From literary fiction to mysteries & thrillers, Book of the Month Club has it all. Discover every title chosen by Book of the Month in 2024.
Book of the Month is my favorite book subscription box. Every month, they choose five or more amazing titles for you to choose from, and voila! A blue box arrives at your door carrying one (or two or three or five) new books for you to read.
Even if you don’t have a Book of the Month Club subscription (yet), I think you’ll find value in looking at their curated list of new releases. No matter what genres you love to read, you’ll find great book choices in the Book of the Month 2024 selections.
Compiled together in one place, here is every book chosen by Book of the Month in 2024.
What is Book of the Month?
Book of the Month is a monthly book subscription 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.
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Bonus Features
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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. That’s an additional two books each year for no additional cost.
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Book of the Year 2024
The God of the Woods
Liz Moore
In August 1975, Barbara Van Laar is discovered missing from her summer camp bed. A tragedy for any child, but Barbara is the daughter of the wealthy owner of the camp and the nearby estate. Fourteen years ago, Barbara’s older brother also went missing without a trace. Tying together the wealthy Van Laar family with the working class community that supports the camp and estate, The God of the Woods is a multi-layered drama about secrets that refuse to be forgotten.
Book of the Year Finalists
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.
The Women
Kristin Hannah
When her brother ships off to Vietnam, nursing student Frankie McGrath impulsively decides to leave her sheltered life on Coronado Island and join the Army Nurse Corps. In Vietnam, Frankie is overwhelmed by the chaos of war. Yet, even more unsettling is the shock of coming home to a country that has been divided by war and disillusioned by politics. With a similar feel to The Four Winds, The Women is immersive thought-provoking historical fiction with a more serious tone.
The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali
When her father unexpectedly dies, seven-year-old Ellie and her mother are thrust from the 1950s upper class in Tehran to live in a tiny home downtown. Ellie soon befriends Homa and the two girls are inseparable, sharing dreams of becoming “lion women” someday. After her family fortunes change, Ellie rejoins the wealthy ranks of society, becoming the most popular girl at her elite high school. Just as Iran is reaching a political breaking point, Homa reappears in Ellie’s life causing a disruption that will change them both forever in this haunting coming-of-age story.
Phantasma
Kaylie Smith
In a new horror fantasy romance, Ophelia must enter a deadly competition named Phantasma to save her sister. Ophelia, a necromancer, enters the haunted house in New Orleans were she must defeat nine challenges and the only survivor is granted one wish. When a charming stranger offers her aid in exchange for ten years of her life, Ophelia knows she shouldn’t trust him but just can’t seem to resist him.
BOOK OF THE MONTH 2024 SELECTIONS
Literary Fiction
The Husbands
Holly Gramazio
On night when Lauren returns home to her London flat, she is greeted by her adoring husband Michael. Except Lauren isn’t married. But her house and her friends seem to indicate that Lauren and Michael have been together for years. Then one day Michael goes into the attic and out emerges a new husband and a new and improved life. With this magical ability to swap out husbands and lives, Lauren must now decide what she wants her life to be and when to stop trying for something perfect.
Blue Sisters
Coco Mellors
The three Blue sisters are each exceptional in her own way: Avery, a former heroin addict turned London lawyer; Bonnie, a former boxer turned bouncer in LA; Lucky, a former party girl turned model in Paris. But the death of their sister Nicky left the family reeling. A year after Nicky’s death, the estranged sisters gather to stop the sale of the apartment they grew up in and are forced to reckon with their childhood disappointments and their grief.
Real Americans
Rachel Khong
At the turn of the century, unpaid intern Lily Chen meets Matthew, and the two fall in love. Growing up the daughter of scientists in Tampa, Lily couldn’t be more different than East Coast Matthew, heir to a behemoth pharmaceutical company. Twenty years later, Lily’s teenage son feels trapped on their isolated Washington State island and starts searching for information on his biological father. A story of class, race, and family inheritance, Real Americans ponders how much we can shape our own destiny.
