The Book of the Month December 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 December 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!
December 2024 Book of the Month Selections
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
December’s Audiobooks:
Not Feeling the December Books?
Sometimes, it happens. If none of the December 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:
Deccember’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.
December’s New Books:
My December 2024 Picks
For the third month in a row, I’m skipping my Book of the Month box. Normally I would have snatched up Alice Feeney’s Beautiful Ugly but I just received an advanced copy from the publisher two days ago.
None of the other books are really grabbing my attention. Which didn’t use to stop me in the past but my to-read stack by my nightstand is not getting much small. I’m almost through my 2024 Reading Challenge picks and I recently finished all my backlist of unread new release advance review copies. Fingers crossed I can also make a dent this month in the unread Book of the Month books I already own.
Which of the Book of the Month December 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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