Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (5)

FORM 5 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). [ ] Form 3 Holdings Reported [ ] Form 4 Transactions Reported	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0362 Estimated average burden hours per response... 1.0
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * RIGGIO LEONARD	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BARNES & NOBLE INC [BKS]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __ X __ Director                      __ X __ 10% Owner __ X __ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below) Executive Chairman
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) C/O BARNES & NOBLE, INC.,  122 FIFTH AVENUE	3. Statement for Issuer's Fiscal Year Ended (MM/DD/YYYY) 4/28/2018
(Street) NEW YORK, NY 10011 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _ X _ Form Filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)	4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	7/19/2017		G   (1)	1350000	D	$0	5794491	D
Common Stock	12/21/2017		G   (2)	1450000	D	$0	5794491	D
Common Stock							8257641   (3)	I	By Foundation and Corp.   (3)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)	5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Issuer's Fiscal Year (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
					(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Gift of 1,350,000 shares to The Riggio Foundation, a charitable trust ("The Riggio Foundation"), of which the Reporting Person and his wife, Louise Riggio ("Mrs. Riggio") are co-trustees, and in which neither the Reporting Person nor Mrs. Riggio, nor any of their family members or affiliates, has any pecuniary interest.
(2)	Gift of 1,450,000 shares to The Riggio Foundation.
(3)	Of these shares, 2,316,668 are owned indirectly through LRBKS Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation beneficially owned by the Reporting Person and Mrs. Riggio, and 5,940,973 (which include the 1,350,000 shares and the 1,450,000 shares referred to in Notes 1 and 2 above) are owned by The Riggio Foundation.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
RIGGIO LEONARD C/O BARNES & NOBLE, INC. 122 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10011	X	X	Executive Chairman

Signatures
/s/ Leonard Riggio		11/27/2018
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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