Barnes & Noble

Name: Barnes & Noble
Rating: 4.6

Book store · 33 E 17th St, New York, NY 10003, United States · United States

★ 4.6 on Google · 10,242 reviews · View on Google Maps

14 / 100

Manipulation score

Clean

Completed Jul 19, 2026 · 91 reviews flagged

How this score works

The score estimates how strongly this place's review record matches known manipulation patterns, from 0 (no signs) to 100. Verdicts: Clean below 40, Suspicious from 40, Likely Manipulated from 70. It rises with the share of reviews flagged and how suspicious each one is.

Burst: — an abnormal spike of five-star reviews in a single day compared to the place's usual pace.
Low activity account: — the reviewer has almost no other reviews, photos, or Local Guide history; throwaway accounts look like this.
Duplicate text: — the wording is nearly identical to another review of the same place.

Verdicts are statistical estimates based on public review patterns, not accusations.

Review anatomy

Reviews examined

1,000

Flagged

9% of examined

Flagged avg rating

4.8★

place average 4.6★

Reviews per month

Feb ’25

May ’25

Aug ’25

Nov ’25

Feb ’26

May ’26

Reviews per month, total and flagged
Month	Reviews	Flagged
Feb ’25	35	7
Mar ’25	63	9
Apr ’25	62	8
May ’25	71	7
Jun ’25	64	5
Jul ’25	70	1
Aug ’25	68	5
Sep ’25	48	2
Oct ’25	49	3
Nov ’25	60	4
Dec ’25	61	3
Jan ’26	57	4
Feb ’26	39	2
Mar ’26	60	4
Apr ’26	51	9
May ’26	51	7
Jun ’26	58	7
Jul ’26	33	4

Rating distribution

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Evidence

burst 4 five-star reviews on 2025-02-18 vs avg 0.5/day weight 1
low activity account 88 reviews flagged weight 0.8

Flagged reviews

Showing the 10 most suspicious of 91 flagged reviews.

Oneil Alec Mahoney

2 reviews

★★★★★

2025-02-18

Franco Gherardelli

7 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2025-02-18

Great store, probably one of the best book shops in all of NYC.

Aylin Şatgeldi

81 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2025-02-18

Anelice Ribetto- UERJ.Brasil

117 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2025-02-18

To spend several hours on a rainy day.

Azoebaby Gomez

1 review

★☆☆☆☆

2026-07-02

Don’t have lil durk in vinyl records section.

Amezia Gabia

1 review

★★★★★

2026-07-01

Ali Saadi

activity unknown

★★★★★

2026-06-29

David G

2 reviews

★★★★★

2026-06-18

Anthony

2 reviews

★★★★★

2026-06-06

Large selection of books from all categories, little playground on the second floor for kids. Fast checkout most of the time.

Idan Manbar

activity unknown

★★★★★

2026-06-06

Report generated Jul 19, 2026. Reviews change — you can request a fresh investigation.

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