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Barnes & Noble has announced the 16 finalists for their 2026 Book of the Year. Which of these books, if any, would you pick as the B&N Book of the Year? Please check all that apply.
Survey expires 11/06/26
Total voters: 252
Barnes & Noble has announced the 16 finalists for their 2026 Book of the Year. Which of these books, if any, would you pick as the B&N Book of the Year? Please check all that apply.
 4% (9 votes) | THE BOOK OF BIRDS: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss, by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris |
| 58% (145 votes) | THE CALAMITY CLUB by Kathryn Stockett |
| 10% (26 votes) | COOL MACHINE by Colson Whitehead |
| 1% (3 votes) | IS THIS A PLUM? A Peek-Through Picture Book, by Dan and Finn Ojari |
| 21% (53 votes) | LAND by Maggie O’Farrell |
| 13% (32 votes) | LONDON FALLING: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth, by Patrick Radden Keefe |
| 0% (1 votes) | OTTOLENGHI SIMPLE TOO: A Cookbook, by Yotam Ottolenghi |
| 24% (60 votes) | PARTITA by Barbara Kingsolver |
| 4% (11 votes) | REDWOOD: The Untold Story of the Cold War’s Most Extraordinary Spy, by Ben Macintyre |
| 1% (3 votes) | SLEEPING BEAUTIES: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up, by David Byrne |
| 10% (24 votes) | STRANGERS: A Memoir of Marriage, by Belle Burden |
| 0% (1 votes) | THIS IS A DOOR by Daniel Nayeri |
| 3% (7 votes) | THIS VAST ENTERPRISE: A New History of Lewis & Clark, by Craig Fehrman |
| 1% (2 votes) | THE UNLIKELY TALE OF CHASE AND FINNEGAN by Jasmine Warga |
| 22% (55 votes) | WHALE HARBOR by Mary Beth Keane |
| 18% (46 votes) | YESTERYEAR by Caro Claire Burke |
| 17% (42 votes) | None of the above |