The Bullet Swallower
Elizabeth Gonzalez James
In 1895, Antonio Sonoro and his brother Hugo leave Mexico to rob a train in Houston but the heist goes awry and Hugo is killed. Seeking revenge, Antonio risks not only his life but his eternal soul. In 1964, Jaime Sonoro discovers a book telling his family’s entire history. When a man from his grandfather’s day suddenly appears in Jaime’s life, he finds that he must find the truth or pay for his ancestor’s crimes.
Homeseeking
Karissa Chen
In Los Angeles, recently widowed Haiwen looks up at the store and sees his childhood love, Suchi, for the first time in sixty years. Growing up in Shanghai, Suchi was drawn to Haiwen’s violin. But in 1947, Haiwen enlisted in the Nationalist Army to save his brother from the draft. Following Haiwen and Suchi for the next six decades, Homeseeking shows different paths life can take us on while showcasing China’s tumultuous history.
Mercury
Amy Jo Burns
In 1990, seventeen-year-old Marley West rolls into the small town of Mercury, Pennsylvania, and quickly becomes entangled with the three Joseph brothers. Soon Marley is the wife of one brother, the one who got away to another, and mother to all three. Years later, as their mother dies and their roofing business struggles, a discovery in the church attic upsets everything they know and forces the family into tough decisions.
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.
Annie Bot
Sierra Greer
Annie Bot is a robot created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner Doug. Annie has been designed to satisfy Doug’s every need and her goal in life is to try to please him. Yet as Annie tries to become more like a human woman to please Doug, she begins to wonder what he really desires. And what does she owe herself?
Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Rufi Thorpe
The child of a Hooters waitress and an ex-pro wrestler, Margo has always known she’d be on her own in life. When an affair with her college professor leads to an unexpected pregnancy, Margo finds herself at 20 an unemployed single mother on the verge of eviction. Letting her father move in as long as he helps with childhood, Margo decides to start an OnlyFans account, using his wrestling marketing strategies to send her account viral. Is internet fame the answer to her money troubles or just the start of all her problems?
Dirty Diana
Jen Besser and Shana Feste
Diana has a good life raising her daughter with her husband Oliver. After a visit to a friend in Santa Fe, Diana returns to Dallas pondering the woman she used to be. Missing the life of spontaneity and sensuality she had when she was an aspiring artist, Diana starts interviewing women about their deepest desires while painting their portraits. Can Diana find her sensual self again in her marriage or will her desire break up the life she has so carefully built?
Contemporary Fiction
Anita de Monte Laughs Last
Xochitl Gonzalez
In 1998, Raquel is almost finished with her art degree. As a Latina, Raquel has struggled to fit in at her upper class mostly white college until she starts dating a wealthy older art student. While trying to handle her newfound popularity, Raquel learns of another Latina art student, Anita de Monte, who was a rising art star until she was murdered over a decade ago and the parallels between them seem almost eerily similar.
Interesting Facts About Space
Emily Austin
Enid is obsessed with space and will tell you all about it if you give her the chance. After her estranged father dies, Enid reconnects with her adult half-sisters. Hard of hearing and true crime obsessed, Enid dates her first serious girlfriend and suddenly finds herself convinced that someone is following her. A fast-paced humorous novel, Interesting Facts About Space reminds us that we are more than our worst mistake.
Honey
Isabel Banta
In 1997, Amber Young escapes her small town to join the girl band Cloud9 in Los Angeles. Swept up into a life of fame and luxury, Amber soon finds herself hanging out with rising singer-dancer Gwen Morris and uber-famous boy band member Wes Kingston. As Amber embarks on a solo career, her celebrity increases but her personal life suffers. Soon Amber feels at the mercy of an industry that seeks to exploit you knowing that only one mistake can shatter you.
