The 16 books that made it onto the list of finalists for Barnes & Noble’s Best Book of the Year include six novels, seven nonfiction books, and three books for young readers.

Viral sensations, award-winning authors, and debuts are represented among the finalists, which historically tend toward commercially successful, buzzy, book club-friendly reads. BIPOC authors are far less represented on this list, touted as the books beloved by B&N booksellers.

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

Whale Harbor: A Novel by Mary Beth Keane

Partita: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver

Land: A Novel by Maggie O’Farrell

The Calamity Club: A Novel by Kathryn Stockett

Cool Machine: A Novel by Colson Whitehead

Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden

Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up by David Byrne

This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark by Craig Fehrman

The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss by Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris

Redwood: The Untold Story of the…