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Take 25% off pre-order books at Barnes & Noble for 2 days only

Take 25% off pre-order books at Barnes & Noble for 2 days only

Published by skeptic

SAVE 25%: Through Sept. 11, rewards members can take 25% off pre-order books at Barnes & Noble with the code PREORDER25. Paid Premium members save an extra 10%. 2026 has already been an excellent year for new books, from the satirical influencer-inspired Yesteryear, to the new Dungeon Crawler Carl book A Parade of Horribles, to the supernatural horror The Caretaker. But the year is far from over and we still have plenty of new releases to add to our shelves. Why not save a little cash on those highly anticipated titles? From Sept. 9 through 11, Barnes & Noble is giving rewards members 25% off pre-order books with the code PREORDER25. The offer is for online pre-orders only on the most anticipated nonfiction and fiction titles and you must be a rewards member to redeem the code at checkout. Fortunately, if you’re not yet a member, it’s free to join. There’s also a paid Premium membership option available ($39.99/year), which will save you an additional 10% on pre-orders if you choose to sign up. Mashable …

The Gilded Blade by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Gilded Blade by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Published by Jenni Sidey

Some series end quietly. This one ends with a heist, a cult, a drowned bayou town, an underground gambling den beneath a London opera house, and a grandmother who turns out to be far more dangerous dead than alive. The Gilded Blade by Jennifer Lynn Barnes closes out The Grandest Game trilogy the way these books always move: fast, loud, and packed with locks that need picking. For anyone new to this corner of the shelf, here is a quick map. The Grandest Game grew out of Barnes’s runaway hit The Inheritance Games, the puzzle-box saga that put Avery Grambs and the four Hawthorne brothers on bestseller lists worldwide. The spinoff trilogy runs in order: The Grandest Game (book one) Glorious Rivals (book two) The Gilded Blade (book three, the finale) If you have not read the first two, start there. This last installment assumes you already know the players and does not pause to reintroduce them. What the story is chasing Without giving anything away, the premise is simple and cruel: Avery has vanished, …

The Best American Novels, According to Barnes & Noble

The Best American Novels, According to Barnes & Noble

Published by Jenni Sidey

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Best American Novels, According to Barnes & Noble With the 250th anniversary of the United States coming up, there have been quite a few ‘Merica-focused book lists. Barnes & Noble is the latest to put its hat in the ring, with a list of American novels curated by American authors. The authors asked to share their Great American Novel range from established, bestsellers (like Ann Patchett, Hernan Diaz, Tananarive Due, Ayad Akhtar, and Min Jin Lee), to debut authors who have already made an impact (Caro Claire Burke, Vincent Yu, and Woody Brown). A few authors mention books that are unsurprising—by “unsurprising,” I mean they’re the kind that are often required reading in high school (think The Great Gatsby and Catch-22). Then there are the books by authors who aren’t added to high school curricula nearly as often (or ever), like the experimental This is Not a Novel and Other Novels by David Markson, …

Barnes & Noble’s Buzziest Books to Look for This Fall

Barnes & Noble’s Buzziest Books to Look for This Fall

Published by Jenni Sidey

Barnes & Noble’s biggest books of fall, a touching library moment from the Obama Presidential Center’s opening ceremony, essential American literature, and more. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the biggest headlines from last week. The Biggest Books of Fall, According to Barnes & Noble Barnes & Noble has released its lists of the most anticipated books of fall in Fiction, Nonfiction, Fantasy & YA, and Kids‘. Fiction is packed with big names in books like Colson Whitehead (Cool Machine), Barbara Kingsolver (Partitia), R.F. Kuang (Taipei Story), Emily St. John Mandel (Exit Party), and Min Jin Lee (American Hagwon). That’s just the tip of the iceberg that is a season of literary overwhelm. In the Nonfiction, Fantasy & YA, and Kids’ editions, you can find new books from Adam Grant (Vibe: The Secrets of Strong Connections in a Lonely World – Nonfiction), Sabaa Tahir (Empire – YA & Fantasy), Jon Klassen adapting Raffi (I Wonder If I’m Growing – Kids’), and Rick Riordan and Annabelle Oh …

The Biggest Books of Fall, According to Barnes & Noble

The Biggest Books of Fall, According to Barnes & Noble

Published by Jenni Sidey

Barnes & Noble announces the most anticipated books of the fall, an IMAX release for Greta Gerwig’s NARNIA, and more. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Biggest Books of Fall, According to Barnes & Noble Barnes & Noble has released its lists of the most anticipated books of fall in Fiction, Nonfiction, Fantasy & YA, and Kids‘. Fiction is packed with big names in books like Colson Whitehead (Cool Machine), Barbara Kingsolver (Partitia), R.F. Kuang (Taipei Story), Emily St. John Mandel (Exit Party), and Min Jin Lee (American Hagwon). That’s just the tip of the iceberg that is a season of literary overwhelm. In the Nonfiction, Fantasy & YA, and Kids’ editions, you can find new books from Adam Grant (Vibe: The Secrets of Strong Connections in a Lonely World – Nonfiction), Sabaa Tahir (Empire – YA & Fantasy), Jon Klassen adapting Raffi (I Wonder If I’m Growing – Kids’), and Rick Riordan and Annabelle Oh (The Wild Zone – …

How Many of Barnes & Noble’s Best Books of the Year So Far Have You Read?