Madwoman
Chelsea Bieker
Clove has a perfectly settled life with her husband and two children in Portland, Oregon. But a call from a women’s prison shatters threatens to shatter the life she’s built for herself. Before she was named Clove, she was a young girl growing up in a violent household in Hawaii. Switching between Clove’s present and past, Madwoman tells the story of a woman finally facing the worst day of her life, which will set her free or undo her.
Definitely Better Now
Ava Robinson
Emma, an alcoholic, has officially been sober for one year. For the last year, she’s focused on her job and her health and is finally ready to date again. Navigating her mother’s new boyfriend, her estranged father, and organizing a holiday work part was stressful enough and now the cute guy in IT might like her. She thought sobriety would solve all her problems but Emma quickly learns that the picture-perfect life doesn’t exist.
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Romance
How to End a Love Story
Yulin Kuang
Helen Zhang hasn’t seen Grant Shepherd since a tragic accident changed their lives when they were teenagers. Now a bestselling author, Helen loves working with the screenwriters adapting her popular young adult novels. When Grant shows up in the writer’s room, he’s exactly as Helen remembers. As Helen and Grant get closer, secrets from their past remind them that their’s was never meant to be a love story.
Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez
Justin finds himself with an unusual curse: every woman he dates finds her soulmate the minute she breaks up with Justin. Emma has the same problem, so Emma and Justin hatch a plan to rent a cottage together in Minnesota, hoping to break each other’s curses. Things go awry when Emma’s toxic mother shows up and Justin assumes guardianship of his younger siblings. It seems Fate may have more in mind than a quick summer fling.
The Paradise Problem
Christina Lauren
To gain access to subsidized college housing, Anna married Liam West and she thought she’d signed the divorce papers at graduation. Being the heir to a major corporation, Liam needs to remain married for at least five years to receive his inheritance. With pressure from his family to meet his mysterious wife, Liam must introduce his unpolished not-so-ex-wife to his upper class family. But Anna’s pure heart makes Liam begin to question if the payout is worth ruining what might be true love.
Ready or Not
Cara Bastone
Though her love life isn’t great and her job isn’t quite what she dreamed, Eve Hatch is content with her life in Brooklyn. Until she finds herself pregnant after an uncharacteristic one-night stand and everything changes. Her best friend Willa suddenly seems more distant but her older brother Shep becomes extremely supportive. Over the next nine months, Eve rethinks everything she thought she knew in this slow-burn friends-to-lovers romance.
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 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.
One-Star Romance
Laura Hankin
Messy romance writer Natalie and rigid academic Rob have nothing in common, except their love for their best friends. When the two friends get engaged, Nat doesn’t mind walking down the aisle with Rob, whom she shares unexpected chemistry with. Until she learns that Nat wrote a rather public one-star review of her latest novel. Nat would love nothing better than never seeing Rob again but as their friends celebrate different milestones, Nat and Rob’s consistent meetings over the years help them see that even the best love stories might need a little rewriting.
PS: I Hate You
Lauren Connolly
When Josh Sanderson dies of cancer, he asks his sister Maggie to spread his ashes over eight destinations he was never able to visit. The catch is, he wants Maggie to do it with his best friend, Maggie’s ex-boyfriend Dom who shattered her heart. Road tripping across the country, Maggie grief reopens old wounds and she isn’t sure if she can ever trust Dom again.
The Dagger and the Flame
Catherine Doyle
In Fantome, two enemy guilds control the underground world of shadow magic: a band of thieves called the Cloaks and a group of assassins called the Daggers. When her mother is murdered, Seraphine joins the Cloaks, swearing revenge. Ransom, the heir to the Daggers, can’t help but be drawn to Seraphine and her powerful magic but the push and pull between them might consume them.
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year
Ally Carter
Cozy mystery author Maggie Chase cannot stand Ethan Wyatt, a popular thriller writer. When they both accept an invitation to a Christmas house party, they find themselves at the home of Eleanor Ashby, the most acclaimed writer in the world. When Eleanor disappears from a locked room, Maggie and Ethan are forced to work together. Is this a competition or is Eleanor in danger? And is Ethan the competition or her only ally in this friends-to-lovers holiday romantic mystery.
