Anthony

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2021 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Fault Lines

Itami, Emily

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2021 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Greek Myths

Higgins, Charlotte

Standalone · Fantasy

Jan-2022 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Harlem Shuffle

Whitehead, Colson

Ray Carney Series · Book 1 · Literary

Sep-2021 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Lincoln Highway

Towles, Amor

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2021 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Lost Apothecary

Penner, Sarah

Standalone · Historical

Mar-2021 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Paper Palace

Heller, Miranda Cowley

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Jul-2021 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Sentence

Erdrich, Louise

Standalone · Literary

Nov-2021 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

2020

Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction results for the 2020 award year.

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The Cold Millions

Walter, Jess

Standalone · Historical

Nov-2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Deacon King Kong

McBride, James

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Evening and the Morning

Follett, Ken

Kingsbridge Series · Book 0.5 · Historical

Sep-2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Hamnet

O'Farrell, Maggie

Standalone · Literary

Jul-2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Leave the World Behind

Alam, Rumaan

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Memorial

Washington, Bryan

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Mexican Gothic

Moreno-Garcia, Silvia

Standalone · Fantasy

Jul-2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Office of Historical Corrections

Evans, Danielle

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

Hendrix, Grady

Standalone · Horror

Apr-2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Vanishing Half

Bennett, Brit

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Jun-2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

2019

Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction results for the 2019 award year.

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Black Leopard, Red Wolf

James, Marlon

Dark Star Trilogy Series · Book 1 · Fantasy

Feb-2019 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Mackesy, Charlie

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2019 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The City in the Middle of the Night

Anders, Charlie Jane

Standalone · Science Fiction

Feb-2019 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Conviction

Mina, Denise

Anna and Fin Series · Book 1 · Mystery

Jun-2019 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Disappearing Earth

Phillips, Julia

Standalone · Thriller

May-2019 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Dutch House

Patchett, Ann

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2019 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Fleishman Is in Trouble

Brodesser-Akner, Taffy

Standalone · General Fiction

Jul-2019 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Girl, Woman, Other

Evaristo, Bernardine

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Dec-2019 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Lady in the Lake

Lippman, Laura

Standalone · Thriller

Jul-2019 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Memory Police

Ogawa, Yoko

Standalone · Dystopian

Aug-2019 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Mythos

Fry, Stephen

Standalone · Fantasy

Aug-2019 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Nickel Boys

Whitehead, Colson

Standalone · Historical

Jul-2019 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Nothing to See Here

Wilson, Kevin

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2019 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Olive, Again

Strout, Elizabeth

Olive Kittridge Series · Book 2 · Literary

Oct-2019 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Vuong, Ocean

Standalone · Literary

Jun-2019 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Silent Patient

Michaelides, Alex

Standalone · Thriller

Feb-2019 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Testaments

Atwood, Margaret

Gilead Series · Book 2 · Dystopian

Sep-2019 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Topeka School

Lerner, Ben

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2019 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Trust Exercise

Choi, Susan

Standalone · Literary

Apr-2019 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Water Dancer

Coates, Ta-Nehisi

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2019 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

2018

Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction results for the 2018 award year.

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An American Marriage

Jones, Tayari

Standalone · Literary

Feb-2018 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Circe

Miller, Madeline

Standalone · Fantasy

Apr-2018 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Clock Dance

Tyler, Anne

Standalone · Literary

Aug-2018 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Every Breath

Sparks, Nicholas

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Oct-2018 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Female Persuasion

Wolitzer, Meg

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Apr-2018 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Great Alone

Hannah, Kristin

Standalone · Historical

Feb-2018 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Hellfire Club

Tapper, Jake

Charlie and Margaret Marder Series · Book 1 · Political Thriller

Apr-2018 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Immortalists

Benjamin, Chloe

Standalone · Literary

Jan-2018 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

Albom, Mitch

Heaven Series · Book 2 · General Fiction

Oct-2018 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Perfect Couple

Hilderbrand, Elin

Nantucket Series · Book 3 · Women's Fiction

May-2018 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

A Place for Us

Mirza, Fatima Farheen

Standalone · Literary

Jun-2018 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

A Spark of Light

Picoult, Jodi

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Oct-2018 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

There There

Orange, Tommy

Standalone · Literary

Jun-2018 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Unsheltered

Kingsolver, Barbara

Standalone · Historical

Oct-2018 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Where the Crawdads Sing

Owens, Delia

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2018 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

2017

Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction results for the 2017 award year.

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Artemis

Weir, Andy

Standalone · Science Fiction

Nov-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Before We Were Yours

Wingate, Lisa

Standalone · Historical

Jun-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

A Column of Fire

Follett, Ken

Kingsbridge Series · Book 3 · Historical

Sep-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Exit West

Hamid, Mohsin

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Future Home of the Living God

Erdrich, Louise

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Glass Houses

Penny, Louise

Chief Inspector Gamache Series · Book 13 · Police Procedural

Sep-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Hiddensee

Maguire, Gregory

Standalone · Fantasy

Nov-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

In the Midst of Winter

Allende, Isabel

Standalone · Historical Romance

Nov-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Late Show

Connelly, Michael

Detective Renee Ballard Series · Book 1 · Police Procedural

Jul-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

A Legacy of Spies

Le Carre, John

Standalone · Thriller

Sep-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Lincoln in the Bardo

Saunders, George

Standalone · Science Fiction

Feb-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Little Fires Everywhere

Ng, Celeste

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Magpie Murders

Horowitz, Anthony

Susan Ryeland Series · Book 1 · Amateur Sleuth

Jun-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Manhattan Beach

Egan, Jennifer

Standalone · Historical

Oct-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Ninth Hour

McDermott, Alice

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Norse Mythology

Gaiman, Neil

Standalone · Fantasy

Feb-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Origin

Brown, Dan

Robert Langdon Series · Book 5 · Thriller

Oct-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Rooster Bar

Grisham, John

Standalone · Thriller

Oct-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Rules of Magic

Hoffman, Alice

Practical Magic Series · Book 1 · Historical

Oct-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Ward, Jesmyn

Standalone · Fantasy

Sep-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Sleeping Beauties

King, Stephen

Standalone · Thriller

Oct-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Sourdough

Sloan, Robin

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Strange Weather

Hill, Joe

Standalone · Thriller

Oct-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

Uncommon Type: Some Stories

Hanks, Tom

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

The Women in the Castle

Shattuck, Jessica

Standalone · Historical

Apr-2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites Fiction

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