Readers are Invited to the Barnes & Noble Book Club Discussion in Their Local Store on Tuesday, August 13 at 7 PM

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest retail bookseller, today announced The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead as the July 2019 selection for the Barnes & Noble Book Club, a monthly book club designed to bring readers in communities across the country together to discuss the most compelling books. Barnes & Noble is selling a special, exclusive Book Club edition of The Nickel Boys as well as hosting a free Book Club night for customers to discuss the novel in stores across the country on Tuesday, August 13, at 7 PM local time. Customers can buy the book starting today and sign up for the Book Club in their local store or online at BN.com/bnbookclub.

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Barnes & Noble's Exclusive Book Club Edition of "The Nickel Boys," by Colson Whitehead. (Photo: Business Wire)

“We’re so excited to bring readers together in our stores to discuss The Nickel Boys, Colson Whitehead’s brilliant and blistering story of two boys living in Jim Crow-era Florida,” said Liz Harwell, Senior Director of Merchandising, Trade Books at Barnes & Noble. “On the heels of his Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning bestseller, The Underground Railroad, Whitehead returns with a novel that is riveting and thought provoking.”

Customers can buy the Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition of The Nickel Boys now on BN.com, or at their local store. Barnes & Noble will hold Book Club discussions on Tuesday, August 13, at 7 PM, about one month after the book goes on sale. Customers can sign up to attend the discussion online at BN.com/bnbookclub.

Previous Barnes & Noble Book Club selections include: The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer, Clock Dance by Anne Tyler, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green, The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict, The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin, The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See, Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly, The Guest Book by Sarah Blake, and Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner.

For more details, customers can ask one of their local, knowledgeable Barnes & Noble booksellers, or check the Barnes & Noble Store Locator for event information. They can also join the conversation on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat (bnsnaps) and Facebook, using hashtag #BNBookClub.

About Barnes & Noble, Inc.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) is the world’s largest retail bookseller, and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. The Company operates 627 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web’s premier e-commerce sites, BN.com (www.bn.com). The Nook Digital business offers a lineup of popular NOOK® tablets and eReaders and an expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment content through the NOOK Store®. The NOOK Store (www.nook.com) features digital books, periodicals and comics, and offers the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices through Free NOOK Reading Apps™ available for Android™, iOS® and Windows®.

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Mary Ellen Keating Senior Vice President Corporate Communications Barnes & Noble, Inc. (212) 633-3323 mkeating@bn.com

Alex Ortolani Director Corporate Communications Barnes & Noble, Inc. (212) 633-3379 aortolani@bn.com

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