Historical Fiction
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
Lynda Cohen Loigman
Growing up in 1920s Brooklyn, Augusta Stern loved working at her father’s pharmacy shop. When her Great Aunt Esther moves in, Augusta becomes enchanted with Esther’s unconventional home remedies. As Augusta strikes up a relationship with Irving, the pharmacy delivery boy, she tries to make one of Esther’s most powerful elixirs with disastrous results. Sixty years later, Esther retires to Florida where she runs into Irving once again, dragging up old memories.
The Mayor of Maxwell Street
Avery Cunningham
In 1921, Nelly Sawyer is the daughter of the “wealthiest Negro in America.” Not content with life as a debutante, Nelly has secretly been working as an investigative journalist, reporting on the shadow of Jim Crow on the everyday lives of Black people. Wanting to expose the city’s top vice lord, Nelly teams up with the manager of a speakeasy and discovers a whole new side of Prohibition-era Chicago.
The Fox Wife
Yangsze Choo
Fox spirits are known to to be cunning and clever creatures who lure people by transforming themselves into beautiful humans. In 1908, Snow leaves her den in the grasslands to seeking vengeance for her lost child, a trail that will lead her from China to Japan. Meanwhile Bao, a detective, investigates the death of an unknown courtesan found frozen in the snow. As Bao follows Snow’s trail, they both meet friends and foes and navigate the truths and myths about fox spirits. With gorgeous magical realism, The Fox Wife presents an enchanting premise but a slow-to-develop story.
All We Were Promised
Ashton Lattimore
In 1837, Charlotte has escaped her life as a slave only to serve as a housemaid to her white-passing father in Philadelphia. Longing for more freedom but afraid of slave-catchers, Charlotte befriends Nell, an up-and-coming abolitionist from a prominent Black family. When Charlotte’s former mistress arrives with her slave Evie in tow, Charlotte and Nell risk losing everything to help Evie gain her freedom.
Husbands and Lovers
Beatriz Williams
When her son needs a kidney transplant in 2022, single mother Mallory Dunne must face two secrets from her past: her mother’s adoption from an infamous Irish orphanage and Mallory’s past love affair. Years earlier, Mallory had an all-consuming summer fling with her childhood best friend, Monk Adams, who is now a famous singer-songwriter. In Cairo in 1951, a Hungarian refugee finds herself pregnant and caught between two men in a game of spies as rumors of a revolution swirl.
A Thousand Times Before
Asha Thanki
As Ayukta and her wife Nadia decide if they want to have a child together, Ayukta is forced to share a complicated family secret. The women in her family inherit a mysterious tapestry that allows them to experience the memories of their maternal ancestors and powerfully reshape their world. To Nadia, Ayukta shares stories of strong women from Partition India all the way to modern-day Brooklyn. Would it be a burden or blessing to pass this on to a child?
Mystery & Thriller
First Lie Wins
Ashley Elston
Every time an assignment comes in from the mysterious Mr. Smith, Evie takes a new identity and learns everything she can about the town and its people. Her newest mark: Ryan Sumner. But Evie connects with Ryan in a way she hasn’t in a long time. When a shadow from her past turns up, Evie must do everything she can to stay one step ahead and complete her mission. Especially after what happened last time.
Listen for the Lie
Amy Tintera
Best friends Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town. Lucy married her dream guy and Savvy was the social butterfly especially popular among the men. One night, Lucy is found walking down the street covered in Savvy’s blood. Even years later, Lucy has no memory of the night of Savvy’s murder. When a popular true crime podcaster comes to town to cover Savvy’s murder, Lucy decides to help him, even though she may be the one at fault.
Darling Girls
Sally Hepworth
Jessica, Norah and Alicia are the luckiest girls, or so they are told. After family tragedies, each was given a second chance at a happy family, living on a peaceful farm with a loving foster mom. Yet, the foster sisters’ childhood was far from idyllic. When a body is found buried on the farm, they soon find themselves prime witnesses and possibly prime suspects.
