Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest retail bookseller, today announced May’s notable lineup of events, featuring bestselling novelists, historians, musicians and more. Fans can come to Barnes & Noble throughout May to meet rapper Common, historian David McCullough, bestselling author Delia Owens, rock star Paul Stanley, and many more.

Below are just some of the events Barnes & Noble is hosting this May. Customers can visit the Barnes & Noble Store Locator to find more great authors and events in their area.

  • Victoria Aveyard, Broken Throne: A Red Queen Collection (Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition), Barnes & Noble Stonebriar Mall in Frisco, TX, on May 7 at 6:30 PM.
  • Preet Bharara, Doing Justice: A Prosecutor’s Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law, Barnes & Noble Eastchester in Scarsdale, NY, on May 9 at 7 PM.
  • Common, Let Love Have the Last Word, Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue in New York City on May 7 at 1 PM.
  • David Cone, Full Count: The Education of a Pitcher, Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue in New York City on May 15 at 1 PM.
  • Newt Gingrich, Collusion: A Novel, Barnes & Noble Ashburn in Ashburn, VA, on May 1 at 7:30 PM.
  • Mark Manson, Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope, Barnes & Noble The Grove in Los Angeles on May 20 at 7 PM.
  • David McCullough, The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West, Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York City on May 7 at 7 PM.
  • William H. McRaven, Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations, Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York City on May 22 at 7 PM.
  • Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing, Barnes & Noble Stonebriar Mall in Frisco, TX, on May 2 at 7 PM.
  • Christopher Paolini - Barnes & Noble Author Residency Tour, The Fork, The Witch, and the Worm: Tales From Alagaësia (Volume I: Eragon), Barnes & Noble Coronado Mall in Albuquerque, NM, on May 10 at 7 PM.
  • Paul Stanley, Backstage Pass, Barnes & Noble The Grove in Los Angeles on May 8 at 7 PM.
  • Randy Travis, Forever and Ever: A Memoir of Music, Faith, and Braving the Storms of Life, Barnes & Noble Lincoln Park in Dallas, TX, on May 18 at 3 PM; Barnes & Noble Preston & Park in Plano, TX, on May 25 at 1 PM.
  • John Waters, Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder, Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York City on May 21 at 7 PM.
  • Quad Webb, Cooking with Miss Quad: Live, Laugh, Love and Eat, Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue in New York City on May 7 at 5 PM; Barnes & Noble Buckhead in Atlanta, GA, on May 9 at 7 PM; Barnes & Noble The Grove in Los Angeles on May 14 at 7 PM; Barnes & Noble River Oaks Shopping Center in Houston, TX, on May 15 at 7 PM.
  • Nicola Yoon & Cast, The Sun is Also a Star (Movie Tie-in Edition), Barnes & Noble The Grove in Los Angeles on May 13 at 4:30 PM.

Barnes & Noble hosts over 100,000 events annually at its stores across the country. Customers should visit the Barnes & Noble Store Locator for a full list and stay tuned for the next announcement of exciting events in June.

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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