The Book of the Month August 2024 selections are here! Decide which of these books you want to add to your subscription box.
Book of the Month is my favorite subscription box. Every month, I choose between their curated book selections, and voila! A blue box arrives at my door carrying one (or two or three) new books for me to read.
Each month, Book of the Month chooses between five and seven hardcover books you can choose from. Rather listen to an audiobook? Book of the Month has those, too! Now you can opt for audiobooks as your monthly pick or add them on at any time during the month.
Every month, I will highlight the books chosen and let you know my thoughts on the chosen titles.
Even if you don’t have a Book of the Month subscription (yet), I think you’ll find value in looking at a curated list of new releases.
Keep scrolling to see all the details about the Book of the Month August 2024 selections and to find out which one I’m adding to my subscription box.
What is Book of the Month?
Book of the Month is a monthly subscription book service highly popular among the book community. Trust me, once you try it, you’ll be hooked.
How it Works
Each month, a panel of judges chooses at least five books for you to choose from. The Book of the Month selections cover different genres and are always special edition hardcovers. Often, the chosen books haven’t been published yet, so you get to be one of the first people to read them.
At the beginning of the month, you choose one book to add to your box and shortly thereafter the little blue box arrives at your door. If you aren’t loving any of the selected books, you just skip that month and your credits will just roll over to the next month. Or, after your third box, you can choose from five member favorite books for your month’s selection instead.
On the other hand, if you want more than one book, once you’ve chosen your initial book, you can add-on up to four additional books at a discounted rate. These add-ons can be from the current month’s selection, be favorites from previous months, or be new releases specially included in the add-on catalog.
Pricing
Book of the Month runs two different pricing plans. On the monthly plan, you get one credit a month for $17. If you are willing to pay upfront, the yearly plan gives you 12 credits for $168, which averages out to $14 a book. For a hardcover new release, both prices are a steal.
Even better, when you include additional books into your box, they are only $10 each!
Book of the Month also offers 3, 6, and 9-month gift cards if you are considering purchasing it as a gift.
For new subscribers, Book of the Month’s homepage almost always has a special offer to get your first book for $10. But I can do you one better. If you are interested in joining, you can use this Book of the Month Club referral link to get your first book for $5 right now!
Bonus Features
But wait, there’s more! Once you’ve chosen your 12th book from Book of the Month, you join the BFF club and get a special Book of the Month tote.
After that, you’ll get a free add-on every year for your birthday month. Plus, when the end of the year rolls around, you get one of the top 5 Book of the Month selections from the year for free. (Note: They didn’t do the Book of the Year in 2023 so I’m not sure if they are still doing this bonus, though it is listed as a benefit on the website.) That’s an additional two books each year for no additional cost.
What are you waiting for? Join Book of the Month and get your first book at a discounted price!
August 2024 Book of the Month Selections
The Pairing
Casey McQuiston
Childhood best friends Theo and Kit were on their way to their dream European food and wine tour until a brutal breakup ended their romantic relationship forever. Four years later, Theo has found his confidence as a bartender and Kit bakes at one of the top restaurants in Paris. With the unused vacation voucher about to expire both end up rebooking at the exact same time. Stuck together for the next three weeks, Theo and Kit decide to bet on who can hookup with the most people on their trip even though who they really want to hook up with is each other.
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Kimberly McCreight
A student at NYU, Cleo knows her emotional and risky behavior makes her a disappointment to her mother, Kat. When Cleo returns home one day, she finds Kat has disappeared, leaving a bloody shoe behind. Soon Cleo discovers that Kat isn’t just a corporate lawyer mother but is her firm’s fixer, willing to stop at nothing to protect Cleo from Kat’s ex-husband, Cleo’s dangerous new beau, and threats from Kat’s past.
Hera
Jennifer Saint
Hera was only too glad to help her brother Zeus overthrow their tyrannical father, planning to rule by Zeus’s side. Yet Zeus is turning out just as bad as their father and has relegated Hera to the role of wife and mother. Feeling born to rule, Hera must navigate the politics of Olympus as she tries to find a better way than the cycle of cruelty and violence.
The Wedding People
Alison Espach
When Phoebe Stone turns up at the grand Cornwall Inn in Newport, Rhode Island, everyone just assumes she is another wedding guest. Yet, Phoebe just happened to book the long-anticipated trip she always dreamed of taking with her husband on the same weekend. Quickly, Phoebe and the bride find themselves confiding in each other, helping Phoebe to start anew.
Five-Star Stranger
Kat Tang
In New York City, if you want to hire someone to pretend to be your fiancé, brother, or best man, you want the top-rated man on the Rental Stranger app. The protagonist, known only as Stranger, becomes whomever you need while maintaining a professional distance from his clients. Until a nosy patron threatens to ruin his long-term role as the pretend father to a young girl. Suddenly, Stranger must revisit his boundaries as he realizes he didn’t remain as unattached as he thought.
Want an Audiobook Instead?
Recently, Book of the Month has started including audiobooks as another option for your monthly picks. Instead of choosing a hardcover copy, you can choose one of these audiobooks as your main selection this month.
August’s Audiobooks:
Not Feeling the August Books?
Sometimes, it happens. If none of the August 2024 Book of the Month selections are calling your name, don’t despair. After your third box, you now have another option!
Previously, if you didn’t love the five choices, you would have to skip the whole month. Now if you have BFF status, you can choose a member fave hardcover for your monthly box and then add-on up to four more books if you choose.
Member Faves:
August’s New Add-Ons
Book of the Month also includes a few extra releases on top of their monthly selections. Once you have picked your main selection, you can choose to add-on these new books (or any past release) to your box.
August’s New Books:
My August 2024 Picks
I have a massive backlog of Book of the Month selections sitting by my bedside, so I was planning to skip this month.
Then I saw one of the Member Faves was Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid. I fell in love with this tale of four siblings forced to depend on themselves because of their dead-beat celebrity father. Unfortunately, I lent my copy out to my neighbor who has since moved. I figure now was a time to repurchase a copy for my library.
And since I was ordering books, I might as well pick up a book to give my sister. I was stunned when she mentioned she has never read Kristin Hannah’s The Great Alone. It’s my favorite Kristin Hannah book and I think she will love it, especially since my sister once lived in Alaska.
Which of the Book of the Month August 2024 Selections Are You Going to Pick?
What books can you not wait to get your hands on this month? Or are you skipping this month’s selections? As always, let me know in the comments!
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