Beautiful Ugly
Alice Feeney
Author Grady Green calls his wife to share his exciting news. But while on the phone, he can hear her slam on the brakes. Her car is found parked on the edge of a cliff with her phone in the seat but she is gone. A year later, a grieving Grady visits a small Scottish island to try to start writing again and bring himself back to life. Except there is a woman on the island who looks exactly like his missing wife.
The Return of Ellie Black
Emiko Jean
Ellie Black, who disappeared without a trace over two years ago, is shockingly found alive in the woods in Washington State. But Ellie isn’t talking about where she’s been. Detective Chelsey Calhoun thinks Ellie is protecting someone and is determined to find answers- not only in the unlikely hope that maybe Chelsey can find a clue to her own sister’s disappearance twenty years ago but also to prevent it from happening again to another girl.
The Fury
Alex Michaelides
Reclusive former movie starlet Lana Farrar invites her closest friends to her private Greek Island. Having recently discovered her husband’s affair, Lana intends to confront him. As bitter resentments between old friends come to a head, a cat-and-mouse game ends in a murder. Told through the enigmatic narrator Elliot Chase, The Fury will keep you guessing what actually happened on that island. With an unreliable narrator who will either intrigue or annoy readers, The Fury is an engaging read that, while implausible, is still entertaining.
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.
House of Glass
Sarah Pekkanen
Stella Hudson works as an attorney in child custody cases, appointed to look after the rights of the child. Because of her own childhood trauma, she doesn’t take on young clients but makes an exception for Rose Barclay. Amidst her parents’ bitter divorce, Rose witnessed her nanny fall to her death and is the only one who can confirm if it was murder but refuses to speak. As Stella digs into the wealthy Barclay family, she quickly learns they are hiding deep secrets in their house that is surprisingly absent of any glass.
Dearest
Jacquie Walters
Flora loves being the mother of her newborn premature baby Iris. But her husband still deployed, the sleepless nights and long days make Flora feel like her sanity is about to snap. Surprisingly, Flora’s estranged mother arrives to help. At first Flora is grateful for the help. But as strange things occur, Flora must decide if she has finally lost her mind or if her mother let in an evil that threatens her daughter.
The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden
Sydney Shaw has hit the New York dating jackpot: a charming handsome doctor who is perfect in every way. But a serial killer is on the loose killing women he dates. Sydney knows there is almost no way her perfect boyfriend could be the serial killer but she just can’t shake the feeling she’s being watched in the latest thriller from the author of The Housemaid.
The Resort
Sara Ochs
Looking to escape her past, Cass moves to Thailand’s famous party island hoping to start over at the Koh Sang Resort. Now a diving instructor, Cass lives alongside a group of expats who never talk about who they were before. When a dive student dies, Cass realizes someone knows her real identity and will stop at nothing to get justice.
Kill for Me, Kill for You
Steve Cavanagh
In New York City’s Upper West Side, Amanda and Wendy meet by chance at a bar. Over drinks, they share how much they want revenge on the men who ruined their families. In the spur of the moment, they made a pact: if you kill for me, I’ll kill for you. Meanwhile, Ruth is viciously attacked in a home invasion and is terrified the blue-eyed stranger might return.
Sleep Tight
J. H. Markert
Decades ago, the serial killer Father Silence terrorized a small town by disguising as a priest and murdering residents. The day after his execution, the primary detective of the case is found murdered by someone called The Outcast. Tess Claiborne, the murdered detective’s daughter, is a detective in her own right. When Tess’s daughter is kidnapped by The Outcast, Tess’s only hope might lie in the only witness to Father Silence’s murders who has spent the last few decades in a hospital for the criminally insane.
