Barnes & Noble Discover Prize Winners

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Winners

	Volt by Alan Heathcock (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 1,623 ratings Barnes & Noble Discover Prize for Fiction (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Untouchable by Scott O'Connor (Goodreads Author) 3.51 avg rating — 2,041 ratings Barnes & Noble Discover Prize for Fiction (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 14,783 ratings Barnes & Noble Discover Prize for Fiction (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[sic] by Joshua Cody 3.23 avg rating — 401 ratings Barnes & Noble Discover Prize for Non-fiction (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kosher Chinese: Living, Teaching, and Eating with China's Other Billion by Michael Levy 3.85 avg rating — 1,221 ratings Barnes & Noble Discover Prize for Non-fiction (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War by Annia Ciezadlo (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 1,364 ratings Barnes & Noble Discover Prize for Non-fiction (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Autobiography of an Execution by David R. Dow 3.97 avg rating — 2,421 ratings Barnes & Noble Discover Prize for Non-fiction (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Disappeared by Kim Echlin (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 3,590 ratings Barnes & Noble Discover Prize for Fiction (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson 3.86 avg rating — 184,102 ratings Barnes & Noble Discover Prize (1994)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inheritance by Indira Ganesan (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 111 ratings Barnes & Noble Discover Prize	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sleep in Me by Jon Pineda (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 82 ratings Barnes & Noble Discover Prize	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

nominees

	Trespasses by Louise Kennedy 4.05 avg rating — 23,279 ratings Barnes & Noble Discover Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm by Laura Warrell (Goodreads Author) 3.58 avg rating — 1,264 ratings Barnes & Noble Discover Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty 3.55 avg rating — 19,830 ratings Barnes & Noble Discover Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 7,897 ratings Barnes & Noble Discover Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 44,835 ratings Barnes & Noble Discover Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 12,428 ratings Barnes & Noble Discover Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Jonas by Stephen Dau (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 1,697 ratings Barnes & Noble Discover Prize Nominee (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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