Exhibit 21.1

Subsidiaries of Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.

1.B&N Education, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

2.Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

3.BNED Digital Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

4.BNED LoudCloud, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

5.BNED MBS Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

6.Cram LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

7.Educate Ahora LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

8.Edúcate Ahora México, S. de R.L. de C.V., a Mexican company

9.Etudier Facile LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

10.LoudCloud Systems Private Limited, an Indian subsidiary

11.MBS Automation LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

12.MBS Direct, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

13.MBS Internet, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

14.MBS Service Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

15.MBS Textbook Exchange, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

16.PaperRater, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

17.Student Brands, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

18.Study Mode LLC, a California limited liability company

19.Bartleby Technologies Private Limited, an Indian company

20.TextbookCenter LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

21.Trabalhos Feitos, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

22.TXTB.com LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

23.Worldwide Knowledge LLC, a Delaware limited liability company