A Talent for Murder
Peter Swanson
Martha Ratliff had long given up on love and enjoyed her life as a librarian in Maine. But when she met Alan, she felt swept away. Now, a year after their marriage, the traveling salesman still feels like a mystery to her. After discovering a blood streak on one of his shirts, Martha looks a little deeper into the cities Alan travels to and notices a series of unsolved cases of murdered women. With the help of her friend, Martha digs deeper into Alan and what they find is even more unexpected than they could have imagined.
Middletide
Sarah Crouch
Elijah Leith left the small Puget Sound town of Point Orchards to pursue a career as a writer only to have his dreams fizzle out. Now returning to his hometown, Elijah sets about restoring his family’s cabin and trying to make amends with Nakita, his first love. When the beautiful local doctor is found dead on Elijah’s estate just like in his novel, the town turns against him. Now Elijah must prove his innocence against a devious foe determined to set him up for murder.
The Book of Witching
C. J. Cooke
Clem is terrified when she gets called to her daughter Erin’s side at the hospital. While hiking in the Orkney Islands, Erin’s boyfriend was killed, Erin’s best friend went missing. When Erin regains consciousness, she has no memory of her life and insists her name is Nyx. As Clem investigates the history of the Orkney Islands, she begins to wonder if Erin’s accident is connected to a woman accused of witchcraft and an ancient curse.
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Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
The Lost Story
Meg Shaffer
As children, Jeremy and Rafe disappeared for six months only to reappear with no explanation. Rafe has scars but no memory of what happened and Jeremy has never told him that they traveled to an enchanted magical land. When Emilie hires Jeremy, now a famed missing persons investigator, to find her missing sister, Jeremy must come clean to Rafe about their past and return to the enchanted world to recover everything they lost.
Heartless Hunter
Kristen Ciccarelli
After a violent revolution, witches have been overthrown as rulers to ruthlessly hunted outcasts. By day, Rune pretends to be a vapid socialite but by night she acts as The Crimson Moth, a vigilante saving other witches from the purge. When a rescue goes wrong, Rune decides to court the handsome witch hunter Gideon Sharpe. While each is using the other to gain information, Rune and Gideon never expected they would fall in love in this enemies-to-lovers fantasy series.
A Fate Inked in Blood
Danielle L. Jensen
Stuck in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days dreaming of becoming a warrior. When her husband betrays her, Freya is forced to reveal her deepest secret. Freya has a drop of goddess’ blood and the magical ability to repel any attack, an ability that was prophesied to save the kingdom. Now Freya must train to fight and learn to control her magic without falling in love with the warrior set to protect her.
A Song to Drown Rivers
Ann Liang
Possessing a rare beauty, Xishi knows her only lot in life is to marry well so she jumps at the opportunity when the young military advisor Fanli offers her a mission. Fanli trains Xishi to be the perfect weapon and tasks her with seducing the neighboring king to bring his empire down from within. But if she is unmasked as a traitor, Xishi could bring both kingdoms down in this novel based on a Chinese legend.
Five Broken Blades
Mai Corland
The god king Joon rules over Yusan with a merciless immortal hand, letting the nobles thrive and everyone in ruins. To overthrow his rule, the five deadliest blades in the land band together to murder the king. But killing a god requires more than the desire for revenge forcing them to learn to trust each other. Yet, even if they win, only one can hold the crown in this epic fantasy romance.
The Teller of Small Fortunes
Julie Leong
An immigrant fortune teller, Tao travels around with her mule and wagon only telling small fortunes – whether it will hail next week or when a cow will calve. When a reformed thief and an ex-mercenary recruit her help in finding a missing child, Tao finally finds companionship. But letting others in risks bringing up the shadows of her past in this found-family cozy fantasy.
The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley
For fans of Outlander comes a new genre-bending time travel romance that is getting plenty of buzz. After being offered an exorbitant salary, a government worker starts a new position at the Ministry of Time. Studying whether time travel is possible and feasible, she is tasked with being a “bridge”, an assistant to a time-traveling expat. Now she is unlikely roommates with Commander Graham Gore, who history records as having died on an 1847 Arctic expedition. By the time the Ministry of Time’s true objectives come to light, she has fallen hopelessly in love and must decide if she is able, and willing, to change the future.
