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FORM 5                                                                                                   -------------------------
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                                                       Washington, D.C. 20549                            Expires: January 31, 2005
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                               Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
                                   Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
                                       or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[ ]  Check box if no longer subject to Section 16.  Form 4 or Form 5
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[ ]  Form 3 Holdings Reported
[ ]  Form 4 Transactions Reported

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*    2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol       6. Relationship of Reporting Person
                                                                                                 to Issuer (Check all applicable)
 Riggio           Leonard                      Barnes & Noble, Inc.   Symbol=BKS               X  Director       X 10% Owner
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  (Last)          (First)         (Middle)  3. IRS Identification   4. Statement for           X  Officer (give     Other (Specify
                                               Number of Reporting     Month/Year             --- title below)  --- below)
c/o Barnes & Noble, Inc.                       Person, if an Entity
122 Fifth Avenue                                (Voluntary)               1/03 (1)                 Chairman of the Board
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                 (Street)
                                                                    5. If Amendment, Date of  7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
New York          New York         10011                                Original (Month/Year)     (Check applicable line)
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  (City)          (State)          (Zip)                                                          Form Filed by More than One
                                                                                              --- Reporting Person

                          Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

                                                                                         5. Amount
                                                                                              of
                                                                                            Securi-
                                   2A.Deemed                                                ties
                                      Exe-                 4.  Securities Acquired (A)      Bene-
                          2. Trans-  cution   3. Trans-        or Disposed of (D)           ficially     6. Ownership
                             action   Date,      action        (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)          Owned           Form:
                             Date    if any      Code      ---------------------------      Following       Direct     7. Nature of
                             Month/  Month     (Instr. 8)              (A)                  Reported        (D) or        Indirect
1.  Title of Security        Day/     Day/    -----------    Amount     or     Price        Trans-          Indirect      Beneficial
    (Instr.3)                Year)    Year)   Code   V                 (D)                  Action(s)        (I)           Ownership
- -------------------------  --------  -------  ----- ----   ---------   ---   ---------   ------------    ------------  -------------
Common Stock               12/5/02             G            600,000     D       -0-       8,567,138           D
Common Stock                                                                              2,652,334           I        By Corp. (2)

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FORM 5 (continued)
                            Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
                                   (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

                                                               3A.Deemed
                                       2. Conver-                 Exe-                 5. Number of Deriv-     6. Date Exercisable
                                          sion or    3. Trans-   cution                   ative Securities        and Expiration Date
                                          Exercise      action    Date,                   Acquired (A) or         (Month/Day/Year)
                                          Price of      Date     if any  4. Trans-        Disposed of (D)       ---------------------
                                          Deriv-        (Month/  Month      action        (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)  Date
1. Title of Derivative Security           ative         Day/      Day/      Code       -----------------------  Exercis-   Expiration
   (Instr. 3)                             Security      Year)     Year)     (Instr. 8)        A          D      able       Date
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                                                                         9. Number of
                                                                            Derivative      10. Ownership
                                                                            Securities          of
                        7. Title and Amount of Underlying                   Beneficially        Derivative
                           Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)                      Owned               Security:    11. Nature of
                        ---------------------------------  8. Price of      Following           Direct (D)       Indirect
                                                Amount or     Derivative    Reported            or               Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative          Title           Number of     Security      Transaction(s)      Indirect (I)     Ownership
   Security (Instr. 3)                          Shares        (Instr. 5)     (Instr. 4)         (Instr. 4)       (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses:

(1)  For fiscal year ended February 1, 2003.
(2)  Owned by Barnes & Noble College Bookstores, Inc., a New York corporation of which all of the currently
     outstanding voting securities are owned by the Reporting Person.


                                                                                   /s/ Leonard Riggio             March 14, 2003
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute                    -------------------------------   --------------
  Federal Criminal Violations.  See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and                          **Signature of Reporting Person       Date
  15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).                                                                    Leonard Riggio

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