Barnes & Noble to open 60 stores in 2026. See new locations.

Barnes & Noble is opening more stores for readers to shop at in the new year.

After nearly two decades of "declining store numbers," the bookseller has plans to open 60 new locations across the country in 2026, in addition to the dozens opened this year.

While the details are still "being worked out" as far as locations and grand opening dates, the expansion follows a period of "strong sales" in existing stores, Barnes & Noble confirmed to USA TODAY.

"Barnes & Noble is enjoying a period of tremendous growth as the strategy to hand control of each bookstore to its local booksellers has proven so successful," the bookstore chain said in a statement. "In 2024, Barnes & Noble opened more new bookstores in a single year than it had in the whole decade from 2009 to 2019."

That being said, a new Barnes & Noble store, featuring the plethora of books, toys, games and gifts customers have come to expect, could appear in your city in 2026.

See which B&N locations are already up and running, as well as which ones are coming in 2026.

What states is Barnes & Noble opening stores in next?

According to a list obtained by USA TODAY, the bookseller plans to open stores in Ohio, Texas, Florida, Illinois, Colorado, Washington state, California, Virginia, Georgia and D.C. "Several openings" in these states are slated to occur between now and June 2026.

See new locations Barnes & Noble opened in 2025

Barnes & Noble opened over 60 new stores across the country throughout 2025. See the locations of the recently opened bookstores below:

• Abilene, Texas: 3417 Catclaw Dr (Shops at Abilene)
• Austin, Texas: 9600 S I-35 Frontage Road (Southpark Meadows)
• Baton Rouge, Louisiana: 7455 Corporate Blvd., Ste. 430 (Town Center at Cedar Lodge)
• Bellevue, Washington: 1140 Bellevue Square
• Brea, California: 439 S. Associated Rd. (Brea Plaza)
• Brentwood, California: 2475 Sand Creek Rd.
• Brownsville, Texas: 2370 North Express Way (Sunrise Mall)
• Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: 720 W. Lancaster Ave.
• Burleson, Texas: 1107 N Burleson Blvd.
• Clark, New Jersey: 1255 Raritan Rd. (Clark Commons)
• Chesire, Connecticut: 1991 Highland Ave. (The Shops at Stone Bridge)
• Dickson City, Pennsylvania: 638 Commerce Blvd.
• Dublin, Ohio: 3708 W. Dublin-Granville Road (Sun Center)
• Gainesville, Virginia: 8139 Stonewall Shops Square
• Germantown, Tennessee: 2130 Exeter Rd. (Germantown Collection)
• Glen Allen, Virginia: 9840 Brook Rd.
• Glenwood Springs, Colorado: 115 E. Meadows Dr. (Glenwood Meadows)
• Grand Rapids, Michigan: 2236 E. Beltline Ave NE
• Hamilton, Ohio: 3339 Princeton Rd. (Bridgewater Falls)
• Houston, Texas: 12850 Memorial Drive
• Huntington Station, New York: 301 Walt Whitman Rd.
• Issaquah, Washington: 775 NW Gilman Blvd.
• Knoxville, Tennessee: 11334 Parkside Dr. (Pinnacle at Turkey Creek)
• La Jolla, California: 8657 Villa La Jolla Dr. (La Jolla Village Square)
• Lakeland, Florida: 3615 S Florida Ave. (Merchants Walk)
• Lakewood, Washington: 10330 59th Ave. Southwest (Lakewood Towne Center)
• Lansing, Michigan:  420 Frandor Ave. (Frandor Shopping Center)
• Los Gatos, California: 122 N. Santa Cruz Ave.
• Meridian, Idaho: 2260 North Eagle Rd. (The Village at Meridian)
• Miami, Florida: 13605 S Dixie Hwy (Colonial Palms Plaza)
• Miami, Florida:  8525 Mills Dr. (The Palms at Town & Country)
• Minnetonka, Minnesota: 11500 Wayzata Blvd. (WestRidge Market)
• Napa, California: 3900 Bel Aire Plaza (Bel Aire Plaza)
• Naperville, Illinois: 9 Jackson Ave.
• Naples, Florida: 4149 Tamiami Trail N.
• North Canton, Ohio: 5501 Dressler Rd. 
• Orange, California: 20 City Blvd. W.
• Overland Park, Kansas: 7840 W 161st St. (Bluhawk Mall)
• Papillon, Nebraska: 7949 Towne Center Pkwy
• Palm Harbor, Florida: 33591 US Highway 19 N. (Highland Lakes Plaza)
• Pasadena, Maryland: 8044 Ritchie Highway (Pasadena Crossroads)
• Phoenix, Arizona: 2011 E. Camelback Rd. (The Shops at Town & Country)
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: 103 Shady Ave.
•  Puyallup, Washington: 3500 South Meridian St. (South Hill Mall)
• Rapid City, South Dakota: 1617 Eglin St (Rushmore Crossing)
• Rockwall, Texas: 1009 E Interstate 30 (Plaza at Rockwall)
• Southbury, Connecticut: 775 Main St S. (Southbury Green shopping center)
• Spring, Texas: 6600 Spring Stuebner Road Ste. 152 (Grand Parkway Marketplace)
• Stamford, Connecticut: 1145 High Ridge Rd.
• Superior, Colorado: 550 Marshall Rd.
• Tampa, Florida: 13123 N. Dale Mabry Hwy
• Tequesta, Florida: 151 N. US Highway 1
• Westminster, Maryland: 402 Englar Rd. (Westminster Crossing West)
• York, Pennsylvania: 2935 Concord Rd. (York Town Center)