Dragonfruit
Makiia Lucier
In a new romantasy based on Pacific Island mythology, dragonfruit, the egg of the seadragon, can remove a person’s greatest sorrow, but at a price. After her father steals the dragonfruit for the ailing princess, Hanalei spends years in exile. When a dragon offers to her the chance to return, Hanalei finds herself caught up with her childhood friend, Prince Sam, who must either marry or find a way to heal his ailing mother.
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 Road of Bones
Demi Winters
In a Viking-inspired romantic fantasy, Silla Nordvig is hunted by Queen Íseldur’s deadly assassin. Before his death, her father told her to flee to a shield-house in Kopa. To get there, Silla must travel the dangerous Road of Bones. When Silla falls in with a supply wagon of the Bloodaxe Crew, she must charm the brooding leader while avoiding the suspicions of his right-hand man.
The Wild Huntress
Emily Lloyd-Jones
Every five years, two kingdoms join together to host The Wild Hunt, a deadly competition where the sole victor receives a magical wish from the Otherking. Branwen might be able to see and slay monsters, but her only wish is to cure her mother. Gwydion’s control of plants and sleight of hand give him an advantage while Pryderi is royalty born and monster-raised. If the three band together, they might actually survive the Wild Hunt. But can they survive each other?
The Thirteenth Child
Erin A. Craig
A thirteenth child, Hazel Trépas has been promised since birth to one of the gods. When her godfather, Merrick, arrives, he blesses her with the ability to see the cure to any illness. Since Hazel can see when Death has claimed any patient, she is tasked with ending the suffering of anyone who cannot be saved. Once Hazel arrives at the royal court and meets the rakish prince, she must decide if she can defy Death and save the life of the King whom Death has claimed.
Nonfiction Books
Dinner for Vampires
Bethany Joy Lenz
After years as a struggling actress, Bethany Joy Lenz hit stardom with a role on the hit show One Tree Hill. Attending a Bible Study group for Hollywood creatives, Lenz slowly found herself slowly drawn into a religious cult, The Big House Family, even marrying the son of one of the ministers. After ten years, Lenz left the group for the sake of her daughter and now reflects on the way the high-demand group pulled her in and on her ten years of recovery afterwards.
The Wives
Simone Gorrindo
As a newlywed, Simone Gorrindo left her job in New York City to move to Columbus, Georgia, where her husband was stationed for his elite Army unit. Struggling to adapt, Gorrindo finally found friendship and inclusion in the community of army wives. In a touching memoir, Gorrindo gives insights into the lives of these remarkable marriage as well as an intimate look at her marriage.
Here After
Amy Lin
Amy Lin never expected to find love like she did when she married Kurtis, a gifted architect who fills her life with joy. As the newlyweds prepare to move to Vancouver, Kurtis heads out to run a half-marathon with Amy’s family on a hot August day and then never comes home. In a searing memoir, Lin describes the trauma of Kurtis’s death and her grieving process, never feeling like she is grieving the “right” way.
BOOK OF THE MONTH 2024: BY MONTH
January 2024
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February 2024
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March 2024
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April 2024
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May 2024
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June 2024
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July 2024
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August 2024
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September 2024
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October 2024
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November 2024
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December 2024
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2024 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 one of these new books (or any past release) to your box.
In addition to the monthly selections, here are all the new add-ons offered in 2024.
What Were Your Favorite Book of the Month 2024 Selections?
What did you think about the Book of the Month 2024 selections? Were you happy with the larger selection or disappointed in the chosen picks? As always, let me know in the comments!
More Book Lists:
- Book of the Month 2022 Selections
- All of the Book of the Month 2021 Selections
- Book of the Month 2020 Selections
- The Best Books of 2023
- All the 2023 Book Releases
- The New York Times Fiction Bestsellers of 2023
- Goodreads Awards Winners 2023
- Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club Book List
- Read with Jenna Book Club List