How Many of Barnes & Noble’s Best Books of the Year So Far Have You Read?

Published by Jenni Sidey

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the biggest headlines from last week. Marjane Satrapi, Author of PERSEPOLIS, Has Died at 56 Iranian French author Marjane Satrapi has passed away at 56. The cause and location of her death have not been shared, but one thing is certain: the world of graphic memoir has lost a giant. Satrapi’s best-known work, Persepolis, was published in the early 2000s and showed millions of readers the lives of everyday Iranians during the Islamic Revolution. As our Senior Editor Kelly Jensen stated, its blend of memoir, history, and stunning artwork has helped bring about our current, brilliant era of graphic memoir. President Emmanuel Macron’s office released a statement on the author’s influence: “Her passing marks the loss of a leading figure in French culture and a freedom-loving artist whose work carried a universal message and earned her immense international acclaim.” Five Publishers and Scott Turow Sue Meta and Mark Zuckerberg It’s likely that as …

📚 Barnes & Noble Names Best Books of 2026 So Far

📚 Barnes & Noble Names Best Books of 2026 So Far

Published by Jenni Sidey

Samantha Allen is the author of Puck, out this week from Zando. Below, she discusses what keeps bringing her back to writing fiction about reality TV. After I wrote Patricia Wants to Cuddle, a horror novel about a Sasquatch attacking the cast and crew of a fictionalized Bachelor-style dating competition, I thought I’d never go back to the reality TV well again. I’ve always wanted to be a moving target as an author, hopping from genre to genre and theme to theme. But I couldn’t stop thinking about what the shows we watch say about modern life. In the time since my fiction debut, shows like Love Is Blind and The Ultimatum supplanted The Bachelor in our cultural consciousness, replacing the simple game-show formats of yesteryear with formats that force “everyday” people into arcane systems with rules and literal walls and forced partner swaps. It seems as though, in our increasingly alienated and disconnected age, many people are intrigued by the idea of arbitrary romantic constraints: What if all we had to judge a potential …

The Best Books of 2026 So Far, According to Barnes & Noble

The Best Books of 2026 So Far, According to Barnes & Noble

Published by Jenni Sidey

In today’s roundup of book news, we have Barnes & Noble’s picks for the best books of the year so far, audio erotica narrated by your celebrity crush, new queer books out this Pride Month, and more. Barnes & Noble’s Picks for the Best Books of 2026 So Far The “Best Books of the Year So Far” lists continue! This time, it’s Barnes & Noble’s picks. Some of the titles are common to most other lists we’ve seen so far, like Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke, Kin by Tayari Jones, and Strangers by Belle Burden. But there are also some unique choices, like Seek Immediate Shelter by Vincent Yu and The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan. You’ll find a greater variety of genres here than something like The New York Times‘ best of list, including sci-fi, romantasy, cookbooks, self-help, and horror. Also check out their lists of the best audiobooks, YA books, and kids’ books of the year so far. Audio Erotica + Sexy Celebrity Narrators = Profit In a genius move, the women-focused audio …

Barnes & Noble CEO backs selling AI-written books in stores

Barnes & Noble CEO backs selling AI-written books in stores

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter James Daunt, the CEO of Barnes & Noble, has declared that he has “no problem” with AI-written books being sold in the retailer’s stores. In a recent segment for NBC News’ “Business in America” series, Today host Jenna Bush Hager asked Daunt how AI has affected the book publishing industry. The question came amid fierce concerns in creative industries about AI-generated content replacing authentic human art, and artists seeing paid work disappear as their literature is being used to train AI models. “You have said that if the rise of AI books becomes a thing, you would be willing to sell them within your stores,” Bush Hager said. “Yes, I have actually no problem selling any book, as long as it doesn’t masquerade or pretend to be something that it isn’t,” the British businessman responded. “And that it has an essential …

Barnes, Ingram Score 23 Points Apiece as Raptors Beat Cavaliers 93-89 and Tie Series at 2-All

Barnes, Ingram Score 23 Points Apiece as Raptors Beat Cavaliers 93-89 and Tie Series at 2-All

Published by Sam Flores

TORONTO (AP) — Scottie Barnes hit the go-ahead free throws in the final minute and finished with 23 points, Brandon Ingram also scored 23 and the Toronto Raptors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 93-89 on Sunday, tying the Eastern Conference first-round playoff series at two games apiece. The best-of-seven series shifts to Cleveland for Game 5 on Wednesday. “Now it’s a best of three,” Cavaliers guard James Harden said. RJ Barrett scored 18 points and Collin Murray-Boyles had 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Raptors, who won despite shooting 4 for 30 from 3-point range. “We’re just trying to go out there and win, take it one possession at a time,” Barnes said. “That’s all we’re focussing on.” Barnes had nine rebounds and six assists as Toronto won back-to-back postseason games for the first time since a first-round loss to Philadelphia in 2022. “We just never, never flinched,” Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic said. “We continued guarding and guarding.” Donovan Mitchell scored 12 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter and Harden added 19, but …